+1 to Gerald's question. Post-cfform, I used Adobe Spry which was pretty good. Nowadays, I'd like to use a JQuery plugin / lib (as opposed to rolling my own JQuery), but have not ID'd one yet. Anyone have a favorite?
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Gerald Guido <gerald.gu...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Has anyone found a replacement for client side validation that is even > close to CFform in terms of comprehensiveness of data types it validates > against? CFForm is pretty freakin exhaustive. > > I looked in earnest (within the last year or two) to find a replacement and > have not seen anything that would come close to the completeness of > datatypes it validates against. > > Any suggestions for a client side validation replacement? > > I am not a particularly big fan of pop up boxes nor CFForm itself, but it > *is* a huge time saver in a crunch time. > > G! > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> > wrote: > > > > > just to break it down a bit further. > > > > People that know JS and use Jquery a lot generally wont bother using > > CFFOREM and CF's built in ajax stuff as they know they can do it much > > better themselves. > > The stuff built into CF is great for quick and dirty solutions if your a > > beginner or want to knock something out quick and not too concerned about > > how its done. > > There are however some plusses and minuses on each side. > > The code CF generates to do cf form validation for example is rather > > clunky and repetitive (not good code reuse), however it is only > generating > > the code you need so in the grand scale, quite small, but does rely on > > the existence of the CFIDE folder. > > Using JQuery or similar would result in better code, and you could have > the > > same set of code handle server side validation and client side (via ajax) > > and you don;t rely on CF or the CFIDE, but there will be much more code > as > > you have the JQuery library to include for a start, so this may be > overkill > > if your needs are simply and add unnecessary bloat and loading time to > your > > page. > > > > A lot of people STILL do not even consider server side validation, which > > allows haxors to bypass all your client side validation by disabling JS > and > > potentially hacking your forms, injecting malware/phishing code, > > XSS attacks etc. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354510 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
