X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Manual.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FManual%2FTutorial%2FAdvancedCRUD%2FFormFu.pod;h=81f59bee7301e059086b7ae7aa7c49f4b3ce1f99;hp=367b85079afd0a2eeba37c8056a814df19d1e46b;hb=028b4e1a01c7fee31bcee0c3b44cb12958b61222;hpb=166c90a081d8b306ea1c8965f611c6ca317caec0 diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/AdvancedCRUD/FormFu.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/AdvancedCRUD/FormFu.pod index 367b850..81f59be 100644 --- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/AdvancedCRUD/FormFu.pod +++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/AdvancedCRUD/FormFu.pod @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ =head1 NAME -Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::AdvancedCRUD::FormFu - Catalyst Tutorial - Part 9: Advanced CRUD - FormFu -NOTE: This part of the tutorial is in progress and will be ready soon. +Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::AdvancedCRUD::FormFu - Catalyst Tutorial - Part 9: Advanced CRUD - FormFu + =head1 OVERVIEW @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ L This portion of the tutorial explores L and how it can be used to manage forms, perform validation of form input, -as well as save and restore data to/from the database. +as well as save and restore data to/from the database. This was written +using HTML::FormFu version 0.03006. See L @@ -79,13 +80,33 @@ required by C: sudo apt-get install libtest-nowarnings-perl libdatetime-format-builder-perl \ libdatetime-format-strptime-perl libdatetime-locale-perl \ libhtml-tokeparser-simple-perl liblist-moreutils-perl \ - libregexp-copy-perl libregexp-common-perl libyaml-syck-perl libparams-util-perl + libregexp-copy-perl libregexp-common-perl libyaml-syck-perl libparams-util-perl \ + libcrypt-des-perl libcaptcha-recaptcha-perl libcrypt-cbc-perl \ + libreadonly-xs-perl libmoose-perl libregexp-assemble-perl + + ... + + sudo apt-get clean Then use the following command to install directly from CPAN the modules that aren't available as Ubuntu/Debian packages via C: - sudo cpan File::ShareDir Task::Weaken Config::Any HTML::FormFu \ - Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu + sudo cpan File::ShareDir Task::Weaken Config::Any Test::Harness Test::Aggregate \ + boolean Test::MockTime DateTime::Format::Natural HTML::FormFu \ + Catalyst::Component::InstancePerContext Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu \ + HTML::FormFu::Model::DBIC + + ... + + Is it OK to try to connect to the Internet? [yes] yes + + ... + + +B If you are following along with the Ubuntu LiveCD, you might +want to make sure you still have adequate free disk space in the root +partition with the C command. You can free up some space with +C. =head1 C FORM CREATION @@ -100,11 +121,11 @@ First, change your C to inherit from L by changing the C line from the default of: - use base 'Catalyst::Controller'; + use parent 'Catalyst::Controller'; to use the FormFu base controller class: - use base 'Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu'; + use parent 'Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu'; =head2 Add Action to Display and Save the Form @@ -209,7 +230,7 @@ this document for a more foolproof config format. =head2 Update the CSS -Edit C and add the following lines to the bottom of +Edit C and add the following lines to the bottom of the file: input { @@ -315,16 +336,8 @@ to match: # This is an optional 'mouse over' title pop-up attributes: title: Enter a book title here - # Use Filter to clean up the input data - filter: - # Remove whitespace at both ends - - TrimEdges - # Escape HTML characters for safety - - HTMLEscape # Add constraints for the field constraints: - # The user cannot leave this field blank - - SingleValue # Force the length to be between 5 and 40 chars - type: Length min: 5 @@ -339,16 +352,22 @@ to match: attributes: title: Enter a rating between 1 and 5 here # Use Filter to clean up the input data - filter: - # Remove whitespace at both ends - - TrimEdges + # Could use 'NonNumeric' below, but since Filters apply *before* + # constraints, it would conflict with the 'Integer' constraint below. + # So let's skip this and just use the constraint. + #filter: # Remove everything except digits - - NonNumeric + #- NonNumeric # Add constraints to the field constraints: - - SingleValue # Make sure it's a number - - Integer + - type: Integer + message: "Required. Digits only, please." + # Check the min & max values + - type: Range + min: 1 + max: 5 + message: "Must be between 1 and 5." # Add a select list for the author selection. Note that we will # dynamically fill in all the authors from the controller but we @@ -366,12 +385,6 @@ to match: # One could argue we don't need to do filters or constraints for # a select list, but it's smart to do validation and sanity # checks on this data in case a user "hacks" the input - # Use Filter to clean up the input data - filter: - # Remove whitespace at both ends - - TrimEdges - # Escape HTML characters for safety - - HTMLEscape # Add constraints to the field constraints: # Make sure it's a number @@ -382,10 +395,17 @@ to match: name: submit value: Submit - # Globally ensure that each field only specified one value + # Global filters and constraints. constraints: - # The user cannot leave any fields blank - - Required + # The user cannot leave any fields blank + - Required + # If not all fields are required, move the Required constraint to the + # fields that are + filter: + # Remove whitespace at both ends + - TrimEdges + # Escape HTML characters for safety + - HTMLEscape B Copying and pasting YAML from perl documentation is sometimes tricky. See the L section of @@ -530,12 +550,18 @@ existing "Delete" link that allows us to edit/update each existing book. The last EtdE cell in the book list table should look like the following: + ... [% # Add a link to delete a book %] Delete [% # Add a link to edit a book %] Edit + ... + +B Only add two lines (the "Add a link to edit a book" comment +and the href for C). Make sure you add it below the +existing C link. =head2 Try Out the Edit/Update Feature @@ -564,7 +590,6 @@ Apache config files. constraints Required - constraints SingleValue min 5 max 40 @@ -581,7 +606,6 @@ Apache config files. - constraints SingleValue constraints Integer filter TrimEdges filter NonNumeric @@ -617,7 +641,7 @@ Kennedy Clark, C Please report any errors, issues or suggestions to the author. The most recent version of the Catalyst Tutorial can be found at -L. +L. Copyright 20066-2008, Kennedy Clark, under Creative Commons License (L).