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kiffin.gish at planet

Jun 10, 2009, 12:00 AM

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FormFu vs. FormBuilder ...

What are the advantages/disadvantages for choosing between
Catalyst::Controller::FormBuilder and Catalyst::Controller::HTML:FormFu?

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Kiffin Gish <Kiffin.Gish[at]planet.nl>
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Jun 10, 2009, 12:53 AM

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Re: FormFu vs. FormBuilder ... [In reply to]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kiffin Gish<kiffin.gish[at]planet.nl> wrote:
> What are the advantages/disadvantages for choosing between
> Catalyst::Controller::FormBuilder and Catalyst::Controller::HTML:FormFu?

Those two are not the only options. Have a look at:
http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?form_processing

In my opinion the Catalyst controllers don't server any purpose other
than documenting how to configure a form processor for Catalyst. This
should not require a separate module - as this additional layer only
adds friction (problems like exposing not exactly full API of the
original processor, lagging after new releases of the processor and
Catalyst etc.) - but I agree that this kind of configuration should be
put somewhere and should be accompanied by tests.

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Jun 10, 2009, 12:57 AM

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Re: FormFu vs. FormBuilder ... [In reply to]

2009/6/10 Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish[at]planet.nl>:
> What are the advantages/disadvantages for choosing between
> Catalyst::Controller::FormBuilder and Catalyst::Controller::HTML:FormFu?

CGI::FormBuilder, HTML::FormFu and the myriad other form modules each
approach the problem in rather different ways, so with a quick browse
of the docs, you should be able to get an idea of which approach
meshes closest to your way of thinking / working.

Carl

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francesc.roma+catalyst at gmail

Jun 10, 2009, 2:36 AM

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Re: FormFu vs. FormBuilder ... [In reply to]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish[at]planet.nl> wrote:

> What are the advantages/disadvantages for choosing between
> Catalyst::Controller::FormBuilder and Catalyst::Controller::HTML:FormFu?

FormBuilder is popular because is an older and stable project. It doesn't
seem very active anymore though.

FormFu is popular among the Catalyst community because it is has a more
modern design and an active community. It's API might not be as stable
though. Since it has a more modular design it seems easier to extend and
people are implementing extra layers of lazyness (abstraction) on top of it.
For example the ability to automagically get/set values from a DBIx::Class
Catalyst model.

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> Kiffin Gish <Kiffin.Gish[at]planet.nl>
> Gouda, The Netherlands
>
>

Francesc
Barcelona, The Catalan Countries

paikkos at googlemail

Jun 10, 2009, 4:49 AM

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Re: FormFu vs. FormBuilder ... [In reply to]

2009/6/10 Francesc Rom� i Frigol� <francesc.roma+catalyst[at]gmail.com>:
HTML:FormFu?
>
> FormBuilder is popular because is an older and stable project. It doesn't
> seem very active anymore though.

It's my understanding that the developer of FormBuilder does not work
with Perl any more. FormBuilder is no longer maintained and the
mailing list was dead when I tried a year ago.
Dp.

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