Since I joined TinyMCE, I’ve been obsessed with launching a TinyMCE developer community. I firmly believe that the developers implementing our editor into their applications, whether users or customers, deserve a home. A community they can be proud to be part of, where they can get help getting started with their rich text editor of choice. A place where they can connect with some of the humans behind the software they are using and also build relationships with other WYSIWYG enthusiasts.
If that resonates with you, you're exactly who this new community is for!
What to expect if you join the TinyMCE community
This is a place where you should feel like home. It’s primarily targeted to developers, but everyone is welcome to join and be part of our community.
It will give you an opportunity to ask questions or share feedback about TinyMCE in the #help channel and also get some support if you get stuck getting started. We have dedicated channels for Moodle LMS or Workspace users (#moodle) and developers using the TinyMCE Package for Umbraco CMS (#umbraco). Keep in mind that the community support is offered with a best-effort approach: in other words with no guarantees whatsoever. For more serious or time-sensitive needs, consider the professional support that comes with some of our subscription plans.
The community is the perfect place to keep in touch with our team, myself included, while getting all the latest TinyMCE news. Whether it’s about a new release, a tutorial that just got published, an upcoming livestream, or our presence in your city for a developer event, the #general channel is the place to watch.
Being part of a community is also a chance to connect with other members, which you can do as you see fit. The first step is to introduce yourself in the #introductions channel: don’t be afraid to promote where you work, and share how you integrated TinyMCE within your application. There is also the #random channel where you can respectfully share anything else your heart desires.
Lastly, to be sure that the community is welcoming for everyone and that we all have a great experience, we created a code of conduct. You’ll be reminded of it when you join the community, but it’s important to read and understand it. For the good of the community, it will be enforced and taken very seriously.
Be one of the first to join the community
To celebrate the launch of the TinyMCE Developer Community, the first one hundred people to join will get a unique t-shirt of our beloved mascot Dash (design illustrated below). You can’t get this one anywhere else, not even if you are a TinyMCE employee! Once you join I’ll send you a message with a form to collect your t-shirt size and shipping information. Please fill it out as soon as you can to be one of the first hundred people. If you ever got one of our t-shirts at a developer event, you know they are of great quality and really comfortable; you don’t want to wait, so join the community right away to get this swag.
See you on Slack
In an AI world, I firmly believe that human connections will continue to be important, if not more than before. A Developer Community will give all of us an opportunity to connect with others and be part of something bigger than ourselves (so cheesy, I know). The developer relations team has big plans for the future (hint: a developer program is coming next year), but this is the first step in bringing more developer love to TinyMCE...
With that said, lovely developers, see you on Slack!
