InspringCon Lightning Talk - Frontend Form Validation

I present an idea how to automate frontend form validation in the Neos Flow PHP Framework by exposing the Validators defined on an entity to the frontend.

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1. Form Validation!
2. Here’s an idea…
3. Expose the backend validators to automatically validate forms in the frontend, too
4. Browser Flow Form <f:form object=“{entity}” …> <f:form.textfield property=“email” … /> </f:form> 
 /**
 * @Flow\Entity
 */
 class User
 {
 /**
 * @var string
 * @Flow\Validate(type="NotEmpty")
 * @Flow\Validate(type="EmailAddress")
 */
 protected $email; … } <script>autogenerated JS to
 validate a form field</script> Validation Endpoint
5. // TODO
6. Thank you! @beheist bastian.heist@sandstorm.de