Scripts are cool, but I personally like to keep things as tight and fast as possible - so I either write from scratch or copy and paste the code I need, rather than including a big library that has a lot of code I don't need.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Rouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: Re: Javascript Vs. CF Form Validation > I kind of see that as reinventing the wheel, when there are plenty of > JavaScript's out there that can do validation for you. Not saying I have > avoided learning JavaScript or that I use CFForm to do it. However with > things like qForms from www.pengoworks.com out there, personally I wish I > had started to learn their API long ago and applying it over being thick > headed and making my scripts from scratch. > > Snipe - <CF_BotMaster Network="EFNet" Channel="ColdFusion"> > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Mookie Bear wrote: > > > These are just my thoughts on the subject... > > > > Using CFFORM to validate your forms is the lazy/quick way to go. If you > > haven't started, I recommend that most people learn javascript and build a > > javascript template that validates a lot of things, such as emails, numbers, > > names, conditional stuff, and pretty much anything you want. Then if you > > want a form on your page validated just write a one liner to pass that form > > value to the javascript template you built and have it validated. You can > > use this tmeplate for all of your projects! I found it very helpful! > > CFFORM is an excuse not to learn javascript! In fact, I bet some of you > > would rather write lines and lines of CF server side code to validate > > something and then locate them to a new page based on conditions, rather > > than learn javascript and have it do the validation right on the spot! > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
