Sounds like I need to improve my JS skills.
A Plugin or a Module ? which is better for this type of thing ?
On Friday, September 5, 2014 3:56:23 PM UTC+10, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
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> Please find attached a welcome4.zip with contains the following files:
>
> controllers/default.py
> views/layout.html
> vides/default/index.html
> modules/jform.py
> static/js/jform.js
> static/js/jform-bootstrap2.js
> static/js/jform-bootstrap3.js
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> My proposal is the following:
> 1) deprecate SQLFORM (but keep it for backward compatibility)
> 2) replace
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> form = SQLFORM(table).process()
> ...
> {{=form}}
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> with
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> form = JForm(table)
> ...
> {{=form}}
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> what is the difference? SQLFORM generates html. JForm generates JSON
> metadata which is then converted into the form client-side by the js in
> jform.js.
> why?
> - it is much faster because all rendering is done client-side
> - it can "optionally" submit the form via Ajax without having to change
> your code.
> - it is much easier to style and create widgets for different css
> frameworks.
> For example include the right one:
> static/js/jform-bootstrap2.js
> static/js/jform-bootstrap3.js (I only provide a layout for bs2 and not bs3)
> - it is much more powerful because you can customize widgets in JS.
>
> We could also add a JTable, a JMenu and a JLogin and keep all the styling
> info in JS files as opposed to Python files.
> This would make web2py leaner and cleaner.
>
> Thoughts?
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> Massimo
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