Build a Google Docs clone with React and Automerge

Collaborative online documents are prevalent across industries for enhancing engagement, productivity, and problem-solving by leveraging diverse expertise. This tutorial demonstrates how to build a Google Docs clone using JavaScript and React, with Automerge as a key library for enabling collaborative features. Automerge allows multiple users to concurrently modify and merge JSON-like data structures, providing real-time synchronization of text edits across different instances of the app. The guide details the process of setting up a React app, installing dependencies, creating components, and implementing functionalities for creating, viewing, editing, and deleting text documents. Notably, it uses libraries like react-quill for WYSIWYG editing, react-router-dom for navigation, and localforage for local data storage, while explaining the use of Automerge functions for data management and synchronization. The tutorial emphasizes testing the app's capabilities, such as real-time updates across different browser tabs, and suggests potential enhancements like cloud storage and user authentication for more robust collaborative document solutions.