Rails Essentials: simple_form

SIMPLE FORM Rails Essentials: @jwo

gem “simple_form” bundle rails g simple_form:install By Platformatec (same cats

as Devise)

rails g scaffold post title body publish_on:date featured:boolean Why is

this needed? <%= simple_form_for(@post) do |f| %> <%= f.error_notification %> <div class="form-inputs"> <%= f.input :title %> <%= f.input :body %> <%= f.input :publish_on %> <%= f.input :featured %> </div> <div class="form-actions"> <%= f.button :submit %> </div> <% end %>

As Compared to <%= form_for(@post) do |f| %> <% if

@post.errors.any? %> <div id="error_explanation"> <h2><%= pluralize(@post.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this post from being saved:</h2> <ul> <% @post.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %> <li><%= msg %></li> <% end %> </ul> </div> <% end %> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :title %><br /> <%= f.text_field :title %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :body %><br /> <%= f.text_field :body %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :publish_on %><br /> <%= f.date_select :publish_on %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :featured %><br /> <%= f.check_box :featured %> </div> <div class="actions"> <%= f.submit %> </div> <% end %>

Let’s see that again <%= simple_form_for(@post) do |f| %> <%=

f.error_notification %> <div class="form-inputs"> <%= f.input :title %> <%= f.input :body %> <%= f.input :publish_on %> <%= f.input :featured %> </div> <div class="form-actions"> <%= f.button :submit %> </div> <% end %>

It’s Just a Wrapper All form_helpers in Rails apply select,

collection_select, date_select You can pass to the HTML of the form or the input

Why over Formtastic? Formtastic had a strong opinion on form

markup created You can define what markup to use with your CSS Twitter Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation, ALL CAN BE YOURS

GUESS WHAT

Associations has many throughs are now SIMPLE. f.association :categories, as:

:check_boxes

Bootstrap Integration Yes, it does this nicely And there’s a

bootstrap picker. demo (github.com/houstonruby/rails_essentials/simple_form