Community support

Getting started

The best way to get started is to look at the documentation in the handbooks. In particular, read Programming with formsPlayer and XForms which will guide you through installing formsPlayer and setting up a development environment, which you can then use to work through the Introduction to XForms tutorial. The course shows many key XForms features by way of two useful forms; the first saves links to del.icio.us, whilst the second searches Flickr for images that match a tag.

Samples

There are many complete samples available, which will provide plenty of code to look at. The samples are categorised, with tags such as social-bookmarking, mapping, REST, 3D graphics, and more.

Forums

Once you start developing your own XForms applications you'll find the forums a useful place to ask questions about development. If you've had any problems installing formsPlayer or setting up your development environment then also take a look at the installation forums. If you have any announcements about XForms or formsPlayer then post them in the News and announcements forum.

Bug reports

Please read the detailed description on using the issue-tracking system, linked to below.

Feature requests

We're always looking for ways to improve and enhance formsPlayer, so if you have ideas for features you'd like to see, we'd love to hear them. Please first search the list of feature requests to see if there is a similar suggestion. Even if someone has already made the same suggestion, feel free to add any further thoughts you have, so that if we do come to implement the feature, we'll fulfill as many requirements as possible. And if you find nothing similar then go ahead and add your request.