In any framework I know of helpers are developed using the language of the
framework (here for example about
Django
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1912351/django-where-to-put-helper-functions)
In web2py I would put them in a module and import them where necessary.
In web2py you can also use views to define forms since you can can calls
response.render(...) insider your helper functions.
def myhelper():
# do your logic and define your vars, for example d
return response.render('myhelper.template.html', d=d)
On Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:38:50 UTC-6, [email protected] wrote:
>
> On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 5:51:15 AM UTC+1, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>>
>> Now the fact that one can use them in controllers does not mean one
>> should do that.
>>
>
> But the FORM helper is extensively used in the controllers in the web2py
> manual. And complex forms usually contain tables, or may be laid inline
> with bootstrap, or have buttons or other controls which improve if you add
> the css classes, so I end up using helpers in the controllers more than
> what the canon seems to recommend. Workarounds like using custom forms
> seems to be very verbose, harder to read and less documented. What is the
> canonical way to turn a sample form like this one in the manual:
>
> form=FORM('Your name:', INPUT(_name='name'), INPUT(_type='submit'))
>
> into a real-world bootstrap-compatible form:
>
> form=FORM(LABEL('Your name:', _for='name'), INPUT(_name='name', _class=
> 'form-control', _placeholder='Name Surname'), INPUT(_type='submit', _class
> ='btn btn-primary'))
>
> I'm gradually wrapping complex views into new helpers, and placing them
> inside modules. But I have code like the above all over my app: What's the
> web2py best practice?
>
> Regards
>
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