Using a WYSIWYG editor for textarea integration

As users of websites, we all know that writing beautiful formatted text using the normal textarea fields is a nightmare. There are plugins that make our life easier and turn simple textarea fields into WYSIWYG editors. One such editor is CKEditor. It is open source, provides good flexibility, and has a huge community for support. Additionally, it is customizable and allows users to build add-ons as needed. In this recipe, we will understand how CKEditor can be leveraged to build beautiful textarea fields.

Getting ready

We start by adding a new textarea field to our User model for notes, and then integrating this field with CKEditor to write formatted text. This will include the...