how to check if a form is valid programmatically using jQuery Validation Plugin

Question

I have a form with a couple of buttons and I\'m using jQuery Validation Plugin from http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/. I just want to know if there is any way I can che

Answer 1

@mikemaccana answer is useful.

And I also used https://github.com/ryanseddon/H5F. Found on http://microjs.com. It's some kind of polyfill and you can use it as follows (jQuery is used in example):

if ( $('form')[0].checkValidity() ) {
    // the form is valid
}