Secure & Customizable User Registration System

Overview

This project showcases the development of a highly customizable and secure user registration block, designed to integrate smoothly into any Next.js application. It addresses common challenges in user onboarding by providing advanced features like real-time username availability checks, domain-restricted email inputs, and age-gated birthdate selection, all backed by robust validation and a comprehensive authentication solution. The primary goal was to create a flexible and user-friendly sign-up experience while maintaining high security standards.

Key Features

Custom Username Field:

Instant normalization of input.

Real-time API check for username availability and format validity.

"Generate Username" button for user convenience.

Custom Organization Email Field:

Enforces registration with a specific domain (e.g., @yourdomain.com).

Custom Birthdate Field:

Interactive dropdown calendar.

Disables future date selection.

Implements age restrictions to prevent underage registration.

Robust Form Validation:

Utilizes React Hook Form for efficient form management.

Leverages Zod for schema-based, highly reliable input validation.

Integrated Email Verification:

Seamlessly integrates with better-auth for secure authentication flows.

Automatically sends email verification upon successful sign-up.

Redirects users to a dedicated verification page post-registration.

Tech Stack

Frontend Framework: Next.js

Language: TypeScript

UI Library: Shadcn/UI

Form Management: React Hook Form

Schema Validation: Zod

Authentication: Better-Auth

Challenges

Real-time Username Validation: Implementing efficient debouncing and API calls for instant username availability feedback without overwhelming the server.

Complex Date Logic: Accurately handling birthdate constraints, including disallowing future dates and enforcing age limits, while providing a user-friendly calendar interface.

Integrating better-auth: Ensuring correct setup for email verification, redirection, and state management across the registration flow.

Input Normalization: Creating a robust and instant normalization process for username inputs to ensure consistency.

Learnings

Gained significant experience in building custom, highly interactive form components with complex validation rules.

Enhanced understanding of client-server communication patterns for real-time data validation and feedback.

Mastered the integration of third-party authentication solutions like better-auth into a Next.js application.

Solidified skills in using TypeScript for type safety, React Hook Form for performance, and Zod for schema validation to create resilient forms.

Improved UX design considerations for guiding users through a multi-step registration process and providing clear error feedback.

Secure & Customizable User Registration System

Overview

Key Features

Custom Username Field:

Instant normalization of input.

Real-time API check for username availability and format validity.

"Generate Username" button for user convenience.

Custom Organization Email Field:

Enforces registration with a specific domain (e.g., @yourdomain.com).

Custom Birthdate Field:

Interactive dropdown calendar.

Disables future date selection.

Implements age restrictions to prevent underage registration.

Robust Form Validation:

Utilizes React Hook Form for efficient form management.

Leverages Zod for schema-based, highly reliable input validation.

Integrated Email Verification:

Seamlessly integrates with better-auth for secure authentication flows.

Automatically sends email verification upon successful sign-up.

Redirects users to a dedicated verification page post-registration.

Tech Stack

Frontend Framework: Next.js

Language: TypeScript

UI Library: Shadcn/UI

Form Management: React Hook Form

Schema Validation: Zod

Authentication: Better-Auth

Challenges

Real-time Username Validation: Implementing efficient debouncing and API calls for instant username availability feedback without overwhelming the server.

Complex Date Logic: Accurately handling birthdate constraints, including disallowing future dates and enforcing age limits, while providing a user-friendly calendar interface.

Integrating better-auth: Ensuring correct setup for email verification, redirection, and state management across the registration flow.

Input Normalization: Creating a robust and instant normalization process for username inputs to ensure consistency.

Learnings

Gained significant experience in building custom, highly interactive form components with complex validation rules.

Enhanced understanding of client-server communication patterns for real-time data validation and feedback.

Mastered the integration of third-party authentication solutions like better-auth into a Next.js application.

Solidified skills in using TypeScript for type safety, React Hook Form for performance, and Zod for schema validation to create resilient forms.

Improved UX design considerations for guiding users through a multi-step registration process and providing clear error feedback.

Secure & Customizable User Registration System

Secure & Customizable User Registration System

Overview

Key Features

Tech Stack

Challenges

Learnings

Development Roadmap

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Secure & Customizable User Registration System

Secure & Customizable User Registration System

Overview

Key Features

Tech Stack

Challenges

Learnings

Development Roadmap

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