Form Mixin for React (http://stackoverflow.com/q/21854938/458193)

form_mixin.js

define(function () {

  'use strict';

  var _ = require('underscore');

  var EDITABLE_STATE = 'editable',
      SUBMITTING_STATE = 'submitting',
      SUBMITTED_STATE = 'submitted';

  var FormMixin = {
    getInitialState: function () {
      return {
        formState: EDITABLE_STATE
      };
    },

    componentDidMount: function () {
      if (!_.isFunction(this.sendRequest)) {
        throw new Error('To use FormMixin, you must implement sendRequest.');
      }
    },

    getFormState: function () {
      return this.state.formState;
    },

    setFormState: function (formState) {
      this.setState({
        formState: formState
      });
    },

    getFormError: function () {
      return this.state.formError;
    },

    setFormError: function (formError) {
      this.setState({
        formError: formError
      });
    },

    isFormEditable: function () {
      return this.getFormState() === EDITABLE_STATE;
    },

    isFormSubmitting: function () {
      return this.getFormState() === SUBMITTING_STATE;
    },

    isFormSubmitted: function () {
      return this.getFormState() === SUBMITTED_STATE;
    },

    submitForm: function () {
      if (!this.isFormEditable()) {
        throw new Error('Form can only be submitted when in editable state.');
      }

      this.setFormState(SUBMITTING_STATE);
      this.setFormError(undefined);

      this.sendRequest()
        .bind(this)
        .then(function () {
          this.setFormState(SUBMITTED_STATE);
        })
        .catch(function (err) {
          this.setFormState(EDITABLE_STATE);
          this.setFormError(err);
        })
        .done();
    }
  };

  return FormMixin;

});

@gaearon happen to have a usage example of this particular mixin?

I only used it for implementing form states (e.g. implement sendRequest: Promise, and you can disable buttons and fields based on isFormEditable()).