Building HTML Forms

Learn the knowledge and skills required to create HTML forms and handle their processing.

Targeted audience

Content

• The form element and its attributes
• Differences between the GET and POST methods
• Components of a form: text fields, text areas, radio buttons, checkboxes, single or multiple pick lists, file selection dialogs, buttons and hidden fields
• Usability considerations
• Elements that improve accessibility (label, fieldset, optgroup)
• Planning validation on the client side, and handling form data on the server side
• Preparing specifications for confirmation and data processing
• Dynamic HTML for creating on-the-fly components
• Planning for functional testing
• Alternatives to HTML forms