Is setFromDB method will be kept in the future?

[welcoMattic]

I've some issues with setFromDB method, specially on edit views with relations fields.
I'm ok to try to fix them, but I want to know if the setFromDB method will be kept in the future, or if you want to delete it, in benefit to manually addField methods

[tabacitu]

Hi Mathieu,

I say the setFromDB method is here to stay. Sure, we're writing a lot of things manually now, but in the future, I can easily see setFromDB becoming a powerhouse, with smart defaults, figuring out the Model after the foreign key and appropriately setting the column and field types, etc. In time, I see two big uses for this method:

• for simple CRUD panels, setFromDB should be all you need;
• for complex CRUD panels, you could change the way you approach CRUD panels: have everything set automatically by setFromDB, then just change a few columns/fields it got wrong;

I think that's feasible, on the long term. So yeah, if you can fix some of the issues, please do!

Cheers!

[welcoMattic]

Ref. #46