What is Formtastic and SimpleForm gem ? Is any one of this is by default included in Rails ?

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Hi all,

I read Formtastic and SimpleForm gem.

I am using 3.4

Q 1 Is any one of this is by default included in Rails ?

Q2 Any advantage of this gems over simple form tags ?

As per my knowledge we are using form helper , but still i raised the qustion ?

Thanks

Regards

Fahim Babar Patel

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Hi,

Q 1 Is any one of this is by default included in Rails ?

No.

Q2 Any advantage of this gems over simple form tags ?

For me, most of the time there is not, actually they add overhead IMO (at least for my purposes) so I actually just build meta-form-wrapper helpers that generate generic left_text_area and other methods like it that just add the classes I need for forms and wrap the <section>'s around the generic helpers that Rails already provides. That is, instead of including another dependency that I don't need, but for some people they bring great benefit because they can handle HTML from step 1 to end, I don't like that because I prefer to directly control every bit of output my app makes.

Only you can evaluate whether or not they are worth it, it's a battle of your own to fight, I can honestly say I would use them if I actually had a use for them, and many people will agree they have a use for them, but I personally don't have a use for them so I choose not to use them. You have to evaluate that for yourself.

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Thanks lot to clear this topic.

Regads

Fahim Babar Patel