Chapter 2. Validation of Forms
Form validation has always been tricky and painful for developers since the Web was born. Before HTML5, it was a nightmare for developers to write lines of code for validating forms to get the desired information from the user.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Validation, their benefits, and their types
- HTML5
<input>and attributes used in validations - The difference between JavaScript and HTML5 validations with an example
- Validation constraints and supported APIs (Application Programming interface)
- Default error messages displayed by the browser
Form validation
Validation of a form is a series of checks and notifications that guides a user as to what is required as an input while submitting information ...
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