[Catalyst] Re: HTML::FormFu and Rose::DB::Object?

[Jeff Chimene]

Peter Karman wrote:
>
>
> Quinn Weaver scribbled on 4/4/07 1:12 AM:
>> Bill Moseley wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:53:32PM -0700, Quinn Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>> In contrast to FormBuilder, RHTMLO wants you to write your HTML form
>>>> by calling Perl methods, somewhat in the spirit of CGI.pm.  This makes
>>>> it hard for design people to edit the form.
>>> Maybe I'm not understanding that paragraph, but in RHTMLO (IIRC) you
>>> can do [% form.field('foo').xhtml %] in a template.  What are
>>> you thinking would be easier for the design people?
>>
>> No, you're right.  I didn't catch that possibility, though it's
>> implicit in the documentation.  Partly because the docs tell you the
>> details of all the methods you can call, but not the big picture of
>> what they're good for--in other words, they're etic, not emic.
>>
>
> yes, the docs are often very exhaustive (exhausting) but sometimes
> lacking in more simple overviews. That's partly why I put together the
> CatRose example.
>
> Check out the example .tt files in the CatRose app in the C::C::Rose
> package,
> especially edit.tt and view.tt.
>
> You'll see that those are generic form templates, but in my apps I
> often override with specific form generation if it doesn't fit the
> generic model. Just like a real web designer would. ;)
>
> I find that defining the form in YAML is one level removed from the
> XHTML itself, so I just define a base RHTMLO class with default labels
> for all my fields, and then do whatever the business requirements
> demand in the actual .tt files.
>
Hi,

I realize that one is supposed to be born knowing these things, but for
those of us who arrived late to the party:
    In view.tt, edit,tt results.tt there are references to methods isa()
and can()
    Are those methods from Rose, from Template Toolkit ...?

I realize that there's probably a Google query that can answer this
question immediately, but they are common words, and a satisfactory
search is difficult to construct.

As always, a pointer to documentation would be quite helpful.