How to implement typo-friendly search components in your React app
Blog post from LogRocket
A search component enhances user interaction within an application by allowing efficient lookup, sorting, and filtering of content using input fields for search keywords and filters. The blog post provides a guide on implementing a typo-friendly search component in a React app using a simple API, addressing features like autocomplete, autocorrect, and related result suggestions to improve user experience. The tutorial outlines building a demo application called Typosearch, which uses the free Datamuse API to handle word prediction and typo correction. Furthermore, the post compares two search engines, Algolia and Typesense, evaluating their functionalities like autocomplete and typo-tolerance, as well as their differences in terms of open-source availability and integration capabilities. Algolia is noted for its developer-friendly tools and extensive language support, while Typesense highlights its open-source nature and ease of setup. Both tools are positioned as viable options to enhance search functionalities in web applications, depending on the user's specific needs and resources.