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HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.14.0/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<form id="myform">
    <input type="text" name="foo" />
    <br />
    <input type="text" name="bar" />
    <br />
    <br />
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

JavaScript

$.validator.setDefaults({
    submitHandler: function(form) {
        alert('form is valid');
        // form.submit(); // use in production
    }
});

// .validate() contructed by Unobtrusive Validation below including DOM ready

$(document).ready(function() {
    
    $('#myform').validate({
        rules: {
            foo: {
                required: true
            },
            bar: {
                required: true
            }
        }
    });

});