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Show HN: Keenforms – Form Builder with No-Code Rules Engine

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Re: Show HN: Keenforms – Form Builder with No-Code Rules Engine

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Post by padseeker »

Keenforms is a side project that I've been tinkering with. It's a form builder with a built in rules no code rules engine. We're launching today, you can create an account for free and try it out.

I've used quite a few form builders in the past, and at times they fall a little short. You can't do complex calculations, you cannot do conditional validations, you have no control over the order of operations. The goal was to build a form builder that could do those things. This is the MVP.

I have a long list of features I'm hoping to add. The Trello board is nearly 500 items deep. However being a full time developer while building something of this magnitude can be challenging. I'm hoping to get some feedback as well as answer any questions you might have. The goal is to get it robust enough that I will have paid plans available.

You can ask questions here all day, or send me an email at contact@keenforms.com - really looking forward to feedback, maybe even suggestions for features. Thanks for your time.

Re: Show HN: Keenforms – Form Builder with No-Code Rules Engine

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Post by annabug »

padseeker wrote: post #2

Keenforms is a side project that I've been tinkering with. It's a form builder with a built in rules no code rules engine. We're launching today, you can create an account for free and try it out. I've used quite a few form builders in the past, and at times they fall a little short. You can't do complex calculations, you cannot do conditional validations, you have no control over the order of operations. The goal wa…

This is awesome, congratulations! I've never seen a form builder quite like this, super excited to play around with the built in tools and capabilities. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Keenforms – Form Builder with No-Code Rules Engine

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Post by yalooze »

It would be good to show what the form builder UI looks like. The demos page shows the Output, but I can't see how to create these forms without creating an account. I am aware that other form builders have some capability to use conditional logic, so it would be good if you could show what's different / better - I expected to see the UI I would use.

Re: Show HN: Keenforms – Form Builder with No-Code Rules Engine

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Post by padseeker »

yalooze wrote: post #5

It would be good to show what the form builder UI looks like. The demos page shows the Output, but I can't see how to create these forms without creating an account. I am aware that other form builders have some capability to use conditional logic, so it would be good if you could show what's different / better - I expected to see the UI I would use.

I've heard that a few times today. Will put some screenshots on the homepage in the next couple of days and deploy as soon as possible. Thanks for the feedback yalooze!

Re: Show HN: Keenforms – Form Builder with No-Code Rules Engine

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Post by whylo »

A bit of feedback on accessibility. By the looks of your demo page, you're not using the 'for' attribute to associate form labels to their fields. This makes the forms very difficult to use for users of assistive tech, including screen readers. Screen readers read out the appropriate label when an input gets focus, but without the 'for' attribute it has no way of knowing which label is intended for which input.

Re: Show HN: Keenforms – Form Builder with No-Code Rules Engine

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Post by padseeker »

whylo wrote: post #7

A bit of feedback on accessibility. By the looks of your demo page, you're not using the 'for' attribute to associate form labels to their fields. This makes the forms very difficult to use for users of assistive tech, including screen readers. Screen readers read out the appropriate label when an input gets focus, but without the 'for' attribute it has no way of knowing which label is intended for which input.

I am adding this to my trello board right now
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