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Best code editor components for React

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  • React CodeMirror: This code editor component offers multiple language modes, themes, and custom styling options. It also provides features like autocompletion and code highlighting. To use it, install the React CodeMirror package and import the component into your React app. You can set initial values, width, and height, as well as add additional features like autocomplete or themes.

  • Monaco Editor React: This popular library provides a fully featured code editor from VS Code. It supports over 50 languages and offers prebuilt themes or the option to create a custom theme. It includes features like code formatting, suggestions, syntax highlighting, and more. To use it, install the Monaco Editor React package. You can customize properties like width, height, and initial value, as well as add additional features like custom styling, language specification, or code suggestions.

  • react-simple-code-editor: This lightweight library offers basic features like syntax highlighting, customizable indentation, and wrapping text in brackets or parentheses. It has a smaller bundle size but may have lower typing speed for large documents. Install the react-simple-code-editor package and a third-party library like Prism for syntax highlighting.

  • React Ace: This code editor component supports multiple modes and languages, popular themes, and custom styling. It offers settings like number of lines, width, height, and autocomplete. Install the React Ace package and import the component. You can set an initial value and customize event handlers.

These code editor components provide different features, so choose the one that best suits your project's requirements.