Formal Forms with State Machines
David Khourshid at ReactNext 2019
Developing forms can quickly become complex, and the myriad of approaches and libraries only highlights the problem - there's so many different use-cases and no one-size-fits-all solution. It's time to formally model our forms. In this talk, we'll explore the current React form landscape and learn how hooks and state machines can be used to create abstract models of complex forms that greatly reduce dependencies on restrictive form libraries or complex custom components. With these abstract models, form logic can be automatically tested, simulated, analyzed, and visualized.