It's a common problem for web developers: someone needs a one-off form for an event registration, a survey, or a field trip sign-off. But putting together a robust implementation with proper validation, useful error messages, and good-looking layout can be quite a time sink. Even assuming a good form framework, it remains a programming task, drawing your development hours away from infrastructural work that supports the long-term success of your site. Wouldn't it be nice if your content contributors could build forms as needed, without waiting for or drawing on development resources? PloneFormGen gives your contributors this very independence by providing a general-purpose, through-the-web tool for building forms.
PloneFormGen is one of the best-maintained products in the Plone universe and a true community effort. Managed by Steve McMahon, a well-respected Plone developer, the project draws liberally from a long line of other successful products: its mail-sending...