What is the main function of Sitecore's Experience Editor?

The main function of Sitecore's Experience Editor is to enable real-time content editing and visualization. This powerful feature allows content authors and marketers to edit content directly on the website while seeing immediate changes in a live preview. With the Experience Editor, users can interact with the content as it appears to site visitors, facilitating an intuitive editing process that enhances productivity and collaboration among team members.

This real-time capability is particularly vital in a digital marketing context where timely updates and accurate content presentation are essential for user engagement. The Experience Editor’s design empowers non-technical users to create and modify content effectively, reducing the dependency on developers for routine content changes.

In contrast, creating custom components pertains more to the development side of Sitecore rather than the core function of the Experience Editor. Managing user interactions involves handling aspects of user experience and tracking behaviors, which is outside the direct scope of the Experience Editor's purpose. Storing system configurations is a function generally handled within Sitecore’s back-end infrastructure, separate from the content editing and visualization capabilities that the Experience Editor provides.