diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 902f6cb6acbbb..2cb6635e3c133 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"globals": {
-		"wp": true
+		"wp": true,
+		"tinymce": true
 	},
 	"plugins": [
 		"react",
diff --git a/blocks/components/editable/index.js b/blocks/components/editable/index.js
index 59fe33dcba1d7..9a1638c4b6be3 100644
--- a/blocks/components/editable/index.js
+++ b/blocks/components/editable/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,75 @@
-export default function Editable( { value } ) {
-	return <p>{ value }</p>;
+export default class Editable extends wp.element.Component {
+	constructor() {
+		super( ...arguments );
+		this.onInit = this.onInit.bind( this );
+		this.onSetup = this.onSetup.bind( this );
+		this.onChange = this.onChange.bind( this );
+		this.bindNode = this.bindNode.bind( this );
+	}
+
+	componentDidMount() {
+		this.initialize();
+	}
+
+	initialize() {
+		const config = {
+			target: this.node,
+			theme: false,
+			inline: true,
+			toolbar: false,
+			browser_spellcheck: true,
+			entity_encoding: 'raw',
+			setup: this.onSetup,
+			formats: {
+				strikethrough: { inline: 'del' }
+			}
+		};
+
+		tinymce.init( config );
+	}
+
+	onSetup( editor ) {
+		this.editor = editor;
+		editor.on( 'init', this.onInit );
+		editor.on( 'focusout', this.onChange );
+	}
+
+	onInit() {
+		this.editor.setContent( this.props.value );
+	}
+
+	onChange() {
+		if ( ! this.editor.isDirty() ) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const value = this.editor.getContent();
+		this.editor.save();
+		this.props.onChange( value );
+	}
+
+	bindNode( ref ) {
+		this.node = ref;
+	}
+
+	updateContent() {
+		const bookmark = this.editor.selection.getBookmark( 2, true );
+		this.editor.setContent( this.props.value );
+		this.editor.selection.moveToBookmark( bookmark );
+	}
+
+	componentWillUnmount() {
+		if ( this.editor ) {
+			this.editor.destroy();
+		}
+	}
+
+	componentDidUpdate( prevProps ) {
+		if ( this.props.value !== prevProps.value ) {
+			this.updateContent();
+		}
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		return <div ref={ this.bindNode } />;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/editor/blocks/text-block/index.js b/editor/blocks/text-block/index.js
index 45f5ee45d722f..812f67ec73f9a 100644
--- a/editor/blocks/text-block/index.js
+++ b/editor/blocks/text-block/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { query, html } = wp.blocks.query;
+const { html } = wp.blocks.query;
 const Editable = wp.blocks.Editable;
 
 wp.blocks.registerBlock( 'core/text', {
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wp.blocks.registerBlock( 'core/text', {
 	icon: 'text',
 
 	attributes: {
-		value: query( 'p', html() )
+		value: html()
 	},
 
 	edit( attributes, onChange ) {
diff --git a/editor/editor/editor.js b/editor/editor/editor.js
index d3f7cd34ac15c..6d2e6f315d9bd 100644
--- a/editor/editor/editor.js
+++ b/editor/editor/editor.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import InserterButton from '../inserter/button';
 const Editor = ( { state: { blocks, inserter }, toggleInserter } ) => {
 	return (
 		<div>
-			<div contentEditable>
+			<div>
 				{ blocks.map( ( block, index ) =>
 					<div key={ index }>
 						{ wp.blocks.getBlockSettings( block.blockType ).edit( block.attributes ) }
diff --git a/element/index.js b/element/index.js
index 3be0186c4c297..e302593d909b7 100644
--- a/element/index.js
+++ b/element/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import { createElement as reactCreateElement } from 'react';
-import { render as reactRender } from 'react-dom';
+import { createElement, Component } from 'react';
+import { render } from 'react-dom';
 
 /**
  * Returns a new element of given type. Type can be either a string tag name or
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ import { render as reactRender } from 'react-dom';
  * @param  {...wp.Element}      children Descendant elements
  * @return {wp.Element}                  Element
  */
-export function createElement( type, props, ...children ) {
-	return reactCreateElement( type, props, ...children );
-}
+export { createElement };
 
 /**
  * Renders a given element into the target DOM node.
@@ -25,6 +23,9 @@ export function createElement( type, props, ...children ) {
  * @param {wp.Element} element Element to render
  * @param {Element}    target  DOM node into which element should be rendered
  */
-export function render( element, target ) {
-	reactRender( element, target );
-}
+export { render };
+
+/**
+ * A base class to create WordPress Components (Refs, state and lifecycle hooks)
+ */
+export { Component };
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 8e62cf3f3db0f..06bd1181b1a84 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ function gutenberg_register_scripts() {
 	wp_register_script( 'react-dom', 'https://unpkg.com/react-dom@15/dist/react-dom' . $suffix . '.js', array( 'react' ) );
 
 	// Editor
+	wp_register_script( 'tinymce-nightly', 'https://fiddle.azurewebsites.net/tinymce/nightly/tinymce.min.js' );
 	wp_register_script( 'wp-element', plugins_url( 'element/build/index.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'react', 'react-dom' ) );
-	wp_register_script( 'wp-blocks', plugins_url( 'blocks/build/index.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'wp-element' ) );
+	wp_register_script( 'wp-blocks', plugins_url( 'blocks/build/index.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'wp-element', 'tinymce-nightly' ) );
 }
 add_action( 'init', 'gutenberg_register_scripts' );
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ed09b08fc354..747e81b666536 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "eslint-config-wordpress": "^1.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^4.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.10.3",
+    "expose-loader": "^0.7.3",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^2.1.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "jsdom": "^9.12.0",
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@
     "pegjs-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "postcss-loader": "^1.3.3",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
+    "react": "^15.4.2",
+    "react-dom": "^15.4.2",
     "sass-loader": "^6.0.3",
     "sinon": "^2.1.0",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.9.0",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 481729d2554d6..3f35ff8bcd836 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -74,7 +74,19 @@ switch ( process.env.NODE_ENV ) {
 
 	case 'test':
 		config.target = 'node';
-		config.entry = glob.sync( `./{${ Object.keys( config.entry ).join() }}/test/*.js` );
+		config.module.rules = [
+			...config.module.rules,
+			...[ 'element', 'blocks', 'editor' ].map( ( entry ) => ( {
+				test: require.resolve( './' + entry + '/index.js' ),
+				use: 'expose-loader?wp.' + entry
+			} ) )
+		];
+		config.entry = [
+			'./element/index.js',
+			'./blocks/index.js',
+			'./editor/index.js',
+			...glob.sync( `./{${ Object.keys( config.entry ).join() }}/test/*.js` )
+		];
 		config.externals = [ require( 'webpack-node-externals' )() ];
 		config.output = {
 			filename: 'build/test.js',