Introduction

Frequently in web applications, we interact with the user to capture valuable information, such as their usernames, passwords, and preferences. Whether we want to register a new user, complete a bank statement, fill in a survey, or perform an advanced search using certain criteria and filters, or for any such similar cases, we have to use forms.

Since forms are an important aspect in any frontend development, the React team provided us with the minimum toolkit to customize forms based on our needs. There is a straightforward API called Formik, which works by leveraging existing functionality in JavaScript that allows us to write more portable and reusable code while dealing with forms.

The goal of this chapter is to convey to you a deep understanding of how forms work in React, composing resilient form elements as quickly as possible through a number of practical examples. We will cover all the various types of form handling techniques in React, from uncontrolled...