# Vest 6
> Vest is a framework-agnostic form validation library for JavaScript that derives its syntax from modern unit testing frameworks like Mocha or Jest. It supports React, Vue, Svelte, and vanilla JS.

- [Full Documentation (All-in-one)](/llms-full.txt)
- [LLM Coding Instructions](/LLM_INSTRUCTIONS.md)

## Key Concepts
- **Stateful Validation**: Vest manages validation state (pending, failed, valid) across renders.
- **Focused Updates**: Validate only specific fields (e.g., on blur) using `only()` or `skip()` while retaining the state of others.
- **Conditional Inclusion**: Use `skipWhen`, `omitWhen`, and `include` to dynamically control which tests run.
- **Optional Fields**: Mark fields as optional to allow them to be empty or valid.

## Advanced Features
- **Async Tests**: Native Promise support for server-side checks.
- **Server-Side Validation**: Stateless runs using `runStatic` and state serialization/hydration.
- **Schema Validation**: Structural validation using `enforce` schemas.
- **Type Safety**: TypeScript support for suites and enforce rules.

## Core Documentation
- [Getting Started with Vest](/docs/get_started)
- [Vest's core concepts](/docs/concepts)
- [Comparing Vest to Other Form Validation Libraries](/docs/vest_vs_the_rest)
- [Api reference](/docs/api_reference)
- [Server-Side Rendering (SSR)](/docs/suite_serialization)
- [Understanding Vest's State](/docs/understanding_state)
- [Server-Side & SSR](/docs/server_side_validations)
- [Typescript Support](/docs/typescript_support)
- [Upgrade guides](/docs/upgrade_guide)

## Writing Your Suite
- [Including and Excluding Fields in Vest](/docs/writing_your_suite/including_and_excluding/skip_and_only)
- [The Suite Object](/docs/writing_your_suite/vests_suite)
- [Accessing Vest's Result](/docs/writing_your_suite/accessing_the_result)
- [skipWhen for conditionally skipping tests](/docs/writing_your_suite/including_and_excluding/skipWhen)
- [Schema Validation](/docs/writing_your_suite/schema_validation)
- [Focused Updates](/docs/writing_your_suite/focused_updates)
- [Handling Suite Completion](/docs/writing_your_suite/handling_completion)
- [conditionally omit tests from the suite](/docs/writing_your_suite/including_and_excluding/omitWhen)
- [Optional fields](/docs/writing_your_suite/optional_fields)
- [Execution Modes](/docs/writing_your_suite/execution_modes)
- [Linking fields together](/docs/writing_your_suite/including_and_excluding/include)
- [Handling User Interaction](/docs/writing_your_suite/dirty_checking)

## Writing Tests
- [Memoizing Tests](/docs/writing_tests/advanced_test_features/memo)
- [The Test Function](/docs/writing_tests/the_test_function)
- [Dynamic Tests & Arrays](/docs/writing_tests/advanced_test_features/dynamic_tests)
- [Async Validations](/docs/writing_tests/async_tests)
- [Test Groups](/docs/writing_tests/advanced_test_features/grouping_tests)
- [Failing with a custom message](/docs/writing_tests/failing_with_a_custom_message)
- [Debouncing Tests](/docs/writing_tests/advanced_test_features/debounce)
- [Warn only tests](/docs/writing_tests/warn_only_tests)

## Enforce (Assertions)
- [Builtin enforce plugins](/docs/enforce/builtin-enforce-plugins/plugins)
- [enforce](/docs/enforce/enforce)
- [isEmail enforce Rule](/docs/enforce/builtin-enforce-plugins/email)
- [All Enforce Rules](/docs/enforce/enforce_rules)
- [Date Enforce Rules](/docs/enforce/builtin-enforce-plugins/date)
- [Compound Rules](/docs/enforce/builtin-enforce-plugins/compound_rules)
- [isURL enforce Rule](/docs/enforce/builtin-enforce-plugins/isUrl)
- [Creating custom enforce rules](/docs/enforce/creating_custom_rules)
- [Schema Validation with Enforce](/docs/enforce/builtin-enforce-plugins/schema_rules)
- [Consuming third party rules](/docs/enforce/consuming_external_rules)
- [Data Parsers](/docs/enforce/builtin-enforce-plugins/data_parsers)
- [Enforce Rules Composition](/docs/enforce/composing_enforce_rules)
- [Failing with a message](/docs/enforce/failing_with_a_message)

## Framework Integration
- [React](/docs/usage_with_frameworks/react)
- [Vue](/docs/usage_with_frameworks/vue)

## Utilities
- [Utility - Classnames](/docs/utilities/classnames)

## Recipes
- [Recipe- "any" test - at least one must pass](/docs/recipes/any_test)
- [Recipe - focus({ skip / skipGroup / onlyGroup }) patterns](/docs/recipes/focus_skipgroup_recipes)
- [Recipe- validating typescript enums](/docs/recipes/typescript_enums)

## Community Resources
- [integrations](/docs/community_resources/integrations)
- [tutorials](/docs/community_resources/tutorials)
- [showcase](/docs/community_resources/showcase)
- [Standard Schema](/docs/community_resources/standard_schema)