From: Andrew Stewart <boss@...>
Date: 2008-01-24T03:00:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Quick ruby-powered html-forms?


On 23 Jan 2008, at 13:50, Casimir wrote:
> How to take the pain away from form writing? How to bring back the  
> POWER? How to avoid dealing with minute form details while trying  
> to build proper apps/services?

> Personally, I am just trying to find the simplest, most intuitive (- 
> > fastest) way to create html code for forms. Styling  
> (presentation) happens entirely in css so it has nothing to do with  
> form content. So I think you have a slight misinterpretation there.

> More than words... is what I would like to see... URLs.

If you're using Rails you should look into form builders.  When you  
create a form like this:

   <% form_for @project do |f| %>
     <%= f.text_field :name %>
     ...
     <%= f.submit %>
   <% end %>

...you are using an instance of Rails' form builder (in the f  
variable): ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder.

I recommend writing your own form builder to generate exactly the  
HTML you want.

Here are a couple of custom form builders packaged as plugins:

http://svn.danwebb.net/external/rails/plugins/enhanced_form_builder/
http://opensource.airbladesoftware.com/trunk/plugins/ 
air_budd_form_builder/

Regards,
Andy Stewart

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