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Forms are used to collect user information in web applications. Whether users are creating content, updating their profile, or submitting reviews, they're using forms. Managing form state effectively is important for a good user experience.
We could use local state to track the form values, but form state includes not just the current values of inputs, but also validation errors, submission status, which fields have been touched, and more. Managing all this manually becomes error-prone and repetitive. That's where libraries like React Hook Form come in.
React Hook Form provides a performant and flexible way to handle forms with minimal re-renders. Combined with Zod for schema validation, it gives us type-safe forms with automatic validation. Let's look at our review form as an example. This form demonstrates several key concepts of form state management. Let's break down what's happening:
// src/features/reviews/components/review-form.tsx
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