Building High Conversion Web Forms

We expect that you have experience building websites front-ends from scratch and want to learn best practices for forms.

We expect that you are comfortable reading and writing HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

If you are unsure if you're ready, we recommend taking:

• Intro to HTML and CSS
• JavaScript Basics
• Object-Oriented JavaScript

See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.

Projects

Project 1: Meet-Up Event Planner

You will build a responsive web application that allows the user to establish a meet-up event. The goal is to create an app that is a joy to use on both desktop and mobile. The application must allow someone to name their event, search for a host location (using a location API like Foursquare), set the capacity of the event, the start and end times, and input a description of the event.

Efficient Inputs Part 1

• You'll be introduced to the principles of useful forms
• You'll research HTML5 input types
• You'll build a datalist input

Efficient Inputs Part 2

• You'll exercise best practices for implementing input labels and types with many sample inputs
• You'll validate user input with HTML5 attributes and the Constraint Validation API

Fast Forms

• You'll start exploring techniques for making forms faster and easier for users
• You'll practice empathy for your users in order to simplify and expedite forms
• You'll apply everything you've learned so far by designing and building an e-commerce checkout

Touch Support

• You'll explore best practices for responding to and designing user interactions on mobile
• You'll use touch events to build a mobile-ready touch slider
• You'll be introduced to the final project - an event planner app!