The key to client verification before form submission is to improve user experience and reduce server pressure. It is mainly achieved in two ways: one is to use HTML5 built-in attributes for basic verification, such as using required, type="email", pattern and other attributes to determine the required items and format compliance; the other is to combine JavaScript to achieve more complex logical control, such as password consistency check, username existence verification and linkage field judgment. In addition, clear error prompts should be provided during the verification process, including clearly pointing out the problem, displaying the specific location and explaining the rules and regulations, so as to help users quickly correct the input content. Although client verification cannot replace server verification, rational use of the above methods can significantly optimize the form interactive experience.

Client verification before form submission is actually quite critical. It can help users avoid detours and reduce server pressure. Verify directly in the browser, and the user can find errors before clicking on the submission, which makes the experience much better. A common approach is to use HTML5's own attributes plus a little JavaScript to enhance control.

Required and basic format judgments

The most basic verification is to determine whether a certain input box is empty or whether it meets a specific format, such as email and phone number. HTML5 has built-in properties, such as required , type="email" , pattern , etc., which can be written directly on the input tag.

For example:

 <input type="email" required>

This way the browser will automatically check whether it is a legal email format. If it is not enough, you can use pattern to add regular expressions, such as limiting password length or structure:

 <input type="password" pattern="(?=.*\d).{6,}" title="At least 6 digits, containing a number">

However, it should be noted that not all browsers fully support these features, especially the old version of IE, so if you still need to be compatible with the old environment, it is best to add another layer of verification with JavaScript.

Use JavaScript to make more flexible controls

Sometimes it is not enough to rely solely on HTML attributes, such as comparing whether the two passwords are consistent, checking whether the username exists, or making a judgment based on other fields. At this time, you need to use JavaScript to intervene manually.

The usual practice is to traverse each field when the form is submitted (such as listening to submit event) and check whether the content is compliant one by one. For example:

• Check if the passwords are consistent twice:

  const password = document.getElementById('password').value;
  const confirm = document.getElementById('confirm-password').value;

if (password !== confirm) { alert('The password is inconsistent twice'); return false; }

- Real-time error message: You can bind a `blur` event to each input box, and immediately check and display the error message when the user leaves the input box.

Although this approach requires writing more code, it is highly flexible and suitable for complex business logic.

### The error prompts must be clear. Don’t let users guess that many people only pop an alert or console.log when doing verification. This is not very helpful to users. A really useful tip should be:

- Explain where there is a problem - Try to put it next to the wrong input box instead of uniformly displaying it at the top - Explain the requirements in concise language, such as "the password must contain at least one number"

You can reserve some small areas on the page to display error messages, such as:

```html
<div class="error-message" id="password-error"></div>

Then populate the content in JS according to the situation:

 document.getElementById('password-error').textContent = 'Password is too simple';

The color can also be combined with red text or icons, which can attract attention visually.

Basically that's it. Client verification cannot replace server verification, but it can indeed improve the user experience. By rationally using HTML5 native functions and JavaScript extension capabilities, you can create both practical and smooth form interactions.

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