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HTML jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Password Confirmation Form Perfect

Manish Bhattarai
Manish Bhattarai
3,897 Points
Posted by Manish Bhattarai
Manish Bhattarai
3,897 Points

!canSubmit()

why did he flip the return value of canSubmit().How does that effect enableSubmitEvent().Plz explain

P.S Andrew Chalkey is the worst tutor in treehouse.

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Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

He flipped the return value because isPasswordValid() and arePasswordsMatching() ( the two functions called inside of canSubmit() ) both return true when the password is valid and matches the confirmation password. However, if the disabled property for a submit button is set to true then the submit button will not work. So if you don't flip it, when canSubmit() is true it will disable the submit button instead of enabling it. He explains this at time mark 6:30 of the video.