Knockout + mvc 3 + Validation
Knockout + mvc 3 + Validation
In Mvc Controls Toolkit, A Helpers is developed depend on the knockout library. These helpers help in knockout code and enhance the knockout library with Unobtrusive validation and globalization.In addition, the binding mechanism is enhanced to include complex controls such as a DatetimePicker, and other “complex” .
At last,the knockout templates is find with Razor helpers.
Look at the document here, here, here and here.some tutorials is there that show how to implement advanced features with helpers:
Low BandWidth Transfers with The Client Side Templates of the Mvc Controls Toolkit
- For this, 1st convert the C# code into Javascript with their data type conversions etc.
- write two separate sets of validation at server and client side both.
- It is very easier to control that than to write the own conversion framework.
Use the attributes validation by the own way:
public class ModelWithValidation
{
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required]
public string Name { get; set; }
}
In mvc forms:
@using( Html.BeginForm())
{
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name, new {data_bind = "value: name"})
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Name)
}
In jQuery test if form is good onSubmit or in knockout save function call the next code to validate input.
It is must to include jQuery.unobtrusive* and jQuery.validate* libraries. Validate the input on server side also.
var form = $("form");
form.removeData('validator');
form.removeData('unobtrusiveValidation');
$.validator.unobtrusive.parse(form);
$("form").valid() //true false
