I definitely use validation libs, currently we're still on FormEncode (colander or flatland will be next), but the rendering I do using Mako defs which can be customized and laid out at the template level which is a lot more WYSIWYG than using code generators.
A full example of my approach is at : http://techspot.zzzeek.org/2008/07/01/better-form-generation-with-mako-and-pylons/ On Dec 13, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Benjamin Sims wrote: > Michael, I wonder if you might give an idea of how you handle that? Do you > manually put forms into templates and validate yourself, or do you still use > a validation library but with custom templates. Just wondering as I have > tried both before. > > Ben > > On 13 December 2011 15:48, Michael Bayer <mike...@zzzcomputing.com> wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:09 AM, Chris McDonough wrote: > >> On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 01:59 -0800, rihad wrote: >>> >> >> You are presuming that there is a one true form library that does >> everything well that is completely satisfactory in all cases. I can >> tell you from pretty hard experience that this is not true. To the >> extent that I recommend a single form library, I tend to recommend >> Deform because a) I wrote it and b) it's a Pylons project. But I always >> qualify my recommendation of it with "it's great for autogenerating >> forms, but it's not so great if you want pixel-control over the layout". >> For that, I tend to recommend pyramid_simpleform (also a Pylons >> project). > > Plus, I despise autogeneration of form HTML - it's not compatible with the > organizations I work in, where layout is hand-designed by client side > developers. What works for some kinds of organizations doesn't work for > others. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pylons-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pylons-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
