README_TOO.md

Complementary information about Easy Form Generator

##Introduction

Easy Form Generator is simply some kind nice and pleasant UI over super powerfull angular formly.

To sum up very very fast and simple, angular formly is a directive that renders forms from JSON models:

• 1 model for field description
  • could be called fieldsModel
• 1 model for data (what user enters in form inputs)
  • could be called dataModel

##angular formly:

Displaying any form just require this html:

<!-- here is the simple HTML you need (everything else is decoration): -->
<form ng-submit="vm.onSubmit()" name="vm.form" novalidate>
	<formly-form model="vm.model" fields="vm.fields" options="vm.options" form="vm.form">
		<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary submit-button pull-right" ng-disabled="vm.form.$invalid">{{vm.buttons.submit}}</button>
		<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary pull-right" ng-click="vm.options.resetModel()">{{vm.buttons.cancel}}</button>
	</formly-form>
</form>

You may notice:

• vm.model = data model (will be filled when input are filled)
• vm.fields = fields description model

And to customize submit and cancel button text:

• vm.buttons.submit (a simple string)
• vm.buttons.cancel (a simple string)

More information about angular formly: formly website.

##Easy form generator role

Remember vm.fields is the model that describe all the form. How does it look like?

Something like that:

													[
  {
    "template": "<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12\"><h2 class=\"text-center\">Super nice Forms<h2></div></div><hr/>"
  },
  {
    "className": "row",
    "fieldGroup": [
      {
        "className": "col-xs-6",
        "type": "input",
        "key": "input-1441996506424",
        "templateOptions": {
          "type": "password",
          "label": "",
          "required": false,
          "placeholder": "",
          "description": "",
          "options": []
        }
      },
      {
        "className": "col-xs-6",
        "type": "datepicker",
        "key": "datepicker-1441996512625",
        "templateOptions": {
          "type": "",
          "label": "",
          "required": false,
          "placeholder": "",
          "description": "",
          "options": [],
          "datepickerPopup": ""
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "className": "col-xs-12",
    "type": "basicSelect",
    "key": "basicSelect-1441996528406",
    "templateOptions": {
      "type": "",
      "label": "",
      "required": false,
      "placeholder": "",
      "description": "",
      "options": [
        {
          "name": "opt1",
          "value": 0,
          "group": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "opt2",
          "value": 1,
          "group": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  }
]

This form is simple, but you guess it could be not that easy for anyone non developer to create his own form.

Easy for generator enable to generate forms without the need to write the form by yourself.