In this short tutorial, you will learn how to pass extra arguments to server actions in React forms. We will start with the following React form component that updates a post: In the above code snippet, the updatePost function is called when the form is submitted. The form action receives the raw form data as an argument and can extra the data…
Rounding errors are a common issue in JavaScript and other programming languages when working with floating-point numbers. You might have encountered the problem when adding two decimal numbers like 0.1 + 0.2 and expecting the result to be 0.3 . However, the result is not 0.3 but 0.30000000000000004 . In a financial application you do not…
In this short tutorial, you will learn about multiple ways to show a loading spinner in React forms when using actions with a pending state. You can use the loading state to indicate that the form is submitting and prevent users from submitting the form multiple times. We will start with the following React form component that sends a message: In…
I explored Server Actions in Next.js 14 using Next's App Router and React Server Components (RSC). This comprehensive tutorial shows how to use Server Actions to create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) entities. Currently I am working on a new course called "The Road to Next" which will hopefully match the popularity of The Road to React . We…
A short tutorial about seeding a database with Prisma in a TypeScript application. I decided to write this tutorial, because many of my other tutorials depend on a database with an initial seeding and I want to reference it. Prisma: Seeding with TypeScript We will assume the following model for our database in the *prisma/schema.prisma** file: We…
A short tutorial about setting up a Next.js application with Prisma and SQLite. I decided to write this tutorial, because many of my other Next.js tutorials depend on a database and I want to reference it. Why this ORM and database? Prisma is a great tool to interact with databases and SQLite is a simple database to get started with. Next.js: Setup…
I delved deep into exploring Forms in Next.js 14 using Next's App Router, React Server Components (RSC), and Server Actions. This comprehensive tutorial covers React/Next native aspects like useFormStatus , useFormState and revalidatePath . The tutorial also provides detailed insights into form validation using Zod, error handling on a fine…
The year 2024 got me excited about React's ecosystem again. Despite the various challenges and dramas (the biggest one of them moving React to the server with React Server Components) we had last year, there are emerging React trends that everyone should have on their watchlist. Here is my list of exciting React trends for 2024. Astro (with React…
Every year I want to give you a brief overview of how to start a new React project. I want to reflect on advantages and disadvantages, on the skill-level needed as a developer, and on what features each starter project has to offer for you as a React developer. At the end you will know about 3 solutions for different requirements. Note: The…
React has been around for a while. Since then, a well-rounded yet overwhelming ecosystem of libraries evolved around the component driven library. Developers coming from other programming languages or libraries/frameworks often have a hard time figuring out all the libraries for creating web applications with React. At its core, React enables one…
