Discussion - Topic: React Hook Form

This week's topic: React Hook Form

As described in Thoughtworks Technology Radar Vol. #32.

We noted React Hook Form as an alternative to Formik. By defaulting to uncontrolled components, it delivers significantly better out-of-the-box performance, especially for large forms. React Hook Form is well-integrated with various schema-based validation libraries, including Yup, Zod and more. Additionally, React Hook Form offers a lot of flexibility, making it easy to integrate with existing codebases and other libraries. You can use React Hook Form with external controlled components libraries such as shadcn or AntD. With strong performance, seamless integration and active development, it’s a solid choice for building large form or form-heavy application.

Zoom link will be added about 5 min before the event starts.

Discussion Resources :

Please try to read/watch before the meetup as it will help drive the discussions.

Why would I use React Hook Form? by Matt Burgess
https://mattburgess.medium.com/why-would-i-use-react-hook-form-8ae7b905953e

No More BORING Forms: react-hook-form for Beginners by CodeParrot AI
https://codeparrot.ai/blogs/react-hook-form-for-beginners

Building Advanced React Forms Using React Hook Form, Zod and Shadcn by Boris Martinovic
https://wasp.sh/blog/2025/01/22/advanced-react-hook-form-zod-shadcn

React Hook Form vs. React 19: Should you still use RHF in 2025? by Vijit Ail
https://blog.logrocket.com/react-hook-form-vs-react-19/

React Hook Form vs Formik by Dzmitry Ihnatovich
https://medium.com/@ignatovich.dm/react-hook-form-vs-formik-44144e6a01d8

Ditching Server Actions for React Hook Form by George "G" Le
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlGxU4p1dDg

React Hook Form - Complete Tutorial (with Zod) by Zod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc_xmawJ8Kg