JavaScript Design

Chapter 11. Making Forms Perform

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• The Many Types of Forms Elements IN HTML

• All Text Entries are Strings

• Passing Data Between Forms and Variables

• Forms as Arrays

• Types of Forms

• Buttons and Their Events

Forms used in conjunction with JavaScript can provide a wide source of engaging and interactive pages for the designer. Besides being used as crucibles for information such as name, address, and email, forms are used to respond to different activities by the user. Everything from games to quizzes to online calculators can be created using HTML forms and JavaScript together. So, if you thought forms were boring, take a look and see what you can create using them with JavaScript.

Two critical tasks await JavaScript. First, JavaScript can take ...