What is DynamicForms?¶
DynamicForms performs all the visualisation & data entry of your DRF Serializers & ViewSets and adds some candy of its own: It is a django library that gives you the power of dynamically-shown form fields, auto-filled default values, dynamic record loading and similar candy with little effort. To put it differently: once defined, a particular ViewSet / Serializer can be rendered in multiple ways allowing you to perform viewing and authoring operations on the data in question.
It is based on django-rest-framework
Why DynamicForms¶
Turn your rest-framework ViewSets into HTML forms
Powerful HTML based CRUD
- Support for fetching “new” records, both in JSON or in HTML
- Render to HTML, dialog html or from your own template
- Render form (embedded or dialog) or table, depending on situation
- Easily add actions and place the buttons to execute them anywhere you like
Clear separation of list & dialog templates
Dynamic loading of additional records for table views
Easy implementation of simple filtering
Action items, declared globally, placed where you need them
Custom templates whenever & wherever you want them
Render to full html or work with dialogs within same page or both at the same time
Each form and field have a unique HTML id for easy finding & manipulation
Bootstrap 3 & 4 templates, jQuery UI coming soon, easy to make your own or enhance existing
Support for form validation, will show errors even if they are not tied to a field
Convenient JS functions for easier action scripting
Progress dialog for long lasting ajax operations