HTML5: All about Web Forms

HTML forms have been the bane of web developers for years. Not anymore! Newer form features provide for native date pickers, place holder text, pattern matching, required fields, auto focus, error handling, and providing for the RIGHT keyboard on smartphones, all without JavaScript.We’ll learn all about creating dynamic web forms with form validation without the use of javascript. Topics covered include: ◈ The new HTML5 input types ◈ Controlling what keyboard types gets displayed on touch keyboards, including the iPad and iPhone ◈ Placeholder Attribute: Adding native placeholder text and clearing on focus ◈ Native form validation: Error messages with no javascript ◈ Date & time input types: The jQuery datepicker, without jQuery. ◈ Providing focus to a form element, including focus on invalid input without javascript. ◈ CSS & Forms: Stylizing form elements based on current states of required and invalid ◈ Pattern attribute – Pattern matching for form input: with regular expressions and