nicklope / u2_lab_password_validator

In this lab, we'll recreate a password validator in React.

React Password Validator

Overview

In this lab, we'll recreate a password validator in React. Your final product should function like this deployed version of the component.

Getting Started

• Fork and clone this repository
• cd into the new directory
• npm install to install our dependencies
• open the project in VSCode with code .
• run npm start to spin up our app

Instructions

Take the existing markup rendered from the Validator component in src/Validator.jsx and change into a fully functioning component.

Steps

1. Add and initialize state for your form. Your state should include username, password, passwordConfirm, and valid properties.
2. Add a method for handling each input's onChange event.
3. Add a method to handle the form submission. Remember to prevent the default behavior of a form being submitted with e.preventDefault().
4. Display a message if the user's inputs are valid or invalid.

Bonus

• Add a class of invalid or valid to the message conditionally (CSS already exists).
• Add a cancel button that clears the fields when clicked. There is a cancel class you can add to the button to make it display red. (hint: make sure it has type="button").
• Update the validation message any time the user types something in the confirmPassword input.
• Make sure passwords are at least 7 characters in length.
• Make sure passwords includes a number and a special character. (Check out Regex if you're brave)

Resources

• Thinking in React
• Forms in React
• Components and Props
• Adding State to a Component