On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Markku Rontu <markku.ro...@iki.fi> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been experimenting with the web servlets lately and I'm not sure how I > should be handling forms. The documentation guides me to use formlets > instead of bindings but the library seems rather incomplete. I mean based on > the source it seems to be missing radio buttons and files, for example. Also
The next release has support for almost all the form elements: http://github.com/plt/racket/blob/master/collects/web-server/formlets/input.rkt > the documentation seems to refer mostly to an older version with > input-string etc. Using bindings is not a problem itself, it's what I'm used > to in Java-land but then again I have to build a complete framework on top > of it to handle everything properly. I suspect most people using bindings directly. > > I managed to get simple formlets working as well as the direct bindings but > where am I supposed to do validation? Guess I do need to build the framework > myself? I'm not sure I understand the question. If your application has special requirements on input, then you'll need to check it. Probably on the request handler for the form action. > > If somebody has some useful pointers or best practices, I'd appreciate it. > Or is there some framework I'm missing? What's in it for the formlets in the > future? Where is the active development now? I'm interested in hearing what is missing from the formlets library. I'm also interested in a reusable validation layer, but I haven't come up with a good design yet, so there's nothing in the distribution. Jay > > -Markku > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > -- Jay McCarthy <j...@cs.byu.edu> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University http://teammccarthy.org/jay "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93 _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
