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I'm curious about 'field helpers,' can you point to a page or briefly describe the difference?

• lojack 13y ago
  Not 100% sure this is what mattchew was talking about, but instead of defining the form and then rendering the form field by doing something like this: > {{ form.thefield }} You would instead simply define the model and render the form field with something like this: > {{ model.thefield | render_input }} Or, if you had a regular Form (i.e. not a ModelForm) you would do something like this: > {{ render_input:name="field_name" }} And if you wanted validation or something, you'd need to create your own render_* methods to perform that validation.
• mattchew 13y ago
  Sure, I mean helpers for the template/view that make it easier (syntax, data binding, validations) to render a HTML form widget. Instead of defining your form as a unit in app code, you manage the form fields in the view/template. For my money, this is much more intuitive and flexible. It's common in other web frameworks. At least Codeigniter, Ruby on Rails, and ASP.NET MVC use this approach: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/helpers/form_helper.html http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/helpers/form_help... http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd410596(v=vs.100).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd410596(v=vs.100).a...