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[Learn how to use Draft.js in your own project.](https://facebook.github.io/draft-js/docs/overview.html)
-## Examples
+## Getting Started
+
+Currently Draft.js is distributed via npm. It depends on React and React DOM which must also be installed.
+
+```
+npm install --save draft-js react react-dom
+```
+
+### Using Draft.js
+
+```
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import {Editor, EditorState} from 'draft-js';
+
+class MyEditor extends React.Component {
+ constructor(props) {
+ super(props);
+ this.state = {editorState: EditorState.createEmpty()};
+ this.onChange = (editorState) => this.setState({editorState});
+ }
+ render() {
+ return (
+
+ );
+ }
+}
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+ ,
+ document.getElementById('container')
+);
+```
+
+Because Draft.js supports unicode, you must have the following meta tag in the `` `` block of your HTML file:
+
+```
+
+```
+Further examples of how Draft.js can be used are provided below.
+
+### Examples
Visit https://facebook.github.io/draft-js/ to try out a simple rich editor example.