[Catalyst] An initial version of a form rendering and validation module

[John Siracusa]

On 11/22/05 10:28 AM, John Lifsey - Contractor - wrote:
> It may be covered by your callback idea, but if I were using it I'm sure
> I would want to arrange the form how I liked (or more correctly, someone
> with a clue about interface would arrange it). Would something like this
> be possible?
> 
> [% form.start %]
>     <table><tr><td>Your email address:</td><td>[% form.email
> %]</td></tr></table>
> [% form.stop %]
> 
> So that formmanager (gener/valid)ates the form elements, but the
> structure can be changed?

...and so the convergence towards Rose::HTML::Objects continues ;)  Okay,
I'm mostly kidding, but I do see a lot of similarities in the evolution of
the various FormBuilder/Validator modules.  That code snipped posted above
is pretty much exactly how you'd use a Rose::HTML::Form in a TT template
(plus or minus some method name tweaks).

-John