Monday, January 27 2025 – Continuing from the previous week, I worked on the same features and focused on completing the filter section. Initially, the filters triggered an automatic refresh whenever the user clicked or typed anything. However, this behavior was modified so that filtering and searching only occur when the user explicitly clicks the search button.
Later, Mr. Peter pointed out that having separate pages for creating and editing items meant any changes made to the create page would need to be duplicated in the edit page, which is not an efficient approach. To streamline the process, I merged both pages by introducing a useState hook to determine the mode. If no data for a specific ID is passed, the page operates in create mode, showing relevant sections only for creation. Otherwise, it switches to edit mode.
By the end of the week, I had made significant progress on this feature and was ready to move on to the next one, though additional checks were needed to ensure error-free functionality.