This is an alpha version of a basic form generator. I have taken the assumption that you like me are in love with tables and want your labels in TH's and your fields in TD's. Check the test script for a sample field data format.

Along with this is a basic HTML utility including (of course) a function for HTML table generation and general tag construction.

Some work has been done for file-based form caching.

One sample use case: this is a form a MVC controller creating "metasystem":

var fs = require('fs'); var deformer = new require('./../../lib/deformer/deformer');

var fields = { 'controller[name]': { type: deformer.TEXT, label: 'Name', required: true, doc: 'filename for controller: alphanums and underscores' }, 'controller[doc]': { type: deformer.TEXTAREA, label: 'Documentation' }, 'controller[actions]': { type: 'checkbox', label: 'Actions', options: [ { name: 'controller[actions]', label: 'index', value: 'index', on: true }, { name: 'controller[actions]', label: 'show', value: 'show', on: true },

      {
          name: 'controller[actions]',
          label: 'edit and create',
          value: 'edit+create',
          on: true
      },
      {

          name: 'controller[actions]',
          label: 'update',
          value: 'update',
          on: false
      },

      {
          name: 'controller[actions]',
          label: 'delete and destroy',
          value: 'delete+destroy'
      }
    ]
},
submit: {
    type: 'submit',
    label: 'Save Chapter',
    value: 'Save'
}

}

var form_props = { action: '/metas/0', // should be overrridden below method: 'post' }

module.exports.form = function (values) { // this is a function that decorates the Deformer form creation process, // not a class var form = new deformer.Form(fields, form_props); if (values) { form.set_values(values); } return form; }