This is just a quick post - the tl;dr is this: jQuery Validation Globalize has been ported to Globalize 1.x. Yay! In one of those twists of fate I'm not actually using this plugin in my day job anymore but I thought it might be useful to other people. So here you go. You can read more about this plugin in an older post and you can see a demo of it in action here.
Globalize has hit 1.0. Anyone who reads my blog will likely be aware that I'm a long time user of Globalize 0.1.x. I've been a little daunted by the leap that the move from 0.1.x to 1.x represents. It appears to be the very definition of "breaking changes". :-) But hey, this is Semantic Versioning being used correctly so how could I complain? Either way, I've decided to write up the migration here as I'm not expecting this to be easy.
I’ve long used Globalize for my JavaScript number formatting / parsing needs. In a current project I’m using Knockout for the UI. When it came to data-binding numeric values none of the default binding handlers seemed appropriate. What I wanted was a binding handler that:
If you're after a version of this that works with Globalize 1.x then take a look here.
To make it easier for people to use the approach detailed in this post I have created a repository for jquery.validate.globalize.js on GitHub here.
This is also available as a nuget package here.
To see a good demo take a look here.