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Form Validation. The Tested Way
#1about 5 minutes
Why user experience with forms is often broken
A personal story about a frustrating tax form highlights common UX failures like unclear requirements and delayed feedback.
#2about 6 minutes
Analyzing common form validation patterns and their pitfalls
Existing validation solutions often lack structure, are hard to test, and create tight coupling with UI frameworks.
#3about 2 minutes
Adopting a unit testing syntax for declarative validations
Vest is inspired by unit testing libraries like Mocha and Jest to create declarative, readable, and separate validation suites.
#4about 5 minutes
Live coding: Setting up a basic validation suite in React
Learn how to create a validation suite with Vest, connect it to a React form, and display error messages for individual fields.
#5about 5 minutes
Refining validation UX with field isolation and warnings
Use Vest's `only` function to validate a single field on interaction and implement non-blocking warnings for optional suggestions.
#6about 7 minutes
Implementing complex asynchronous and memoized validations
Manage asynchronous server-side checks, skip them conditionally with `skipWhen`, and prevent redundant calls using memoization.
#7about 2 minutes
A summary of Vest's features and future roadmap
Vest is a tiny, stateful library that offers declarative, framework-agnostic validations, with a full TypeScript rewrite in version 4.
#8about 5 minutes
Q&A: Handling dynamic forms and global validation rules
Learn how to handle debounced async calls, define global rules by extending `enforce`, and manage dynamic forms with `test.each` or manual cleanup.
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Building accessible forms and announcing dynamic updates
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Improving the user experience with JavaScript form submissions
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25:14 MIN
Audience Q&A on patterns, typescript, and frameworks
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23:23 MIN
How to build accessible forms and validation
Going on a CODE100 Accessibility Scavenger Hunt
20:22 MIN
Achieving type-safe input validation with Zod
Don't compromise on speedy delivery nor type-safety by choosing TypeScript
16:20 MIN
Implementing write-once validation for frontend and backend
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00:03 MIN
Introduction to JavaScript design patterns
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00:52 MIN
Why HTML is inherently more resilient than JavaScript
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