Forms allows the creation of shareable forms, with multiple question types and privacy settings.

Note: This app is tested with Apache2 webserver, MySQL database, and apt-get package manager. To use alternatives, replace the relevant commands with those of your technology. This document assumes that a working NextCloud development environment has been installed. See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/developer_manual/general/devenv.html for help with this.

# set up and build for production
make

# install dependencies
make dev-setup

# build for dev and watch changes
make watch-js

# build for dev
make build-js

# build for production with minification
make build-js-production

You can use the provided Makefile to run all tests by using:

ps: only works if you're using php locally and have forms installed info your apps default folder

make test

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The following are the most important code files for development of the Forms App. Note: all paths are relative to nextcloud/apps/forms/

• lib/Controller/apiController.php: The main API of the application. The functions defined in this file are called from http requests, and interface with the database

• lib/Controller/pageController.php: Passes objects between screens

• lib/Db/: All the files where database entities are defined and SQL queries are written. Mapper files define functions that retrieve data from the database

• src/js/

  • Main.js: where Vue app is created
  • App.vue: The root component for the vue app
  • Router.js: Defines URLs that can be navigated to from the Vue app

• src/js/components/

  • formsListItem.vue: Defines the list items (created surveys) within the forms app home page
  • quizFormItem.vue: Questions (for any survey) are defined as a quizFormItem here

• src/js/views/

  • Create.vue: File where survey creation page is handled

  • List.vue: File where list of created surveys is handled (located on the forms app home page)

  • Results.vue: File where page that displays survey results is handled

  • appinfo/routes.php: Defines server endpoints that can be accessed by the client

• /js/vote.js: File that contains the logic for the response page and responding to a form

• /css/vote.scss: File that contains CSS formatting for the response page

• /templates/vote.tmpl.php: File that contains the form template that is dynamically populated by the database