React + Styled Components + Debounce search

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

This project is currently the best I made and the most proud of. I really loved coding this dictionary.

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

Astonishment, a challenges I encountered was to set an error on the input when this one is empty. I used an realtime api call with a debounce and you don't need to press enter or click to submit your word. So I can't use the onSubmit function to prevent an empty input. Instead, I choose to made a verification into the handleChange function.

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

I used the handleChange function to check if the input is empty or not, this is the function :

function handleChange() {

if (!event.target.value) {
  setInputError('Whoops, can’t be empty…');
} else {
  setInputError('');
}

setWord(event.target.value);

}

I think there is a better way to do this. Actually, the network request will be made, even if the input is empty.