Metadata Layer

Abstract

Often times, the core of what a module does follows the Create, Retrieve, Update, and Delete (CRUD) pattern. These modules also use the same basic forms for each of these actions. Frequently, developers copy and paste the exact same basic code to handle each time they create a new view, just changing the names input types of the actual fields shown. This can be very cumbersome and tedious, and updates to certain field types (such as a calendar widget) would have to be made across the codebase, which can be quite an undertaking.