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Mastering HTML5 Forms

By : Gaurav Gupta
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Mastering HTML5 Forms

By: Gaurav Gupta

Overview of this book

HTML5 has given web developers the ability to easily develop sites and applications which, previously, were extremely time consuming. Now, they can not only build visually stunning forms and web pages, but can also increase the scope of their applications, as well as collect valuable user inputs and data through customized forms. This practical guide will teach you how to create responsive forms, and how to link them to the database. This will enable you to take advantage of the power behind HTML5 elements for building forms, and make the user interfaces attractive and more interactive. Explore the benefits of web forms, and learn how to create them using new HTML5 form elements. This guide will take you through a number of clear, practical examples that will help you to take advantage of the forms built and customized using HTML5 and related technologies, quickly and painlessly. Your ability to build responsive forms will be enhanced throughout the book.You will also learn about the necessity of validations, CSS3 properties for improving the look of the form, and how to link the form to the server. Lastly, you will learn to make the standard forms responsive by making them compatible with desktops and mobile devices.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Guidelines


In this section, we will look at the guidelines for responsive design so as to make our forms more effective.

Some responsive design best practices are:

  • Try to keep the content on the web page as minimum as possible for better responsive design.

  • Always prioritize the content as you have a limitation on smaller screens.

  • Try to use navigation as minimum as possible.

  • Web pages must be effectively programmed and structured.

  • Responsive design isn't for mobiles only. The scope of responsive design is not limited to mobiles or tablets; in fact, we should remember that people also use large 27-inch desktop screens.

  • Always keep focus on browser compatibility.

  • Keep the forms short; if long forms are used, add a Save button and navigate the user to the next page.

  • Always maintain separate files for responsive design for easy maintenance of code.