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In this course, author Joe Marini details the latest enhancements for client-side forms found in HTML5. Using real-world examples, the course showcases the capabilities of the specification's new attributes and form elements, such as displaying default placeholder text, setting required fields, capturing email addresses, and presenting calculation results within a form. The course also demonstrates mobile device support for HTML5 forms and shows how to modernize existing forms while maintaining backwards compatibility for older browsers.
Topics include:

    Autofilling previously entered data with autocomplete
    Constraining form field data with a regular expression
    Using text-selection APIs
    Building CSS styling for invalid, valid, and required fields
    Creating a search field
    Including a phone number input field
    Formatting number fields
    Building a date picker
    Creating a list of suggested entries
    Indicating measurements