[TYPO3-project-formidable] Official Forms Library

[Ingmar Schlecht]

No worries, guys!

I think tx_forms really has a very different focus compared to
formidable. Whereas forms is limited strictly to form handling,
formidable is more of a rapid application development framework.

@Raphael: tx_forms is indeed the "official" forms library supported by
the Extension Coordination Team (which is headed by Elmar Hinz).
Anyway, if you compare the two, you'll see that the focus of tx_forms
and formidable is completely different!

cheers
Ingmar

Raphael GEYER schrieb:
> Hi David,
> 
> Official extension ... what does that mean ? are you sponsored by the TYPO3 
> association ?
> 
> Yes, FORMidable lacks a correct documentation. Yes, it doesn't have neither 
> any wiki page that presents it. Expect the community to correct this really 
> soon, David.
> 
> Yes, we have been in contact with Christopher Koehler but when he collected 
> ideas and suggestions FORMidable was already existing.
> 
> As you said, you didn't follow the progress of FORMidable which was a form 
> library in it's first release.
> Now, FORMidable is a framework which not only allows to create Forms but 
> also manages business interactions (display results, search forms, server 
> events ...)
> 
> The goal of ameos_formidable is not to be any official extension, Ingmar 
> Schlecht and Sebastian Kurfuerst already planned to work on a common form 
> library for TYPO3 usable in the BackEnd and the FrontEnd which should 
> replace TCA and all this stuff. And this *is* official. They, as core 
> developpers, asked us to help them achieving this because, as Sebastian said 
> at Dietikon "FORMidable would be the perfect form library for TYPO3 v5"
> 
> FORMidable has been presented at T3DD06 in Dietikon, and the assembly was 
> really enthousiastic. (A demonstration is also planned at T3CON06)
> 
> FORMidable is also succesfuly integrated FORMidable in huge TYPO3 projects, 
> such as : Peugeot's intranet, CEA's intranet, UN's intranet, 
> http://www.30millionsdamis.fr/ , http://www.a-e-r.org/ ...
> 
> There is also a living community that uses formidable, and developping 
> add-ons for FORMidable ( thx Jeremy, Radu, FS, ... )
> 
> If tx_forms reveals itselves as the right way of doing the same things that 
> we can do with FORMidable, maybe could we collaborate and merge your work 
> into ours and we are open to share ideas.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Raphael GEYER
> http://www.ameos.com
> 
> 
> "David Toshack" <david at vaultin.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
> mailman.1.1158737987.12857.typo3-project-formidable at lists.netfielders.de...
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Looks like there are some great things going on in this newsgroup. I
>> worry though, that there are currently two parallel projects with the
>> goal of forms management.
>>
>> There is now an official tx_forms extension in the works which worries
>> me a little that your hard work on formidable will soon become obsolete
>> to the TYPO3 public once the official forms library is complete. Have I
>> admit I haven't followed the progress of formidable of late but I was
>> wondering if you guys have been in contact with Christopher Koehler in
>> regard to merging any outstanding features back into tx_forms?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David 
> 
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