[Zope3-Users] formlib vs z3c.form

Adam Summers adam at 4js.com.au
Thu Dec 6 17:09:46 EST 2007


Hi,

A quick, blind question.

I've been evaluating grok and am very impressed at how easy it makes the 
whole development process.

How hard is it to get grok to play nicely with z3c.form et al? Has 
anyone any examples?

Thanks and Regards,
Adam



Christophe Combelles wrote:
> Chris Withers a écrit :
>> Chris Withers wrote:
>>> I need "something like" formlib so want to give it a spin.
>>>
>>> Is there a good how-to or example anywhere?
>>
>> Kapil rightly pointed out off-list that z3c.form is the latest and 
>> greatest.
>>
>> Which one is "best" and where do I go for docs/examples?
>
> The main doc is the doctest, you can read it just here:
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/z3c.form
>
> The second doc is the code of z3c.formdemo.
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/z3c.formdemo
>
> you will also find some interesting informations here:
> http://pcardune.blogspot.com/2007/05/using-z3c-pagelettemplatelayout.html
> http://www.lovelysystems.com/srichter/2006/09/20/the-skin-browser-and-lovely-systems-new-development-workflow/ 
>
>
> But the most interesting source of information is the archive of this 
> list. It's best if you have it localy, otherwise:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=z3c.form&l=zope3-users%40zope.org
>
> If you carefully read all the previous questions asked about z3c.form 
> on the list, you will first save an afternoon discovering why you need 
> to derive IFormLayer in your skin, then another afternoon discovering 
> how to implement an Add SubForm, and probably many others :)
>
> I personnally suggest you to try z3c.form alone first, without any 
> other z3c package. It will progressively help you understand why 
> others are extremely useful (though not mandatory), such as 
> z3c.formui, z3c.layer, and others.
>
> Christophe
>
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
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