React.js Responsive Mortgage Calculator App

What are you most proud of, and what would you do differently next time?

I'm most proud of working with a new framework (React.js) and learning more about CSS selectors like ::before and ::after. Going into this project, I had some familiarity with React but had not tried building a project on my own so this was a great way to brush up and learn some new skills. Next time I would try to better plan out how the app would be structured because I had an idea of how everything would work together but didn't fully write out my plan.

What challenges did you encounter, and how did you overcome them?

A major challenge I encountered was with managing the state in both the and components. In order to fetch the values inputted into the calculator, I had to handle the state in the parent component (``) and pass both the values and set state functions as props to the child components. Using the React documentation helped illustrate this concept more clearly and helped me understand how this is implemented.

What specific areas of your project would you like help with?

I would like help with rendering custom error states as shown in the mockup. I made the input fields required but aside from that it doesn't change the color of the labels when a field is empty.