Re: Using HTML to manage lists of objects

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:21:32 +0100, Olivier Guilyardi <ojaiml@nerim.net> wrote: > Justin Patrin wrote: > > >>Structures_DataGrid + DB_DataObject_Formbuilder, the Couple of the Year(tm) > > > > :-) And this is exactly what DB_DataObject_FormBuilder_Frontend gives you. > > > > What ? I did not see any wedding announcement on the mailing-lists !! ;-) > > I need to check your new frontend... > > In order to ease coupling datagrid/formbuilder I personally thought about : > - an extensive tutorial > - a code generation tool (you could freely hack what's been generated) > > But I thought a Frontend package could reduce flexibility... Isn't there a > such risk ? > True, it does limit your flexibility somewhat, but I wrote (most of) the pieces of functionality as seperate controller modules so that you can just take the editing one (for instance) and use thet in your own app. Or you can use the AddRecord one...or the ShowTable one... I also plan on making it much more configurable, but I just haven't gotten around to it. It's now much much faster though, as it's not using frozen FB-created forms for the table browsing. -- Justin Patrin