[html-formfu] RFC & FYI: HTML::FormFu::ExtJS

Carl Franks fireartist at gmail.com
Thu Aug 28 10:46:44 BST 2008


2008/8/27 Moritz Onken <onken at houseofdesign.de>:
> Hi,
>
> HTML::FormFu::ExtJS uses the validation and processing power of HTML::FormFu
> and combines it with the great abilities of the JavaScript framework ExtJS
> to generate more intuitive forms.
> There is no difference in the form config file. You simply replace
> HTML::FormFu->new with HTML::FormFu::ExtJS->new and you are done.
> The result of $form->render is a string of JavaScript which generates a
> Ext.FormPanel.
>
> Have a look at the examples which show the output of FormFu next to
> FormFu::ExtJS:
> http://search.cpan.org/src/PERLER/HTML-FormFu-ExtJS-0.01/examples/html/
>
> All FormFu elements are supported. See the docs for more information and
> caveats.
> I use this module in a productive project already. But this project does not
> cover all possible variations of forms so there might be some bugs.
>
> There will be a HTML::FormFu::ExtJS::Grid module in the near future which
> helps you to generate the config parameters for an ExtJS grid view from a
> formfu config file.
>
> Suggestions, comments, bugs are welcome!

Well done!

It's nice and shiny  - particularly the date and wysiwyg editor fields :)

I look forward to seeing what you do on the validation side of things.

Carl



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