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    copied!<p>I have started work on a little programming project basically a web based invoicing program . I will want it to be usable from smart phones. I have decided on the back end which is Perl - Dancer- Moose - Kiokudb which I'm pretty happy with for now (Yes I know there are some around already). </p> <p>I am now trying to make a choice over the presentation layer for the project. Initially I thought the traditional html template, page per function type arrangement. Last night I started looking at Ext Js/Sencha. This does look pretty neat and I can see how it could make a pretty good front end to something like an invoicing app. What I would like some thoughts on is what is the ideal way to handle the generation of the forms. As I see it I have a couple of options with Ext Js (or Dojo or any of these sort of frameworks) 1. I could code each form directly into a Javascript file this seems to be the route most of the demo's take. But it seems awkward to me to code a html form in Javascript when I could just write it in HTML? Am I missing something?</p> <ol> <li><p>I could dynamically generate the forms from the data, This means I would need to store meta-data linked to the data which I could do in Moose using traits. But then how do you deal with things like order of display with out getting messy? What's your thoughts on storing display meta-data with the data object?</p></li> <li><p>I could still generate the forms using html templates and use Ext Js to enhance these, this doesn't seem to be encouraged by Ext Js though it is possible. </p></li> </ol> <p>One thing I will say having all the display work done in Javascript does present the opportunity to completely separate the presentation layer from the rest of the code.</p> <p>Any opinions on what you think is best?</p>
 

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