How Dictionary.com's Form Validators Work
As usual, there are many ways to write any bit of JavaScript. Figure 11-11 shows the code that Dictionary.com uses to validate its forms (also see Figure 11-1). This is only part of Dictionary.com's form validating script, and it's still pretty long. Don't let the code's length intimidate you—after all, you know 90 percent of it already.
Because you should understand most of it, I'll just cover the broad strokes and then point out a few details I haven't covered yet.
Figure 11-11. Dictionary.com's form validator
Line-by-Line Analysis of Figure 11-11
As I mentioned, this is only a small part of the Dictionary.com ...
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