best way to do web forms?

ringo747 · 14 Dec 2006 at 01:33

hi,

might sound like silly question but what is the best way to use web forms? I am building a cms for uni project. I had looked into xforms but the browser incompatibilities is a problem.

Are standard HTML forms still the best way? And post the output into a php script?

Cheers

JIMA · 14 Dec 2006 at 23:24

Have you considered using Struts? This framework allows you to develop a web-application using the model-view-controller approach. The model and controller parts are written in Java, with the View part being written in something like JSP (although you're free to choose your own View technology).

I'm digging into Struts now. Using Eclipse with the MyEclipse plug-in seems to make things fairly straightforward - well, as easy as these things ever are.

Jim

ringo747 · 15 Dec 2006 at 00:14

sounds like its good but unfortunately i dont have that much time to look into other technologies that im not as confident with i.e. java.

I take it html standard forms is the only other way?

Augmented · 15 Dec 2006 at 10:35

jonnyc747 said:
I take it html standard forms is the only other way?

Yes, standard HTML forms are still by far the most popular and widely supported option. You can enhance the functionality with bits of javascript, AJAXify the data submission and so on. And yes, posting to a script of some kind is the typical process.