- From: Victor Engmark <victor.engmark@cern.ch>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:16:50 +0100
- To: Kelly Miller <lightsolphoenix@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-forms@w3.org
Kelly Miller: > > Actually, for the most part, both HTML forms and XForms are pretty > useless without some kind of server-side component. Why go to the > trouble of putting together a decent form if you're only going to > manipulate it with Javascript? > > I was under the impression that both form libraries were created because > it became necessary for the user to input information on a web page for > server-side programming to work with. Personally, the only 100% > client-side uses of forms (period) I've ever seen have been insanely > basic; generally, the complicated logic is kept on the server-side. Dunno if you'd consider a >800 lines XForms document "insanely basic", but it's client-side*, JavaScript is only used for extra graphical effects, it includes some validation, and it has been used by non-IT personnel for mission-critical data import since February 2005. XForms is just waking up :) * The XForms processor is Chiba, running on Apache Tomcat, but that's just a practical decision. There is no Chiba-specific functionality or custom server-side scripts, and the XForms should work with any other compliant processor without modification. -- Victor Engmark "To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous." - Confucius
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