Form Summary

In this lesson, we learned how to use forms and discovered that:

• A form is created using the form element with the following attributes:
  • action, which specifies the URL where the form data will be sent.
  • method, which specifies the request method. Most commonly POST.
• Inputs are created using the input element with the following attributes:
  • name - the name of the input.
  • id - the identifier of the input.
  • type - the type of the input.
• Some example input types include:
  • password - for passwords
  • number - for numeric input
  • checkbox - for checkboxes
  • range - for selecting a value within a specific range
• The description of an input is created using the label element, which has a for attribute with the same value as the id attribute of the corresponding input element.
• Form submission is performed using the input element with the attribute type="submit" and the value attribute, which specifies the text to be displayed on the button.
• To make an input required, we add the required attribute to the input.