I spoke at an HTML5 Code Camp the other day on HTML5 forms because HTML5 forms are cool! They’re so cool you can use most of them today anywhere you have a text field to increase functionality for your users!

Sample form.

Finished form (no peeking).

Resources

Basic Introductions

• Dive Into HTML5: A Form of Madness
• Have a Field Day with HTML5 Forms
• Making Forms Fabulous with HTML5
• Forward Thinking Form Validation

CSS

• CSS3 Pseudo-Classes and HTML5 Forms
• Have a Field Day with HTML5 Forms

Compatibility Specifics

• The Current State of HTML5 Forms
• HTML5 inputs and attribute support

Shim

• Ryan Seddons’s H5F
• The design of datalist