# Weekly Summary: July 21st - July 26th, 2025 at Blockfuse Labs

This past week at Blockfuse Labs we explored two tools that are essential for any modern React developer: React Hook Form for seamless form handling and validation, and Shadcn UI, a library for building beautiful and functional user interfaces. All thanks to our tutor, Mr. Jethro Lowupus!

**React Hook Form**
Building forms in React can sometimes be complex. Our tutor showed us how this library significantly reduce the amount of code you need to write for forms, all while minimizing unnecessary re-renders in your application. This means faster forms and a smoother user experience.

**Benefits of Using React Hook Form**

**Less Code**: React Hook Form handles the form input values directly, reducing the need for you to manage every onChange event with React state. This leads to much cleaner and more concise code.

**Fast Performance**: By avoiding unnecessary re-renders, your forms will be faster and more responsive, even with complex validation rules.

**Seamless Validation**: You can define validation rules with minimal effort. It handles error messages and form submission gracefully.

in general React Hook Form is designed with developers in mind, offering a simple API that's quick to learn and powerful to use.

import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';

function Form() {
  const { register, handleSubmit, formState: { errors } } = useForm();

  const onSubmit = data => console.log(data);

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
      <input
        {...register("firstName", { required: "First Name is required", minLength: {
        value: 10,
        message: "Enter at least 10 characters"
        } })}
        placeholder="First Name"
      />
      {errors.firstName && <p>{errors.firstName.message}</p>}
      <input type="submit" />
    </form>
  );
}

In this example, register links the input to React Hook Form, and handleSubmit manages the form submission, passing your data to the onSubmit function after validation. The errors object helps display validation messages.

To start using React Hook Form, check out the [official documentation](https://react-hook-form.com/)

**Shadcn UI**
Shadcn is a collection of beautifully designed, reusable components that you can effortlessly integrate and customize into your application. The best part is that you don't need to build them from scratch.

**Benefits of Using Shadcn UI**
Unlike some heavy UI frameworks, Shadcn UI is designed to be copied directly into your project. This means you own the code, giving you full control over customization and ensuring it fits perfectly with your design system.

It leverages the power of Tailwind CSS. You can tweak every visual aspect right in your JSX.

The components are built with accessibility in mind, helping you create applications that are usable by everyone.

To start using Shadcn UI, check out the [official documentation](https://ui.shadcn.com/docs)

This week's lessons on React Hook Form and Shadcn UI have truly opened my eyes to building more efficient, robust, and visually appealing React applications. I'm excited to put these tools into practice!