deform or simple_form for bootsrap forms?

[Rebelo]

Hello.

I am writing an web app in pyramid. I have used both pylons and pyramid before.
I am currently in the process of decinding which form generation library to use.
I canot decide between deform and simpleform.

It has been decided to use Twitter Bootstrap and i have found deform_bootsrap.
Since i am more inclinde to use jinja2, i have found deform_jinja2 which supports bootstrap.
But while reading the docs, I am yet to discover how to customize form.
In some forms I will need tabs, accordion and such widgets.
Will I have to create new widget for those cases?
Any suggestions or links to docs?


With pyramid_simpleform i have full control of the form, so it's a pro.
Another pro is I have used FormEncode and webhelpers before.
But I will have to code most of the forms by hand to use bootstrap so that's a con.
Any suggestions or links to docs?


Thank you,

Luka

[Chris McDonough]

You can also render forms by hand with deform if you like:

http://chromaticleaves.com/posts/deform-retail-form-rendering.html

- C

[Jonathan Vanasco]

If you're used to forms in Pylons, I ported a simpler formencode integration to Pyramid

https://github.com/jvanasco/pyramid_formencode_classic/blob/master/pyramid_formencode_classic.py

it might be a more natural way to handle your needs.  i use it with bootstrap.

[icook]

Disclosure: I'm the author.

If you enjoy Jinja and want bootstrap you might consider the form library I created, called Yota. It's still pretty young, but it sounds like a very good fit for your use case. We should be releasing a Pyramid example within the next week or two to accompany the other two examples.

Links and example site: http://64.49.234.90/yota_example

Github: https://github.com/icook/yota

Feel free to ask questions on the mailing list if you run into trouble. Kinks aren't completely smoothed out so feedback is always appreciated.

[Rebelo]

On Friday, 26 July 2013 17:56:11 UTC+2, Chris McDonough wrote:

You can also render forms by hand with deform if you like:

http://chromaticleaves.com/posts/deform-retail-form-rendering.html

- C

Thank you, I somehow missed that chapter. Name totally mislead me :D

 

[Rebelo]

Thank you all for feedback.
I've decided to try out deform with bootstrap.


Luka