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Garrett Reid
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Garrett Reid
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Garrett Reid
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 17,532 Points

Creating a Working Registration Form

Hello everyone. I'm needing some help understanding something. I know how to create and style a form with HTML and CSS. I just need to know how to make it function. Can i do this completely with JavaScript and Node.js? What are the components and knowledge you need?

I've read a bit and I think I need a database for the Form to "post" to? Or does it post to the server? I've heard I need a server-side language, but Node.js makes JavaScript run Server-Side doesn't it?

I wasn't sure which topic to post this under. If you feel it needs to be somewhere else, Please let me know :) Thank you all very much for helping me sort this out.

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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There are a couple of options, and Node is one option that can handle form data. Any server side language will have ways to receive data, and than do something with it. The form itself does actually just post to the server, from there, it's our job to tell the server what to do with the form.

The most common is the form data gets posted into a database, that is pretty standard. However, the submitted form could just be generated into an email and sent out by the server. Say you has a simple contact form on your personal website, you could just have the server email you the form contents to your gmail account instead of posting to a database.

Garrett Reid
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Garrett Reid
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Garrett Reid
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Garrett Reid
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Okay. I understand. I'm learning JavaScript now. If i use Node, I wouldn't have to learn another language? I could create the DB with JS and just tell it what to do with the form? I really don't want to have to learn another language, but I will if i have to.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

Right, Node is just js that does server side stuff, so it's the same familiar syntax.