tutorial 1: collecting an using input from users

Notes

• Preset HTML tags can be used to collect input from users
• Programming languages like JavaScript can be used to actually do things with the user input these HTML elements can collect

Steps for implementing user input influenced content on your page:

1. create an appropriate input for the data to be collected
2. identify the data input element -- for example, using id and name properties.
3. trigger the data gathering process with some type of event
4. validate the data--check for type mismatches or data that is out of bounds for the application use
5. integrate the data into an algorithm