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manually or from SQLAlchemy mapped classes. PR: ports/148487 Submitted by: ghostonthewire <ghostonthewire at gmail dot com>
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[ from the website ]
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Introduction
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FormAlchemy greatly speeds development with SQLAlchemy mapped classes
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(models) in a HTML forms environment.
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FormAlchemy eliminates boilerplate by autogenerating HTML input fields
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from a given model. FormAlchemy will try to figure out what kind of
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HTML code should be returned by introspecting the model's properties
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and generate ready-to-use HTML code that will fit the developer's
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application.
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Of course, FormAlchemy can't figure out everything, i.e, the developer
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might want to display only a few columns from the given model. Thus,
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FormAlchemy is also highly customizable.
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Features
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- Generates HTML form fields and tables from SQLAlchemy mapped classes
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or manually added Fields
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- Works with declarative or classic mapper definitions
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- Render and edits single objects or collections (grids)
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- Handles object relationships (including many-to-many), not just
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simple data types
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- Synonym support
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- Composite and custom type support
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- Supports all composite primary keys and most CFKs
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- Pre-fills input fields with current or default value
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- Highly customizable HTML output
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- Validates input and displays errors in-line
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- Syncs model instances with input data
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- Easy-to-use, extensible API
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- SQLAlchemy 0.4 (0.4.5 or later) and 0.5 compatible
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Limitations
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- Currently, only handles composite foreign keys of primitive Python
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types
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WWW: http://code.google.com/p/formalchemy/
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