2011 has brought a lot of awesomeness to the web.
With the death of Flash and the emergence of HTML5 and CSS3, a whole new way of web development is here, again.
The web is always evolving and moving forward, but this year has been especially monumental.
Here are a 9 jQuery form and validation plugins highlighted by Speckyboy that are not only the most useful and popular from the this past year, but also the most ground-breaking:
Recurly.js
Create secure, PCI compliant transaction forms with full customizable CSS.
Ideal Forms
This is a small framework to build powerful and slick online forms.
In-Field Labels
Use this simple plugin to turn properly formatted HTML forms into forms with in-field label support.
Sisyphus
This is really cool. Sisyphus lets you create client-side drafts, so when a user is filling out a form, closes the tab/browser and reopens it, all the changes are saved and restored.
jQuery Credit Card Format Validation
Smart Validate is a jQuery credit card validation plugin, that makes credit card format validation a simple task. It ensures that user has entered valid credit card number before making actual transaction. Supports all major credit cards (American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Discover, Diners Club).
MotionCAPTCHA
If you haven’t seen this before, you should check it out.
MotionCAPTCHA is a jQuery CAPTCHA plugin that requires users to sketch the shape they see in the canvas in order to submit a form.
Power PWChecker
This jQuery plugin ensures secure passwords for users. You can easily integrate it with any online form to check password strength and give users clues for creating strong and secure passwords.
DropKick
Create custom dropdowns with ease!
TagBox Plugin
This plugin helps add tags to input forms.
Look for jQuery Plugins for Responsive Layouts, tomorrow!
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