Build a Google Doc clone with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Blog post from LogRocket
This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to building a simplified version of Google Docs using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with Firebase Cloud Firestore as the backend database. It covers the entire process, from setting up the Firestore database and Google authentication to creating a basic text editor with features like text formatting, font selection, and document saving. The tutorial also explains how to implement online and offline editing, allowing user documents to be saved locally when offline and synchronized with Firestore when back online. The guide emphasizes the use of Firebase's .set() method for database interactions and discusses various JavaScript functions used for text formatting and document management. Additionally, it highlights how to retrieve and display user documents from Firestore and ensure continuous document updates through user interaction and Firebase's authentication state monitoring. The article concludes by encouraging readers to utilize LogRocket for enhanced debugging and monitoring of frontend applications, providing insights into user interactions and potential errors.