gather all form elements

forms for meteor.js

<script>
    (function() {

      var form = document.getElementById('form_837299');

      form.addEventListener('submit', function(event) {
        // Prevent normal form submit
        event.preventDefault();
      });

      document.getElementById('saveForm').addEventListener('click', function() {
        Array.prototype.forEach.call(form.children, function(child) {
          var name = child.getAttribute('name');

          if ('value' in child && child.type !== 'submit' && name) {
            console.log(name, child.value);
            // Use jQuery.ajax or a Polymer/core-ajax element to send
            // the data to the server
          }
        });
      });

    })();
  </script>