@thinknimble/tn-forms

Stand alone fields

check out form validators as well

Fields can be initated without needing a whole form and have access to (almost) all the form methods with optional parameters

email = new FormField({value:"Init Value", validators:[new RequiredValidator()], name:'email'})

// get the value
email.value 

// check if the field is valid ( calls the validate method silently)
email.isValid

// validate the field 
email.validate()

//get the errors (must call the validate method first)
email.errors

// bind to gield 
<input type="text" :name=email.name />

Form

Create a new form instance

form.js

class UserRegistration form extends Form {
static fullName = new FormField({ validators: [new RequiredValidator()] })
static email = new FormField({ validators: [new RequiredValidator(), new EmailValidator()] })
static password = new FormField({
    validators: [
      new RequiredValidator(),
      new MinLengthValidator({ minLength: 10, message: 'Minimum Length of 10 required' }),
    ],
  })
static confirmPassword = new FormField({ validators: [new RequiredValidator()] })

}

Instatiate a form to a variable

Form.vue

data(){
    return {
        registrationForm = new UserRegistrationForm()
    }
}

// use with the Tn field component (optionally)

<FormField @blur="registrationForm.field.validate()" :errors="registrationForm.field.errors" v-model="registrationForm.field.value">


// For dynamic validators (such as cross field validators) the validator must be added using the static dynamicFormValidators which accepsts an object of key value (field to apply the validator to) and value (an array of dynamic validators) pairs

class UserForm extends Form {
....
static password = new FormField()
static confirmPassowrd = new FormField()

  static dynamicFormValidators = {
    confirmPassword: [new MustMatchValidator({ matcher: 'password' })],
  }

....
}

// Get the form data 

methods:{
    onSubmitForm(){

        // optionally validate the form to retrieve all errors 
        this.registrationForm.validate()

        // check the form is valid before submitting (.isValid validates form silently)
        this.registrationForm.isValid

        // get the form value (returns a dict of key value pairs)

        const val = this.registrationForm.value 
    }
}

Dynamic Forms form.js

class UserAddressForm extends Form {
    static street = new FormField({})
    static city = new FormField({})
    static state = new FormField({})
    static zipcode = new FormField({validators:[new MinValueValidator({min:10})]})
}

class UserRegistration form extends Form {
static fullName = new FormField({ validators: [new RequiredValidator()] })
  static email = new FormField({ validators: [new RequiredValidator(), new EmailValidator()] })
  static password = new FormField({
    validators: [
      new RequiredValidator(),
      new MinLengthValidator({ minLength: 10, message: 'Minimum Length of 10 required' }),
    ],
  })
  static confirmPassword = new FormField({ validators: [new RequiredValidator()] })
  static addresses = new FormArray({name:'addresses' groups:[new UserAddressForm()]})
}

Form.vue

<FormField
placeholder="day"
:errors="form.field.recurrenceDay.errors"
@blur="form.field.recurrenceDay.validate()"
v-model="form.field.recurrenceDay.value"
small
/>
<button @click="onAddAddress"></button>


//Dynamically add new address using the built in methods

methods:{
    ...
    onAddAddress(){
        this.userRegistration.addToArray('addresses',new UserAddressForm())
    }m
    onRemoveAddress(){
         this.alertTemplateForm.removeFromArray('alertGroups', i)
    }
}

// Add the forms to the html template with an array 

<div
class="alerts-page__settings"
:key="i"
v-for="(form, i) in alertTemplateForm.field.addresses.groups"
>
<FormField
    placeholder="day"
    :errors="form.field.recurrenceDay.errors"
    @blur="form.field.recurrenceDay.validate()"
    v-model="form.field.recurrenceDay.value"
    small
    />
</div>

Validators

validators can be added to forms they all extend the base Validator class

RequiredValidator Validates a field is not null, undefiend or empty

MinLengthValidator Validates a field has a certain minimum length (if the value of the field is an array it will check arary length)

    new MinLengthValidator({minLength: int})

MinDateValidator/MaxDateValidator Validates a field has a certain minimum/maxium date (this is a static validator)

    new MinDateValidator/MaxDateValidator({min/max: str|date})

MinimumValueValidator/MaximumValidator Validates a field has a certain minimum/maxium value (this is a static validator)

    new MinValueValidator/MaxValueValidator({min/max: str|int})

PatternValidator Validates a field matches a pattern

    new PatternValidator({pattern:str/<Regex>})

UrlValidator Validates a field has a link pattern (ftp/http/https)

    new UrlValidator()

MustMatchValidator Validates a field matches a value (dynamic)

  //dynamic 
  new MustMatchValidator({matcher?: string<fieldName>,form?:<FormField>})

Future Enhancments

• Add Dynamic validator types to the form class to handle on its own
• Make dynamic versions of min/max value/date validators
• Add async validators
• Add field accessor (to reduce verbosity) formInstance.formField should act as formInstance.field.formField
• Add additional options for form fields (placeholder, id, type, etc) to let users loop over formInstance.fields accessor
• add reset form function which re-applies initial value from form class to instance
• (optional) Add vue and react directives (framework)
• (optional) Add vue and react components (framework)

Change Log

v1.0.7 release date 06/13/2021

• Dynamic Validators can now be added to the form with the static variable dynamicFormValidators
• dynamicFormValidators is a reserved keyword for dynamic form level validators

Change Log

v1.0.8 release date 07/13/2021

• Update to class copy method for bugfix array values in memory

Change Log

v1.0.9 release date 07/13/2021

• Bugfix for v1.0.8

Change Log

v1.0.10 release date 07/13/2021

• Issue with building new code

Change Log

v2.0 release date 07/13/2021

• Moved tn-validators to this package

v2.0.1 & v2.0.2 & v2.0.3 release date 11/11/2021

• Re-organized files

v2.0.4 release date 11/11/2021

• Added Url and Pattern validators

v2.0.4 release date 11/11/2021

• fields as direct properties

v2.0.4 release date 11/11/2021

• bug in max/min value validator fixed