Day 17 of 100 Days of Code — Forms With Libraries in React

A beginner-friendly walkthrough of React form handling, contrasting manual state management with the React Hook Form library. Covers controlled vs. uncontrolled components, the boilerplate problem with vanilla React forms, and key advantages of React Hook Form including performance (fewer re-renders via DOM-based value reading), built-in validation, schema validation support (Yup, Zod, Joi), lightweight footprint, and UI library integration via the Controller component.