Full-Stack React Projects - Second Edition

Placing bids

When a user on the platform is signed in and viewing an auction that is currently live, they will see an option to place their own bid. This option will be rendered within the Bidding component, as shown in the following screenshot:

To allow users to place their bids, in the following sections, we will add a form that lets them enter a value more than the last bid and submit it to the server using socket communication. Then, on the server, we will handle this new bid that's been sent over the socket so that the changed auction bids can be saved in the database and the view can be updated instantly for all connected users when ...