Exploration of form.io capabilities

[dmethvin-gov]

MENTOR

• @dmethvin-gov
• Digital Service Expert, DSAC
• [email protected]
• CMS Slack: MJSK

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Evaluate our ability to use form.io form creation with the US Web Design System (USWDS). I quickly pulled their existing demo together in https://dsacms.github.io/form-demo/ but would like to create a more realistic form example similar to these:

• https://www.cms.gov/priorities/your-patient-rights/emergency-room-rights/complaint-form
• https://www.cms.gov/medical-bill-rights/help/submit-a-complaint/get-started
  (NOTE: These are live forms and should not be submitted when you reach the last page!)

SCOPING

1 week

SKILLS NEEDED

Most of the form creation is via a JSON file, and there is a visual form editor as well. However, the analysis and limitations part will require reading some of the open source code and knowing web development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript and perhaps React).

REQUIRED DELIVERABLES

• An implementation of at least one non-trivial form like the above, or as close as you could get given the limitations.
• A writeup of the weaknesses/limitations of the form.io+USWDS setup
• Specific bugs that you found during implementation (as much detail as possible, or a fix if you know what caused it)
• A prioritized list of issues and missing features to be addressed before production use.

DESIRED DELIVERY WINDOW

• Any

NOTES/INSPO

The quick demo above pulls from several open-source projects and repos:

• https://github.com/kaleguy/formiojs-client
• https://github.com/formio
• https://github.com/formio/uswds
• https://formio.github.io/uswds/

The last link above is a supposedly-working formio+USWDS implementation but I saw problems with duplicated content that may have been due to bugs in the USWDS templates, code issues, or just plain bit rot since it's all a few years old.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• - Yes, I agree to spend file a project proposal ticket
• - Yes, I agree this project falls within a 2 week or less (ideally less) scope of time
• - Yes, I agree to spend an hour per week of office hours and 1x1 mentoring
• - Yes, I agree to spend an hour at the end of the sprint for filling out a Retro Template