9. Dynamically Working with Form Elements

Web forms are an integral part of dynamic web programming. You may think of forms only in terms of credit card payments, online registration, and the like, but anytime you need actual data input from the user, you are using web forms.

Web forms can be a positive or negative experience for users. If it seems difficult to input the data on the form because the form is clunky or difficult to understand, users hate it and have a bad experience.

Applying dynamic adjustment to the web form by dynamically accessing and manipulating the flow of the form allows you to give users a much better experience. The phrases in this chapter focus on accessing the form data and then using that data to dynamically manipulate ...

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