Forms are an important part of HTML, allowing users to interact with a web page and input data. There are many different types of form elements that you can use to create a form, including `text fields`, `radio buttons`, and `textarea` elements.

Form elements are just containers for the various form input field elements to be used. They typically have a submit button as well.


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One important attribute of the form element is the `action` attribute, which specifies the URL of the server-side script that will process the form data. 

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The `method` attribute specifies the HTTP method used to submit the form data. The possible values are `get` and `post`. 
- `get` method appends the form data to the URL;
- `post` method sends the form data in the HTTP request body.

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The `autocomplete` attribute specifies whether the browser should automatically fill in form fields based on previously entered data. The possible values are `on` and `off`.


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In this course, participants will learn the basics of HTML, what HTML is and how it is used to create web pages, the structure of an HTML document and the various tags used to define the content and layout of a web page, how to use HTML tags to structure and format content, such as headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, and more, how to create links, add images and videos, and create forms for user input. 

The main goal of HTML is to make webpages traversable like a tree where every piece of content is wrapped in its meaningful container. 

Now that we have gone over the basic understanding of HTML documents, the mandatory structure they should have, and how tags and attributes work. We will move on to some important elements used in a typical HTML page.

Now that we have gone over the basics of HTML about commonly used elements and how the attributes are used. We will now move on to another important part of an HTML document that isn't mostly displayed on the web page but is a metadata container, which is the head tag.   

By the end of this section, participants will have a solid understanding of these HTML concepts and be able to apply them to create well-structured and formatted web pages.

So now that we have a good grip on most of the basic topics of HTML along with familiarity with basic text elements, now, we will move on to somewhat advanced topics which cover things necessary for developing any starter web page, be it a portfolio or a full-fledged e-commerce store. 

Forms Basics

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Forms Basics