Re: [Exist-open] Modern Alternatives to XForms?

[Joern T. <joe...@gm...>]

Gary,

it might interest you that i'm currently developing a forms alternative to
be used with eXist-db. It's a purely client-side implementation in web
components that follows the lines of XForms 2.0. The intend is to replace
betterFORM functionally as this was abandoned and is no longer available.
However we still have long-term projects relying on XForms that need a
perspective in the longer run. As i was responsible for betterFORM i felt
the need to come up with a replacement.

It provides the ability to work with your XML on the client-side by using
the great fontoXPath library with XPath/XQuery 3.x support.

Github: https://github.com/Jinntec/Fore
npmjs: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@jinntec/fore

Warning: it's still in beta

hth,

Joern

On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 7:54 PM Gary Kopp <ge...@ru...> wrote:

> In a separate thread I enquired about the current approaches to using
> XForms with eXist. Finian gave me an extremely helpful response explaining
> how to use Orbeon Forms community edition, which I’m seriously considering.
> He ended his reply with:
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> “Having said all of that, if I were starting from scratch I would consider
> the alternatives to XForms. Although I have found eXist/XForms very
> flexible and easy to use, it seems to me to be something of an edge-case
> these days. I'm sure people here would have ideas as to more modern
> technologies.”
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> For me, that begs the question – what are some recommended modern
> alternatives to XForms? A Google search returned less than helpful lists of
> commercial solutions. What I’m looking for is open source solutions that
> are relatively easy to integrate with eXist and produce UIs with as little
> effort as possible.
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> Your suggestions would be appreciated!
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> --Gary Kopp
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