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Handling forms in React (basic)

Handling forms in React (basic)

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Handling forms in React (basic)

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This session will guide you through the basics of handling forms in React. You'll learn how to create a simple form, handle user input, perform basic validation, and display submission messages. Let's begin with a simple React component. Let's create basic-form.jsx inside src/.components to demonstrate basic form handling in React. Moving to basic-form.jsx. Now we are creating a new functional component called basic-form. It currently returns an empty form element. We'll be adding form controls to this shortly. Going back to app.jsx, let's import the Basic Form component. Now you will see me replacing the existing H1 tag with a div for better styling. Inside the div, there's a heading React Basic Form, a paragraph instructing the user to fill out the form, and an instance of our Basic Form component. I've also added some padding to the div for visual appeal. Going back to basicform.jsx, we are going to add a label and an input field for the user's name inside the form. The input is of…

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