Lessons Learned

This file lists other component library implementations and what have we learned from them

Zend Form Elements and Decorators

• focus on performance
• must be flexible, lightweight and transparent
• should use templates
• shouldn't be limited to forms
• should integrate with data sources
• should look nice

Agile Toolkit

• UI components should be separate from rest of framework
• should be usable in other frameworks
• consistent and clean source code is important
• must use popular CSS framework

Laravel Form & HTML

• Must be simpler and work out of the box
• should integrate with data sources better
• should work with other frameworks

Yii Forms

• template should be optional
• must be simpler to use
• better integration with data sources
• should do more than just forms

General

• must handle form submissions
• must allow multiple forms on page