Generic way to create forms (not admin forms)

[Subodh Nijsure]

Hi,


In my application I have situation where I would like users to define
elements in a form -- things like buttons, text input fields, radio
buttons etc.

And save those forms as templates, and then at later time instantiate
that user-defined form and save data associated with that form.

( Basically I want to create very slimmed down version of what
applications such as pronto-form, jotform (www.jotform.com) or wufoo
forms. )

I know in general I can define JSON schema that I store that can store
how UI elements are to be stored and parse this UI element and create
HTML elements.

In this case I will store store the JSON in django table , also value
associated with form instance as new forms are instantiated.

I am looking at - http://plugins.jquery.com/dform/ or
http://www.alpacajs.org/ has anyone worked with similar things under
django are there any words of wisdom or other components I should look
at?


-Subodh

[Collin Anderson]

 We store the field structure using JSON and then use that information to construct a django ModelField (so django can render the html and do validation).

If you just want to be able to create HTML form elements (without backend validation), I think storing them as HTML is the way to go, rather than somehow translating them to JSON and back. If needed, you can store extra information using class="" or data-*="".

[Mario Gudelj]

Look at how mezzanine CMS does it. I think Stephen called it form for forms at one stage. It uses standard relational schema for everything.

On 18/09/2014 1:07 am, "Collin Anderson" <cmawe...@gmail.com> wrote:

 We store the field structure using JSON and then use that information to construct a django ModelField (so django can render the html and do validation).

If you just want to be able to create HTML form elements (without backend validation), I think storing them as HTML is the way to go, rather than somehow translating them to JSON and back. If needed, you can store extra information using class="" or data-*="".

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