Re:Things I wish I knew about state management when I starte...
by veeralpatel979 on Monday February 10, 2020 @05:00PM
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> form libraries remain the one thing I've never really seen a need for
I felt this way too, until I used Ant Design's form component (which uses rc-form under the hood).
Form libraries take care of validation for you, allow you to specify an initialValues prop, and give you a handleFinish={values => ...} prop so it's easy to run your own API call when the user clicks "Submit".
Plus, Formik lets you model the form values using a TypeScript interface which I like.
To me, Formik provides several advantages over not using a form library, and no disadvantages except a small learning curve, so that's why I recommend it.
I felt this way too, until I used Ant Design's form component (which uses rc-form under the hood).
Form libraries take care of validation for you, allow you to specify an initialValues prop, and give you a handleFinish={values => ...} prop so it's easy to run your own API call when the user clicks "Submit".
Plus, Formik lets you model the form values using a TypeScript interface which I like.
To me, Formik provides several advantages over not using a form library, and no disadvantages except a small learning curve, so that's why I recommend it.