SyDjango Talk: django-forms-builder

Last night I gave a talk at the third SyDjango meetup where I presented my django-forms-builder project. Here are the slides from the talk which went really well, spurring about a dozen questions at the end. Thanks to all the fellow Sydney Djangonauts who came along and made it a great night.

For slides and video, check out the related post on my blog:

http://blog.jupo.org/2012/09/21/sydjango-talk-django-forms-builder/

Transcript

1. django-forms-builder Stephen McDonald
2. About Me
3. • Developer since 1998 About Me
4. • Developer since 1998 • PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, Rails About Me
5. • Developer since 1998 • PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, Rails • Python since 2005 (2.3) About Me
6. • Developer since 1998 • PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, Rails • Python since 2005 (2.3) • Django since 2007 (0.96) About Me
7. • Developer since 1998 • PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, Rails • Python since 2005 (2.3) • Django since 2007 (0.96) • Currently Fairfax Media (Django at scale) About Me
8. Django Forms
9. • Beautiful API Django Forms
10. Django Forms
11. • Beautiful API • But fixed in nature Django Forms
12. Scenario - Competitions
13. • Capture age and favourite colour Scenario - Competitions
14. Scenario - Competitions
15. • Capture age and favourite colour • Capture file upload and 25 words Scenario - Competitions
16. Scenario - Competitions
17. Scenario - Competitions
18. • Capture age and favourite colour • Capture file upload and 25 words • Now we want each response emailed Scenario - Competitions
19. • Capture age and favourite colour • Capture file upload and 25 words • Now we want each response emailed • Wait, too many emails - just CSV me Scenario - Competitions
21. django-forms-builder Let staff build their own damn forms
22. What's a Form?
23. • Title What's a Form?
24. • Title • Intro text What's a Form?
25. • Title • Intro text • Response text What's a Form?
26. • Title • Intro text • Response text • Email recipients What's a Form?
27. What's a Field?
28. • Name What's a Field?
29. • Name • Type What's a Field?
30. • Name • Type • Default value What's a Field?
31. • Name • Type • Default value • Mandatory What's a Field?
32. • Name • Type • Default value • Mandatory • Help text What's a Field?
33. • Name • Type • Default value • Mandatory • Help text • Options What's a Field?
34. Demo Time
35. Advanced Features
36. • Export formats (HTML, CSV, XLS) Advanced Features
37. • Export formats (HTML, CSV, XLS) • Email templates Advanced Features
38. • Export formats (HTML, CSV, XLS) • Email templates • Signals Advanced Features
39. • Export formats (HTML, CSV, XLS) • Email templates • Signals • Template tags for embedding Advanced Features
40. • Export formats (HTML, CSV, XLS) • Email templates • Signals • Template tags for embedding • Dynamic defaults (request, user, session) Advanced Features
41. • Export formats (HTML, CSV, XLS) • Email templates • Signals • Template tags for embedding • Dynamic defaults (request, user, session) • Associate to models Advanced Features
42. What's it Good For?
43. • Competitions What's it Good For?
44. • Competitions • Surveys What's it Good For?
45. • Competitions • Surveys • Event RSVP What's it Good For?
46. • Competitions • Surveys • Event RSVP • Boring contact form - scales down! What's it Good For?
47. Installation
48. • $ pip install django-forms-builder Installation
49. • $ pip install django-forms-builder • Add to INSTALLED_APPS Installation
50. • $ pip install django-forms-builder • Add to INSTALLED_APPS • Add to urls.py Installation
51. Installation
52. • $ pip install django-forms-builder • Add to INSTALLED_APPS • Add to urls.py • $ ./manage.py syncdb Installation
53. Get Involved
54. • GitHub or Bitbucket Get Involved
55. • GitHub or Bitbucket • 20 contributors Get Involved
56. django-forms-builder Thanks! Questions? • GitHub github.com/stephenmcd/django-forms-builder • Bitbucket bitbucket.org/stephenmcd/django-forms-builder Stephen McDonald • GitHub github.com/stephenmcd • Twitter @stephen_mcd • LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/stephenmcd