In my last column, I discussed HTML5 support for offline storage and caching through the use of LocalStorage and SessionStorage. Continuing with the HTML5 focus, I want to investigate the new ...

With HTML forms submissions today, web developers typically must use JavaScript to ensure values are provided when required and are within appropriate ranges and types. HTML5 offers form field ...

The HTML5 specification adds a new set of tools for handling web forms. Generally referred to as HTML5 Forms, the new tools enable browser-side form validation. It’s important to understand that HTML5 ...

When developing web applications, my preference is to use HTML tags rather than JavaScript solutions whenever possible. HTML tags tend to be cleaner and simpler and will often work whether JavaScript ...

With HTML forms, you can capture useful data from your website visitors. This data can be quite valuable to your business. The HTML language provides a range of input types you can use in your forms.

It's no surprise that HTML 5 is coming. However, it's been a bit easier to miss that a lot of work has also been going into the issue of Web forms. So much so, that the HTML Working Group has ...

If you've been missing the early days of HTML5, back when experimentation, not stolid, functional sites was the name of the game, we've got a site for you: Form Follows Function. Form Follows Function ...

Wufoo is a basic, simple, and easy-to-use online form builder that offers multiple features to build and customize different online forms for business needs. While the editor is not the most ...

This article is excerpted from HTML5 Developer’s Cookbook and reprinted with permission of publisher Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional. The persistence of information in the visitor’s browser has ...