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Day29 :TypeScript Learning : React + TypeScript Todo App Part2
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Day29 :TypeScript Learning : React + TypeScript Todo App Part2
Continuing with the Todo app part 2, I will document the issues encountered during the implementation.
If there are any mistakes, please feel free to leave comments. Thank you!
TodoItem Component
Add src/components/todos/TodoItem.tsx:
//@file: src/components/todos/TodoItem.tsx
import styled from "styled-components";
// Define Props interface, todo must conform to the Todo shape
interface Props {
todo: Todo; // Defined globally in types.d.ts
index: number;
onToggleTodo: ToggleTodo;
onDeleteTodo: DeleteTodo;
}
// Define completed style, the completed return value will be of boolean type; if true, it will be strikethrough, otherwise none
const StyledTodo = styled.span<{ completed: boolean }>`
text-decoration: ${(props) => (props.completed ? "line-through" : "none")};
`;
// React.FC<Props> defines this FunctionComponent as Props generic
const TodoItem: React.FC<Props> = ({
index,
todo,
onToggleTodo,
onDeleteTodo,
}) => {
return (
<div className="form-check border border-bottom-secondary rounded py-3 m-0 d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center">
<div>
<input
className="ms-1 me-3 form-check-input"
type="checkbox"
checked={todo.complete}
onClick={() => {
onToggleTodo && onToggleTodo(index);
}}
/>
<StyledTodo className="todo" completed={todo.complete}>
{todo.text}
</StyledTodo>
</div>
<button
className="btn btn-outline-danger me-3"
onClick={() => onDeleteTodo && onDeleteTodo(index)}
>
X
</button>
</div>
);
};
export default TodoItem;
I encountered some issues:
React.FC<Props>is a generic used in TypeScript, where FC stands for FunctionComponent.React.FC<Props>will pass the defined property types from Props as parameters, similar to how we write functions with parameters.- I find TypeScript to be quite strict; for example,
StyledTodowas originally intended to directly useprops.completed, but it threw an error. It needs to be defined asstyled.span<{ completed: boolean }>where the passed value is of boolean type. - Also, I realized that I hadn't used Bootstrap in a while; in v5, the original
ml(margin-left) has changed tome(margin-end), andmr(margin-right) has changed toms(margin-start).
AddTodoInput Component
Add src/components/todos/AddTodoInput.tsx:
//@file: src/components/todos/AddTodoInput.tsx
import React, { FormEvent, useState } from "react";
interface Props {
onCreate: IAddTodo;
}
const AddTodoInput: React.FC<Props> = ({ onCreate }) => {
const [text, setText] = useState("");
const handleSubmit = (e: FormEvent) => {
e.preventDefault();
onCreate && onCreate(text);
setText("");
};
return (
<form className="input-group mb-5" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<input
className="form-control border-primary"
type="text"
value={text}
onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)}
/>
<button
className="btn btn-primary"
type="submit"
onClick={handleSubmit}
disabled={!text}
>
Add Todo
</button>
</form>
);
};
export default AddTodoInput;
I encountered some issues:
onCreatealso needs to be typed; the callback function must have a defined type.- In
handleSubmit, I initially thought I could just usee, but it didn't work; I needed to define the event type. You can refer to React's Event System. TheonSubmitevent belongs to FormEvent, so I definedeaccordingly. There are more event classifications than I expected, and I suddenly feel that JavaScript is much easier since you can just usee.
Home Page
Add src/pages/Home.tsx:
//@file: src/pages/Home.tsx
import { useState } from "react";
import AddTodoInput from "../components/todos/AddTodoInput";
import TodoItem from "../components/todos/TodoItem";
import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
const initialTodos: Todo[] = [
{
text: "walk the dog",
complete: true,
},
{
text: "learn TypeScript",
complete: false,
},
];
const Home = () => {
const [todos, setTodos] = useState(initialTodos);
const addTodo: AddTodo = (text: string) => {
const newTodo = { text, complete: false };
setTodos([...todos, newTodo]);
};
const toggleTodo: ToggleTodo = (index: number) => {
const newTodos: Todo[] = [...todos];
newTodos[index].complete = !newTodos[index].complete;
setTodos(newTodos);
};
const deleteTodo: DeleteTodo = (index: number) => {
setTodos([...todos.slice(0, index), ...todos.slice(index + 1)]);
};
return (
<main className="pt-5 mx-auto">
<div className="container">
<AddTodoInput onCreate={addTodo} />
{todos.map((todo, index) => {
return (
<TodoItem
todo={todo}
key={uuid()}
index={index}
onToggleTodo={toggleTodo}
onDeleteTodo={deleteTodo}
/>
);
})}
</div>
</main>
);
};
export default Home;
I encountered some issues:
initialTodosalso needs to be typed since it is an array; we can give it the typeTodo[].AddTodo,ToggleTodo, andDeleteTodocan be defined in types.d.ts, which is cleaner than defining them inside the function.
App.tsx
Don't forget to update this as well:
import Home from "./pages/Home";
const App = () => {
return <Home />;
};
export default App;
Completed!

This completes the simple Todo App, and you can also refer to it on GitHub.
Day29 done. Tomorrow is the last day~~ I'm a bit emotional!!!
References
https://typeofnan.dev/your-first-react-typescript-project-todo-app/
