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(UPI) Chapter 10: Utilizing Forms with JavaScript Course (How To)

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Overview

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This course explores HTML forms and their integration with JavaScript, covering form creation, accessibility, input validation, and the client-server architecture for handling submissions, culminating in advanced techniques for dynamic form management.

Syllabus

Exploring HTML Forms and Submission

This stage introduces HTML forms, explaining their structure and elements, and demonstrates how to create simple forms for collecting user data, including text inputs, dropdowns, and buttons.

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    Concepts and Demonstrations

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    Active Learning: Implementing Our Form HTML

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    Basic Form Styling

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    Sending Form Data to Your Web Server

  • HTML Forms Quiz

    6 questions

Building Accessible and Structured HTML Forms

This stage focuses on building accessible and well-structured HTML forms, introducing elements like <fieldset> and <legend> to enhance usability and accessibility for all users, including those relying on assistive technologies.

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    The <form> Element

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    The <fieldset> and <legend> Elements

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    The <label> Element

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    Common HTML Structures Used with Forms

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    Active Learning: Building a Form Structure

  • Accessible and Structured HTML Forms Quiz

    5 questions

HTML Form Elements

This stage examines form validation techniques in JavaScript, demonstrating how to enhance user input accuracy and security by applying both client-side and server-side validation methods​.

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    Text Input Fields

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    Single Line Text Fields

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    Password Field

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    Hidden Content

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    Checkable Items: Checkboxes and Radio Buttons

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    Checkbox

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    Radio Button

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    Actual Buttons

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    Image Button

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    File Picker

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    Common Attributes

  • Input Types and Controls Quiz

    6 questions

Comprehensive Guide to Form Validation in Web Development

This stage provides a comprehensive guide to form validation, explaining built-in and JavaScript-based methods for ensuring input accuracy, improving user experience, and protecting application security.

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    Client-side form validation

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    Using Built-in Form Validation

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    The Required Attribute

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    Validating Against a Regular Expression

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    Constraining the Length of Your Entries

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    Full Example

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    The Constraint Validation API

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    Implementing a Customized Error Message

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    A More Detailed Example

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    Validating Forms Without a Built-in API

  • Form Validation Quiz

    6 questions

Comprehensive Guide to Web Client/Server Architecture and Form Handling

This stage dives into the client-server architecture of web forms, explaining how HTML forms configure HTTP requests and exploring advanced JavaScript techniques for submitting data asynchronously to enhance web application interactivity.

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    Web Client/Server Architecture

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    On the Client Side: Defining How to Send the Data

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    Viewing HTTP Requests

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    Retrieving the Data

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    A Special Case: Sending Files

  • Form Handling Quiz

    6 questions

Building Custom HTML Controls: Design, Structure, Semantics, and Implementation

This stage delves into building custom HTML controls, focusing on their design, structure, and semantics, and highlighting how to mimic native elements while maintaining accessibility and functionality.

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    Design, Structure, and Semantics

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    Defining the HTML Structure and (Some) Semantics

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    Beautification

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    Making the Job Easier

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    Handling the Control's Value

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    But Wait a Second, Are We Really Done?

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    An Alternative Approach: Using Radio Buttons

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Submitting Form Data Using JavaScript

This stage provides an in-depth look at creating custom form controls in JavaScript, focusing on enhancing user interactions by building reusable and accessible components for web applications.

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    Sending Forms through JavaScript

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    Building a FormData Object Manually

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    Associating a FormData Object and a <form>

  • Submitting Form Quiz

    6 questions

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