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0 pointssimonw1mo ago0 comments

I take it you've never suggested to a front-end dev that maybe their contact form doesn't need a 1MB+ of JavaScript framework and could just be HTML that submits to a backend.

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philipwhiuk1mo ago

Live-form validation? Auto-complete? Any of these ringing a bell?

It's almost like there are genuine UX improvements being done

Zardoz841mo ago

You know that pure HTML have it ? and if you need a more complex validation, a few lines of js does the magic. Same if you need live autocomplet.

simonwOP1mo ago

Good point, HTML with no JavaScript at all has pretty good validation built in now. Try entering an incomplete email address on this demo page: https://tools.simonwillison.net/html-validation-demo

simonwOP1mo ago

That should be a few dozen lines of vanilla JavaScript.

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0 pointssimonw1mo ago0 comments

I take it you've never suggested to a front-end dev that maybe their contact form doesn't need a 1MB+ of JavaScript framework and could just be HTML that submits to a backend.

0 comments

philipwhiuk1mo ago

Live-form validation? Auto-complete? Any of these ringing a bell?

It's almost like there are genuine UX improvements being done

Zardoz841mo ago

You know that pure HTML have it ? and if you need a more complex validation, a few lines of js does the magic. Same if you need live autocomplet.

simonwOP1mo ago

Good point, HTML with no JavaScript at all has pretty good validation built in now. Try entering an incomplete email address on this demo page: https://tools.simonwillison.net/html-validation-demo

simonwOP1mo ago

That should be a few dozen lines of vanilla JavaScript.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse