On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Bolti <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm continuing my BoltWire project and I have a new idea that I can't
> figure out how to implement. I'd like to have a form that receives
> information and then adds it to a table on the same page. It's
> basically an address book, so an alphabetical rearrangement would be
> nice, but it's not necessary.
>
> I'd like to ask whether the form project is something easy that
> somebody with non-coding experience (in other words I) should be able
> to figure out quickly or whether it's more complicated.
>
> The thing is, I'm thinking that BoltWire might be too complex for my
> needs or that it simply requires basic knowledge that isn't readily
> available in the documentation. I don't really have the time to learn
> a whole set of new skills, unfortunately.
>
> Is my feeling correct and should I perhaps be looking for wiki
> alternatives with a learning curve less steep, even if the wikis might
> be less powerful?
Here is how I think I would tackle it:
[form]
[text name][text phone][submit]
[session log "target=log.addressbook content='[r][c]{=name}[c]{=phone}'"]
[form]
[t class=sortable]
[h]Name[h]Phone
[(include log.addressbook)]
[t]
[(sortable)]
Note this makes use of the sortable plugin, but only to make the table
sortable by your columns. Quite cool. Just tested and it works.
As for your question about whether or not BoltWire is too hard--that's
a bit tougher to answer. When I look at the code above it seems about
as simple as one could make it. Yes there's a bit of syntax, but that
would be true of any system, and even the syntax here is pretty
straightforward. I really don't think there is any easier way to write
out something like this in any system.
When you talk about switching to a wiki system with "an easier
learning curve even if less powerful", you have to ask yourself the
question about whether or not that system can even do something like
this. My guess is, most couldn't without hand-coding a plugin, which
would be far more involved than this. So it's not going to save you
any work, but probably add to it.
Sorry for the delay in responding. Hope BoltWire works out for you.
And actually, you are exactly the kind of person I created BoltWire
for. Your feedback on how to make it more intuitive would be a great
help to me.
Cheers,
Dan
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