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Jami Schwarzwalder
17,961 PointsHow can I make a live form?
I am going to an event on Tuesday morning where I need to collect Name, Phone Number, and email address.
I will not have wifi, but I can bring a laptop or an iPad.
I though I might use my newly aquired coding skills to create a form that people could complete electronically instead of writing this information on paper.
How do I do this?
I do not have a server.
Thank you!
3 Answers
Greg Kaleka
39,021 PointsUnfortunately, I think you'll need some back-end programming in order to actually process (e.g. save) the information someone puts into the form. You could check out the PHP development track, which teaches you exactly this, but you probably won't be able to learn by Tuesday!
Dan Johnson
40,532 PointsAs Greg said you'll need some amount of back-end programming if you want to use HTML forms. You could set this up using just HTML and JavaScript however if you use something like the Express framework for Node.js. You could then post to it locally to persist the data. A bit over the top but it's an option.
Express: http://expressjs.com/
Jami Schwarzwalder
17,961 PointsI'm trying to see if a ruby server would work. Taking the codecademy course on Rails app. I didn't know what to take on Treehouse to reach my shortterm goal.
I'll look into express Dan Johnson