Validations

[ddavisgraphics]

The validations need to be considered in each form section before the item can be saved. Not sure how I'm going to work this in currently.

FORM BUILDER

• [name] - can not have spaces
• [choices] - must have fields selected also
• [file types] - must be a valid file type

The form builder group has some custom JS Validations that need to be added to be sure that these items are present.

• Url
• Trailing Spaces
• Starting Spaces
• Regular Expression

DATA ENTRY

FIELD SPECIFIC VALIDATIONS

• Detailed Error for the validation issue at hand.
• Textarea / Text Fields (Min, Max) for each format (words, and characters)
  • Between Min / Max for Characters
  • Between Min / Max for Words
• Number (Min, Max, Step)
  • Number Step is divisible by the entered value
  • Number is in between Min / Max
• Any Field (no duplicates modifier)
  • Checks Database for Duplicate Values

VALIDATIONS

• Date (EDTF)
• Email
• Website
• Character Limit
• Word Limit
• Alphabetical Characters Only
• AlphaNumerical
• AlphaNumerical Plus Spaces
• Numerical
• Numerical Plus Spaces

REFACTOR

• Namespaces these items into classes which create an instance that will allow us to perform the needed tasks.
• Actor This is the performer part of the namespace and it uses Single Responsibility Principle to call the other namespaced methods from the information provided by the form field.
• Validator This class checks the hash and returns the items as an array that need to be validated
• TextLength
• Integer Between Range
• Integer Step Length
• Regular Expression
• Date (EDTF)
• Email
• Website
• Character Limit
• Word Limit
• Alphabetical Characters Only
• AlphaNumerical
• AlphaNumerical Plus Spaces
• Numerical
• Numerical Plus Spaces

CURRENT MFCS BEHAVIOR

• The current behavior only shows the validations on submission and doesn't describe the error.
• The error is provided on the top of the screen providing the name of the field only.
• Text validations only work for min/max words and the validation in the validation dropdown menu.
• Integers do not validate min, max, or step. Behavior is somewhat deprecated because it is never used (maybe because it never worked?).

NEW BEHAVIOR STEPS

• Create JavaScript Event Controller for Validations
• Use Timeout and Debounce to keep from submitting many times on keyup
• Create Controller and API for Validations
• Test Controller for API Validations
• Use JavaScript to return the error and show the validations.