Gain insights into mastering AlpineJS, a lightweight JavaScript library. Discover practical, real-world web design solutions through hands-on coding. Perfect for beginners seeking interactive projects.

This course is a practical guide to quickly mastering AlpineJS: a utility-first, lightweight JavaScript library that makes adding interactivity to your website a breeze. This course teaches you how to use AlpineJS to solve real-world web design problems using easy-to-follow, simple examples.

If you are a beginner who wants to gain hands-on coding experience, you are on the right path. Never used Alpine before? You can keep this course as a refresher and for further reference.

Mastering AlpineJS in a Day or Less

Collecting user input isn’t an easy thing in web development. However, AlpineJS simplifies it with the `x-model` directive, which allows us to bind the values of form fields to AlpineJS data. 

# Bind data to text inputs
To bind data to text inputs, we have two options. We either use `<input type="text">` for single-line text or `textarea` for multiple lines of text.

We use `x-model` on `input`:

input {
  border-radius: 5px;
  line-height: 38px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
}

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The syntax to bind a piece of data to a `textarea` is similar:

textarea {
  border-radius: 5px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
}

In **line 7** in both cases, when we type into the field, it synchronizes its value with the bound property. The `x-model` directive uses a two-way binding strategy. It means a form field can change a bound value and will also reflect any external changes to it.

Let's see an example:


Learn to bind data to form inputs using x-model.

Introduction to AlpineJS

AlpineJS Directives

AlpineJS Component Initialization

AlpineJS Directives

Using Properties

AlpineJS Methods

General Assessment

Conclusion

Bind Data to Form Elements: x-model

Bind data to text inputs