What you're asking about is very close to "The Tim Farrell way" Maybe you should take a closer look at it. The only differences I see are:
- I didn't use helpers with my template code (but you are free to) - Validation facilities are limited to one form per page with a few applications =) carlo wrote: > I wanted to make the point on one of my favourite subjects, forms > designed in the best MVC pattern possible, so I browsed the forum > searching for the latest achievements to this respect. I found > different solutions but they looked a bit more like extemporaneous > tricks than a reference "how to". I found to different degrees: Bill's > Patch, DenesL custom forms, rfx_labs custom forms (where you can find > the underdocumented "form.element" syntax) and forms "the Tim Farrel" > way. > > I can not understand why in the documents/tutorial/examples forms are > always designed in a usual "everything in the controller" pattern: > saying "always" maybe I am exaggerating a little, but this is the > trend. I find this a bit uneducating because it brings to coding > controllers just the worst php manner. I would prefer there was a > "suggested" web2py way used throughout every example. > > My "good " forms, at least: > - data queries in controller or model > - define a "form" object in controller is acceptable > - helpers and/or html in views > - validation facilities must be preserved > - forms auto submitting must be preserved > > May I ask someone to summerize, as 1.56.3 version is out, the best/ > suggested way to design forms following an MVC pattern as clean as > possibile? Thank you > > carlo > > > > > > -- Timothy Farrell <tfarr...@swgen.com> Computer Guy Statewide General Insurance Agency (www.swgen.com) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
