Gotta love a tool called "bind-o-matic." Is it available from Ronco? Does it come with bonus laxatives? But wait, there's more! Ugh.
Chas. David Pollak wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Josh Suereth <joshua.suer...@gmail.com > <mailto:joshua.suer...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > All, > > I write to you (unfortunately still) as a lift n00b. I'm trying to > modify a form such that it looks more "wizard" like. i.e. I want > it to specifically state "You've completed part 1, you're on step 2 > of 5", etc. > > How should I accomplish this in view-first rendering? Normal MVC, > I'd make one controll that redirects you to the appropriate wizard > screen depending on what steps have already been accomplished (i.e. > the controller figures out which step you're on and sends you to the > appropraite view". > > In Lift, I'm thinking I have a few options: > > 1) Have my stateful snippet actually return the various pages in > code. I'm not happy with this, as my view would reside in the > controller, but I could git'r'done this way. > > > Not really. You can have the templates for each phase of the wizard be > separate files and use TemplateFinder.findAnyTemplate to load the > template for the step of the wizard that you're on. This is akin to > the controller-first choosing a template. > > > > 2) Attempt to learn the lift-wizard library (is this stable/released?) > > > No. I need (and have not found) 2-3 uninterrupted days to get it done. > Maybe next week (this week is JVM summit). While I think this is Lift's > future, having a simpler set of tools for people to use (like Naftoli's > bind-o-matic thing) is great. Give people a choice and let them use > what's best for them. > > > > 3) Spend more time trying to be inventive. > > > Anyone have any thoughts? > > - Josh > > > > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some: http://github.com/dpp > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
