February 2014 Summaries

The developer company Contentful has introduced support for markdown syntax in their text editor, allowing users to add formatting options such as bold and italic text, headers, block quotes, and lists with ease. This feature was developed to provide flexibility and meaning to the text, ensuring it is correctly displayed on various devices and platforms. By adopting markdown syntax, Contentful aims to eliminate problems associated with traditional WYSIWYG editors, including speed, cleanliness, and deception, making it a more efficient way to format text. The editor now supports a range of formatting options, and the company plans to continue improving and expanding its features in the future.

If you're working on an app or website that requires organizing data, such as NYC real estate market listings, handmade jewelry sales, or recipe publications, Contentful's latest update simplifies the process by adding pre-defined values validation rules to content types. This allows users to easily create and manage lists of information in entry fields, including text, numbers, and symbols. While multiple choice lists are not currently available, opting for the "Multiple Entries" field type can accommodate an unlimited number of selections. With this update, Contentful aims to make data organization more enjoyable for its users.