diff --git a/examples/common/examples.js b/examples/common/examples.js
index 557b9f2059..89629cb74b 100644
--- a/examples/common/examples.js
+++ b/examples/common/examples.js
@@ -1,39 +1,4 @@
-var exampleUtils = {
-  /* Decode query components into a dictionary of values.
-   *
-   * @returns {object}: the query parameters as a dictionary.
-   */
-  getQuery: function () {
-    var query = document.location.search.replace(/(^\?)/, '').split(
-      '&').map(function (n) {
-        n = n.split('=');
-        if (n[0]) {
-          this[decodeURIComponent(n[0].replace(/\+/g, '%20'))] = decodeURIComponent(n[1].replace(/\+/g, '%20'));
-        }
-        return this;
-      }.bind({}))[0];
-    return query;
-  },
-
-  /* Encode a dictionary of parameters to the query string, setting the window
-   * location and history.  This will also remove undefined values from the
-   * set properites of params.
-   *
-   * @param {object} params: the query parameters as a dictionary.
-   */
-  setQuery: function (params) {
-    $.each(params, function (key, value) {
-      if (value === undefined) {
-        delete params[key];
-      }
-    });
-    var newurl = window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host +
-        window.location.pathname + '?' + $.param(params);
-    window.history.replaceState(params, '', newurl);
-  }
-};
-
-window.utils = exampleUtils;
+window.utils = require('./utils');
 
 /* Add a function to take a screenshot.  Show the screenshot so that a user can
  * click on it to save it or right-click to copy it. */
diff --git a/examples/common/utils.js b/examples/common/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d73dd521cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/common/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+var exampleUtils = {
+  /* Decode query components into a dictionary of values.
+   *
+   * @returns {object}: the query parameters as a dictionary.
+   */
+  getQuery: function () {
+    var query = document.location.search.replace(/(^\?)/, '').split(
+      '&').map(function (n) {
+        n = n.split('=');
+        if (n[0]) {
+          this[decodeURIComponent(n[0].replace(/\+/g, '%20'))] = decodeURIComponent(n[1].replace(/\+/g, '%20'));
+        }
+        return this;
+      }.bind({}))[0];
+    return query;
+  },
+
+  /* Encode a dictionary of parameters to the query string, setting the window
+   * location and history.  This will also remove undefined values from the
+   * set properites of params.
+   *
+   * @param {object} params: the query parameters as a dictionary.
+   */
+  setQuery: function (params) {
+    $.each(params, function (key, value) {
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        delete params[key];
+      }
+    });
+    var newurl = window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host +
+        window.location.pathname + '?' + $.param(params);
+    window.history.replaceState(params, '', newurl);
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = exampleUtils;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78af71a650..e655390d17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     "mousetrap": "^1.6.0",
     "nib": "^1.1.2",
     "node-resemble": "^2.0.1",
+    "pako": "^1.0.6",
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.5",
     "proj4": "2.3.16",
     "pug": "2.0.0-rc.2",
diff --git a/tutorials/basic/index.pug b/tutorials/basic/index.pug
index 026c39c06d..0c03716266 100644
--- a/tutorials/basic/index.pug
+++ b/tutorials/basic/index.pug
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ block mainTutorial
       height: 100%;
       padding: 0;
       margin: 0;
+      overflow: hidden;
     }
 
   :markdown-it
diff --git a/tutorials/common/tutorials.css b/tutorials/common/tutorials.css
index b238b064e4..043bea14eb 100644
--- a/tutorials/common/tutorials.css
+++ b/tutorials/common/tutorials.css
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ html, body {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   overflow: hidden;
+  display: flex;
 }
 .navbar #maincontent {
   height: calc(100% - 60px);
@@ -28,9 +29,12 @@ html, body {
   overflow-y: auto;
   padding: 0.5em;
   background: ivory;
+  resize: horizontal;
+  min-width: 10em;
 }
 #workframe {
   overflow: hidden;
+  flex-grow: 100;
 }
 .codeblock .codeblock_entry {
   width: calc(100% - 6em);
diff --git a/tutorials/common/tutorials.js b/tutorials/common/tutorials.js
index 243f58a5de..3767b5afde 100644
--- a/tutorials/common/tutorials.js
+++ b/tutorials/common/tutorials.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 var $ = require('jquery');
+var pako = require('pako');
+var utils = require('../../examples/common/utils');
 
 /* Track the last selector used for generating a code block and also a timer so
  * we can avoid rendering the same codeblock if it is actively being edited. */
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ var processBlockInfo = {
     '  height: 100%;\n' +
     '  padding: 0;\n' +
     '  margin: 0;\n' +
+    '  overflow: hidden;\n' +
     '}'
 };
 
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ function process_block(selector) {
     window.tutorial = targetelem[0].contentWindow;
     window.tutorials = window.tutorials || {};
     window.tutorials[target] = targetelem[0].contentWindow;
+    elem.trigger('geojs-tutorial-run');
   }
 }
 
@@ -187,13 +191,101 @@ function process_block_debounce(selector, debounce) {
   }, 2000);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Run any default code blocks, then start listening for changes in code
+ * blocks.
+ */
+function run_tutorial() {
+  /* If any of the codeblocks is marked 'default', run them.  Do this in a
+   * timeout so that other start up scripts can run */
+  $('.codeblock[initial="true"]').each(function (idx, elem) {
+    run_block(elem);
+  });
+  /* Whenever a code block changes, run it with its parents */
+  $('.codeblock textarea').bind('input propertychange', function (evt) {
+    run_block(evt.target, true, true);
+  });
+  $('.codeblock .CodeMirror').each(function () {
+    $(this)[0].CodeMirror.on('change', function (elem) {
+      run_block(elem.getWrapperElement(), true, true);
+    });
+  });
+  /* Bind run and reset buttons */
+  $('.codeblock_reset').click(function (evt) {
+    var elem = $('textarea', $(evt.target).closest('.codeblock'));
+    elem.val(elem.attr('defaultvalue'));
+    $('.CodeMirror', $(evt.target).closest('.codeblock'))[0].CodeMirror.setValue(elem.attr('defaultvalue'));
+    run_block(evt.target, true);
+  });
+  $('.codeblock_run').click(function (evt) {
+    run_block(evt.target, undefined, undefined, evt.shiftKey);
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get query parameters for each step and update them as we start.  Monitor the
+ * code blocks and update the url when they change if appropriate.
+ *
+ * @param {boolean} alwaysKeep If `true`, update the url even if the `keep` url
+ *      parameter is not specified.
+ */
+function start_keeper(alwaysKeep) {
+  var query = utils.getQuery(),
+      keep = query.keep || (alwaysKeep === true);
+
+  $('.codeblock').each(function () {
+    var block = $(this),
+        key = 'src' + (block.attr('step') !== '1' ? block.attr('step') : '');
+    if (query[key]) {
+      try {
+        /* Strip out white space and pluses, then convert ., -, and _ to /, +,
+         * =.  By removing whitespace, the url is more robust against email
+         * handling.  The others keep things short. */
+        var src = atob(query[key].replace(/(\s|\+)/g, '').replace(/\./g, '/').replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '='));
+        src = pako.inflate(src, {to: 'string', raw: true});
+        if ($('.CodeMirror', block).length) {
+          $('.CodeMirror', block)[0].CodeMirror.setValue(src);
+        } else {
+          $('textarea', block).val(src);
+        }
+      } catch (err) { }
+    }
+  });
+  if (keep) {
+    $(document).on('geojs-tutorial-run', '.codeblock', function () {
+      var newQuery = {};
+      if (query.keep && alwaysKeep !== true) {
+        newQuery.keep = query.keep;
+      }
+      $('.codeblock').each(function () {
+        var block = $(this),
+            defaultSrc = $('textarea', block).attr('defaultvalue'),
+            key = 'src' + (block.attr('step') !== '1' ? block.attr('step') : '');
+
+        var src = $('.CodeMirror', block).length ? $('.CodeMirror', block)[0].CodeMirror.getValue() : $('textarea', block).val().trim();
+        if (src !== defaultSrc) {
+          var comp = btoa(pako.deflate(src, {to: 'string', level: 9, raw: true}));
+          /* instead of using regular base64, convert /, +, and = to ., -, and _
+           * so that they don't need to be escaped on the url.  This reduces the
+           * average length of the url by 6 percent. */
+          comp = comp.replace(/\//g, '.').replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/=/g, '_');
+          newQuery[key] = comp;
+        }
+      });
+      utils.setQuery(newQuery);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Process code blocks to remove unwanted white space and store default values,
  * set up event handling, and run any initial code blocks.
  *
  * @param {boolean} useCodeMirror If explicitly false, don't use CodeMirror.
+ * @param {boolean} alwaysKeep If `true`, update the url even if the `keep` url
+ *      parameter is not specified.
  */
-function start_tutorial(useCodeMirror) {
+function start_tutorial(useCodeMirror, alwaysKeep) {
   /* clean up whitespace and store a default value for each code block */
   $('.codeblock').each(function () {
     var elem = $('textarea', this),
@@ -225,29 +317,8 @@ function start_tutorial(useCodeMirror) {
   }
   /* Check if iframe srcdoc support is present */
   processBlockInfo.srcdocSupport = !!('srcdoc' in document.createElement('iframe'));
-  /* If any of the codeblocks is marked 'default', run them */
-  $('.codeblock[initial="true"]').each(function (idx, elem) {
-    run_block(elem);
-  });
-  /* Whenever a code block changes, run it with its parents */
-  $('.codeblock textarea').bind('input propertychange', function (evt) {
-    run_block(evt.target, true, true);
-  });
-  $('.codeblock .CodeMirror').each(function () {
-    $(this)[0].CodeMirror.on('change', function (elem) {
-      run_block(elem.getWrapperElement(), true, true);
-    });
-  });
-  /* Bind run and reset buttons */
-  $('.codeblock_reset').click(function (evt) {
-    var elem = $('textarea', $(evt.target).closest('.codeblock'));
-    elem.val(elem.attr('defaultvalue'));
-    $('.CodeMirror', $(evt.target).closest('.codeblock'))[0].CodeMirror.setValue(elem.attr('defaultvalue'));
-    run_block(evt.target, true);
-  });
-  $('.codeblock_run').click(function (evt) {
-    run_block(evt.target, undefined, undefined, evt.shiftKey);
-  });
+  start_keeper(alwaysKeep);
+  run_tutorial();
 }
 
 module.exports = start_tutorial;
diff --git a/tutorials/editor/editor.js b/tutorials/editor/editor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ac38243df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/editor/editor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* global start_tutorial */
+
+$(function () {
+  /* start_tutorial has to be called explicitly when we are ready since we need
+   * to ask it to always keep url changes. */
+  start_tutorial(undefined, true);
+});
diff --git a/tutorials/editor/index.pug b/tutorials/editor/index.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c8e73c3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/editor/index.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+extends ../common/index.pug
+
+block mainTutorial
+  :markdown-it
+    # Editor
+    Any changes made will be stored in the URL whenever the code is run.  This can be sent as a link, bookmarked, or otherwise shared.
+
+    You can interact with the code through the javascript console by accessing the top-level variables in the `tutorial` global parameter.
+
+  +codeblock('javascript', 1, undefined, true).
+    var map = geo.map({
+      node: "#map",
+      center: {x: 4.90, y: 52.37},
+      zoom: 14
+    });
+    var layer = map.createLayer('osm');
+  +codeblock_test('map has one osm layer from openstreetmap', [
+      'map.layers().length === 1',
+      'map.layers()[0] instanceof geo.osmLayer',
+      'layer.url().match(/openstreetmap/)'
+      ])
diff --git a/tutorials/editor/thumb.jpg b/tutorials/editor/thumb.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2281869765
Binary files /dev/null and b/tutorials/editor/thumb.jpg differ
diff --git a/tutorials/editor/tutorial.json b/tutorials/editor/tutorial.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..641276455a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/editor/tutorial.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "title": "Editor",
+  "hideNavbar": true,
+  "level": 10,
+  "tutorialJs": ["editor.js"],
+  "about": {
+    "text": "Edit and save work in URL."
+  }
+}