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Week 13: Note Taking App

React Forms, Form Validation, and Tailwind CSS Styling

Introduction

• For this project, you'll be building a Note Taking application using React, React Hook Form, Zod for form validation, and Tailwind CSS for styling.
• You will learn how to create and validate forms, handle form submissions, and style your components using Tailwind CSS.

Instructions

Task 1: Project Setup

1. Create a forked copy of this project.
2. Clone your OWN version of the repository in your terminal
3. CD into the project base directory cd Week13_NoteTakingApp
4. First, set up the server:

   cd server
   npm install
   npm start

5. Open a new terminal window and set up the client:

   # Make sure you're in the project root directory
   npm install
   npm run dev

6. Create a new branch: git checkout -b <firstName-lastName>. Implement the project on your newly created <firstName-lastName> branch, committing changes regularly.
7. Push commits: git push origin <firstName-lastName>.

Task 2: MVP

• Set up the note schema in schema/notes.js following the TODO instructions
• Implement the Create Note form in CreateNoteForm.jsx:
  • Set up form validation using Zod
  • Implement form submission handling
  • Style the form using Tailwind CSS
• Create a beautiful and responsive UI for the note creation form
  • Make sure your form looks like the Form preview image
  • Make sure your notes list looks like the Notes preview image
• Implement proper error handling and success messages
• Follow all TODO instructions in the different files

Task 3: Stretch Goals

• Add a rich text editor for note content
• Implement note categories/tags
• Add a search functionality for notes
• Implement note editing and deletion
• Add a dark mode toggle
• Add animations for form submission and success/error states
• Implement note sharing functionality
• Add a character counter for the title and content fields

Submission Format

• Submit a Pull-Request to merge <firstName-lastName> Branch into main (student's Repo). Please don't merge your own pull request