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0 pointspantulis2y ago0 comments

Let me tell you something about this fancy HTML tag you are talking about.

It has an "action" attribute that points to a server you need to own and run a code you need to code in order to validate the input and store it in the database. If you are comfortable doing this, which no doubt you are, then you are not the target audience of this tool.

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rmbyrro2y ago

Let me tell you something else.

If you read the comment again, you'll see I'm replying to OP's scenario of setting his own server and frontend.

I'm questioning the "probably using React" part of the frontend because... it's an overly complex solution to an already elegantly solved problem?

hk__22y ago

> It has an "action" attribute that points to a server you need to own and run a code you need to code in order to validate the input and store it in the database

Pure-HTML forms work exactly like React forms; React does the lifting but it doesn’t change anything to the fact that the data eventually needs to be sent to a server to be stored in the database.

_heimdall2y ago

> Pure-HTML forms work exactly like React forms

This should probably read "React forms work exactly like pur-HTML forms" seeing as HTML came first and react ultimately spits out either an HTML form or a form request.

The original point still remains though, reaching for react just for forms is really heavy handed. It works fine if everything on the site is react already, though that's an assumption that I wouldn't make and that I hope will die soon enough if devs finally start moving away from massive react apps.

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