[LRUG] Chat Digest, Vol 181, Issue 1

Tue Feb 2 01:02:13 PST 2021

Hi Andrew,

I am writing a govuk gem for this at the moment.
Drop me a line at max.mills at digital.education.gov.uk

Regards,

Max Mills
07941327432

On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 9:39 PM <chat-request at lists.lrug.org> wrote:

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>    1. Multi-step forms on gov.uk (Andrew Stewart)
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>    3. Re: Multi-step forms on gov.uk (Andrew Stewart)
>    4. Re: Multi-step forms on gov.uk (Ed Davey)
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> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 11:39:03 +0000
> From: Andrew Stewart <boss at airbladesoftware.com>
> To: London Ruby Users Group <chat at lists.lrug.org>
> Subject: [LRUG] Multi-step forms on gov.uk
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> Hello LRUG!
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> I have been wondering how gov.uk implements its multi-step forms.  They
> generally ask one or two questions per page, with validations, over however
> many pages are needed.  You can go back and forward through the pages and
> come back later.
>
> I (think I) know how I would implement this but I'm curious to see their
> implementation.  However I can't seem to find it among their hundreds of
> repos on GitHub.  Can anybody point me in the right direction please?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Yours,
>
> Andrew Stewart
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> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 11:46:16 +0000
> From: Steve <steve.laing at gmail.com>
> To: London Ruby Users Group <chat at lists.lrug.org>
> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Multi-step forms on gov.uk
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> Hi Andrew
>
> The most commonly used/abused library for things like
> choose-your-own-adventure question flow is
> https://github.com/alphagov/smart-answers.
>
> Steve
>
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 11:39, Andrew Stewart <boss at airbladesoftware.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello LRUG!
> >
> > I have been wondering how gov.uk implements its multi-step forms.  They
> > generally ask one or two questions per page, with validations, over
> however
> > many pages are needed.  You can go back and forward through the pages and
> > come back later.
> >
> > I (think I) know how I would implement this but I'm curious to see their
> > implementation.  However I can't seem to find it among their hundreds of
> > repos on GitHub.  Can anybody point me in the right direction please?
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Andrew Stewart
> >
> >
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> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 11:49:15 +0000
> From: Andrew Stewart <boss at airbladesoftware.com>
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> > On 1 Feb 2021, at 11:46 am, Steve <steve.laing at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > The most commonly used/abused library for things like
> choose-your-own-adventure question flow is
> https://github.com/alphagov/smart-answers <
> https://github.com/alphagov/smart-answers>.
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> Thanks, Steve, that's exactly what I was looking for.
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> Much appreciated,
> Andrew
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> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 13:43:11 +0000
> From: Ed Davey <ed at veryreal.co.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Multi-step forms on gov.uk
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> Also, Duncan Brown's excellent presentation to the group in Sept on this
> exact topic. An in-depth look at the issues of where to place
> responsibility for validation and redirection etc...
>
>
> https://assets.lrug.org/videos/2020/september/duncan-brown-wizards-without-magic-lrug-sep-2020.mp4
>
> Ed
>
> > On 1 Feb 2021, at 11:39, Andrew Stewart <boss at airbladesoftware.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello LRUG!
> >
> > I have been wondering how gov.uk implements its multi-step forms.  They
> generally ask one or two questions per page, with validations, over however
> many pages are needed.  You can go back and forward through the pages and
> come back later.
> >
> > I (think I) know how I would implement this but I'm curious to see their
> implementation.  However I can't seem to find it among their hundreds of
> repos on GitHub.  Can anybody point me in the right direction please?
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Andrew Stewart
> >
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 14:41:27 +0000
> From: Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>
> To: London Ruby Users Group <chat at lists.lrug.org>
> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Multi-step forms on gov.uk
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> I had a vauge memory of talking about this a while ago and found this
> thread:
> http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org/2018-February/012212.html
> (this is the first message, you can trawl the mailman navigation to read
> the rest of the thread).  Smart Answers comes up but so does the verify
> frontend which might be worth looking into.
>
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 13:43, Ed Davey <ed at veryreal.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Also, Duncan Brown's excellent presentation to the group in Sept on this
> > exact topic. An in-depth look at the issues of where to place
> > responsibility for validation and redirection etc...
> >
> >
> >
> https://assets.lrug.org/videos/2020/september/duncan-brown-wizards-without-magic-lrug-sep-2020.mp4
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > > On 1 Feb 2021, at 11:39, Andrew Stewart <boss at airbladesoftware.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello LRUG!
> > >
> > > I have been wondering how gov.uk implements its multi-step forms.
> They
> > generally ask one or two questions per page, with validations, over
> however
> > many pages are needed.  You can go back and forward through the pages and
> > come back later.
> > >
> > > I (think I) know how I would implement this but I'm curious to see
> their
> > implementation.  However I can't seem to find it among their hundreds of
> > repos on GitHub.  Can anybody point me in the right direction please?
> > >
> > > Many thanks!
> > >
> > > Yours,
> > >
> > > Andrew Stewart
> > >
> > >
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