Framework or application to make form submissions easy
I'm well versed in CFC's and OO, and just starting to look at frameworks (although i've used them with ajax stuff for quite a while). One of the most immediate applications in need of this (for me) is form submissions. Ideally, i would want something that could: 1) generate my forms based on an XML doc or something similar 2) style them with an editable CSS file 3) validate them with javascript on the front end 4) re-check them with CF on the back end 5) insert/update items in database* *It would be nice if it were configurable to send CFMail's or something similar. So for the cftalk list people: Does this already exist? Is anyone working on something similar? ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261755 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Framework or application to make form submissions easy
I'm well versed in CFC's and OO, and just starting to look at frameworks (although i've used them with ajax stuff for quite a while). One of the most immediate applications in need of this (for me) is form submissions. Ideally, i would want something that could: 1) generate my forms based on an XML doc or something similar 2) style them with an editable CSS file 3) validate them with javascript on the front end 4) re-check them with CF on the back end 5) insert/update items in database* This JavaScript library could solve point 3. It was designed to make it easy to integrate in server-side and auto-generated code: http://www.massimocorner.com/validator/ I am planning to solve point 4 as well, using the same source code to auto-generate both client and server validation, but it's still on the drawing board, sorry. Massimo Foti, web-programmer for hire Tools for ColdFusion and Dreamweaver developers: http://www.massimocorner.com ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261758 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Framework or application to make form submissions easy
Hey Jeff, Plum http://www.productivityenhancement.com/plum will do all of this for you, but it uses a .NET app for the code generator. If you install and generate the code once, you can pretty much build any form you want using the custom tag library without using the code generator at all. All forms and components are composed of tag calls, and provide both client and server side validation. Client side validation uses qForms, but it is integrated seamlessly, and you use a tag attribute to specify validation types, etc. HTH, On 11/27/06, Jeff Gladnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm well versed in CFC's and OO, and just starting to look at frameworks (although i've used them with ajax stuff for quite a while). One of the most immediate applications in need of this (for me) is form submissions. Ideally, i would want something that could: 1) generate my forms based on an XML doc or something similar 2) style them with an editable CSS file 3) validate them with javascript on the front end 4) re-check them with CF on the back end 5) insert/update items in database* *It would be nice if it were configurable to send CFMail's or something similar. So for the cftalk list people: Does this already exist? Is anyone working on something similar? ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261760 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Framework or application to make form submissions easy
Jeff, There are a few projects, both in the wild and behind closed doors, that a lot of developers are working on now. The idea, generally, is that of scaffolding - a concept from ruby on rails. In CF, you can easily find this in Model-Glue Unity, or CFWheels, but there are a number of other developers hacking their own stuff. In fact, if I could only find 9 more hrs in a day, I could get you something by tomorrow :( -nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/ On 11/27/06, Jeff Gladnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm well versed in CFC's and OO, and just starting to look at frameworks (although i've used them with ajax stuff for quite a while). One of the most immediate applications in need of this (for me) is form submissions. Ideally, i would want something that could: 1) generate my forms based on an XML doc or something similar 2) style them with an editable CSS file 3) validate them with javascript on the front end 4) re-check them with CF on the back end 5) insert/update items in database* *It would be nice if it were configurable to send CFMail's or something similar. So for the cftalk list people: Does this already exist? Is anyone working on something similar? ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261782 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
