diff --git a/src/examples/index.ts b/src/examples/index.ts
index 89668255..ce962204 100644
--- a/src/examples/index.ts
+++ b/src/examples/index.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ import { SalesDashboardLiveViewComponent } from './sales_dashboard_liveview';
 import { ServersLiveViewComponent } from './servers/component';
 import { SortLiveViewComponent } from './sorting/component';
 import { routeDetails } from './routeDetails';
+import { VolunteerComponent } from './volunteers/component';
 
 const lvServer = new LiveViewServer({
+  signingSecret: "MY_VERY_SECRET_KEY",
   // port: 3002,
   // rootView: "./examples/rootView.ejs",
   viewsPath: path.join(__dirname, "views"),
-  // support different templates?
 });
 
 
@@ -27,17 +28,19 @@ const router: LiveViewRouter = {
   "/autocomplete": new AutocompleteLiveViewComponent(),
   "/paginate": new PaginateLiveViewComponent(),
   "/sort": new SortLiveViewComponent(),
+  '/servers': new ServersLiveViewComponent(),
 }
 
 // register all routes
 lvServer.registerLiveViewRoutes(router)
 
 // register single route
-lvServer.registerLiveViewRoute("/servers", new ServersLiveViewComponent())
+lvServer.registerLiveViewRoute("/volunteers", new VolunteerComponent())
 
 // add your own routes to the express app
 lvServer.expressApp.get("/", (req, res) => {
 
+  // this one renders the index of the examples
   res.render("index.html.ejs", {
     routes: Object.keys(router).map(path => {
       return routeDetails.find(route => route.path === path)
diff --git a/src/examples/volunteers/component.ts b/src/examples/volunteers/component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0af38d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/volunteers/component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import html from "../../server/templates";
+import { BaseLiveViewComponent, LiveViewChangeset, LiveViewExternalEventListener, LiveViewMountParams, LiveViewSocket, StringPropertyValues } from "../../server/types";
+import { SessionData } from "express-session";
+import { Volunteer, changeset, create_volunteer } from "./data";
+import { submit } from "../../server/templates/helpers/submit";
+import { form_for } from "../../server/templates/helpers/form_for";
+import { error_tag, telephone_input, text_input } from "../../server/templates/helpers/inputs";
+
+export interface VolunteerContext {
+  volunteers: Volunteer[]
+  changeset: LiveViewChangeset<Volunteer>
+}
+
+export class VolunteerComponent extends BaseLiveViewComponent<VolunteerContext, unknown>
+  implements LiveViewExternalEventListener<VolunteerContext, "save", Volunteer> {
+
+  mount(params: LiveViewMountParams, session: Partial<SessionData>, socket: LiveViewSocket<VolunteerContext>) {
+    return {
+      volunteers: [],
+      changeset: changeset({}, {})
+    }
+  };
+
+  render(context: VolunteerContext) {
+    const { changeset, volunteers } = context;
+    return html`
+    <h1>Volunteer Check-In</h1>
+    <div id="checkin">
+
+      ${form_for<Volunteer>("#", { phx_submit: "save" })}
+
+        <div class="field">
+          ${text_input<Volunteer>(changeset, "name", { placeholder: "Name", autocomplete: "off" })}
+          ${error_tag(changeset, "name")}
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="field">
+          ${telephone_input<Volunteer>(changeset, "phone", { placeholder: "Phone", autocomplete: "off" })}
+          ${error_tag(changeset, "phone")}
+        </div>
+        ${submit("Check In", { phx_disable_with: "Saving..." })}
+      </form>
+
+      <div id="volunteers" phx-update="prepend">
+        ${volunteers.map(this.renderVolunteer)}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    `
+  };
+
+  renderVolunteer(volunteer: Volunteer) {
+    return html`
+    <div id="${volunteer.id}" class="volunteer ${volunteer.checked_out ? "out" : ""}">
+      <div class="name">
+        ${volunteer.name}
+      </div>
+      <div class="phone">
+        📞 ${volunteer.phone}
+      </div>
+      <div class="status">
+        ${volunteer.checked_out ? "☑️ Volunteer" : html`<button>Check Out</button>`}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    `
+  }
+
+  handleEvent(event: "save", params: StringPropertyValues<Pick<Volunteer, "name" | "phone">>, socket: LiveViewSocket<VolunteerContext>): VolunteerContext {
+    const { volunteers } = socket.context;
+    console.log("save", params);
+    const volunteer: Partial<Volunteer> = {
+      name: params.name,
+      phone: params.phone,
+    }
+    const createChangeset = create_volunteer(volunteer);
+    if (createChangeset.valid) {
+      const newVolunteer = createChangeset.data as Volunteer;
+      const newVolunteers = [newVolunteer, ...volunteers];
+      const newChangeset = changeset({}, {});
+      return {
+        volunteers: newVolunteers,
+        changeset: newChangeset
+      }
+    } else {
+      return {
+        volunteers,
+        changeset: createChangeset
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/examples/volunteers/data.test.ts b/src/examples/volunteers/data.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69581d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/volunteers/data.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+
+import { Volunteer, VolunteerSchema } from './data';
+
+describe("test volunteers", () => {
+  it("valid volunteer", () => {
+    const volunteer = {
+      id: '1',
+      name: 'John Doe',
+      phone: '123-456-7890',
+      checked_out: false
+    } as Volunteer;
+    expect(VolunteerSchema.safeParse(volunteer).success).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("invalid volunteer, name too short", () => {
+    const volunteer = {
+      id: '1',
+      name: 'J',
+      phone: '123-456-7890',
+      checked_out: false
+    } as Volunteer;
+    const result = VolunteerSchema.safeParse(volunteer);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    if (result.success === false) {
+      const formatted = result.error.format();
+      expect(result.error.isEmpty).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.error.issues.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.error.issues[0].message).toBe('Should be at least 2 characters');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("invalid volunteer, phone invalid", () => {
+    const volunteer = {
+      id: '1',
+      name: 'John Doe',
+      phone: '123',
+      checked_out: false
+    } as Volunteer;
+    const result = VolunteerSchema.safeParse(volunteer);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    if (result.success === false) {
+      expect(result.error.isEmpty).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.error.issues.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.error.issues[0].message).toBe('Should be a valid phone number');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("valid volunteer, default id, checkout out", () => {
+    const volunteer = {
+      name: 'Jane Doe',
+      phone: '123-456-7890',
+    } as Volunteer;
+    const result = VolunteerSchema.safeParse(volunteer);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("invalid volunteer, phone and name invalid", () => {
+    const volunteer = {
+      name: 'J',
+      phone: '123',
+    } as Volunteer;
+    const result = VolunteerSchema.safeParse(volunteer);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    if (result.success === false) {
+      expect(result.error.isEmpty).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.error.issues.length).toBe(2);
+      const formatted = result.error.format();
+      expect(formatted.name).not.toBeUndefined()
+      expect(formatted.phone).not.toBeUndefined()
+    }
+  });
+
+});
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diff --git a/src/examples/volunteers/data.ts b/src/examples/volunteers/data.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32634c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/volunteers/data.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
+import { updatedDiff } from 'deep-object-diff'
+import { LiveViewChangeset, LiveViewChangesetErrors } from '../../server/types';
+
+const phoneRegex = /^\d{3}[\s-.]?\d{3}[\s-.]?\d{4}$/
+
+// Use Zod to define the schema for the Volunteer model
+// More on Zod - https://github.com/colinhacks/zod
+export const VolunteerSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.string().default(nanoid()),
+  name: z.string().min(2).max(100),
+  phone: z.string().regex(phoneRegex, 'Should be a valid phone number'),
+  checked_out: z.boolean().default(false),
+})
+
+// infer the Volunteer model from the Zod Schema
+export type Volunteer = z.infer<typeof VolunteerSchema>;
+
+// in memory data store
+export const volunteers: Record<string, Volunteer> = {}
+
+export const changeset = (volunteer: Partial<Volunteer>, attrs: Partial<Volunteer>, action?: string): LiveViewChangeset<Volunteer> => {
+  const merged = { ...volunteer, ...attrs };
+  const result = VolunteerSchema.safeParse(merged);
+  let errors;
+  if (result.success === false) {
+    errors = result.error.issues.reduce((acc, issue) => {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      acc[issue.path[0]] = issue.message;
+      return acc;
+    }, {} as LiveViewChangesetErrors<Volunteer>)
+  }
+  return {
+    action,
+    changes: updatedDiff(volunteer, merged),
+    data: result.success ? result.data : merged,
+    valid: result.success,
+    errors
+  } as LiveViewChangeset<Volunteer>
+}
+
+export const create_volunteer = (newVolunteer: Partial<Volunteer>): LiveViewChangeset<Volunteer> => {
+  const result = changeset({}, newVolunteer, 'create');
+  if (result.valid) {
+    const v = result.data as Volunteer;
+    volunteers[v.id] = v;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+export const update_volunteer = (volunteer: Volunteer, updated: Partial<Volunteer>): LiveViewChangeset<Volunteer> => {
+  const result = changeset(volunteer, updated, 'update');
+  if (result.valid) {
+    const v = result.data as Volunteer;
+    volunteers[v.id] = v;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/server/templates/helpers/form_for.ts b/src/server/templates/helpers/form_for.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8b280a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/templates/helpers/form_for.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import html from ".."
+
+interface FormForOptions {
+  phx_submit?: string
+  method?: "get" | "post"
+}
+
+// TODO insert hidden input for CSRF token?
+export const form_for = <T>(action: string, options?: FormForOptions) => {
+  const method = options?.method ?? "post";
+  const phx_submit = options?.phx_submit ? `phx-submit="${options.phx_submit}"` : "";
+  return html`
+    <form action="${action}" method="${method}" ${phx_submit}>
+  `
+}
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diff --git a/src/server/templates/helpers/inputs.ts b/src/server/templates/helpers/inputs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4736453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/templates/helpers/inputs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { LiveViewChangeset } from "../../types";
+import html from ".."
+
+interface InputOptions {
+  placeholder?: string
+  autocomplete?: "off" | "on"
+  type?: "text" | "tel"
+}
+
+export const text_input = <T>(changeset: LiveViewChangeset<T>, key: keyof T, options?: InputOptions) => {
+  const placeholder = options?.placeholder ? "placeholder=\"" + options.placeholder + "\"" : "";
+  const autocomplete = options?.autocomplete ? "autocomplete=\"" + options.autocomplete + "\"" : "";
+  const type = options?.type ?? "text";
+  const id = `input_${key}`;
+  const value = changeset.data[key] ?? "";
+  return html`
+    <input type="${type}" id="${id}" name="${key}" value="${value}" ${autocomplete} ${placeholder} />
+  `
+}
+
+interface TelephoneInputOptions extends Omit<InputOptions, "type"> { }
+
+export const telephone_input = <T>(changeset: LiveViewChangeset<T>, key: keyof T, options?: TelephoneInputOptions) => {
+  return text_input(changeset, key, { ...options, type: "tel" });
+}
+
+interface ErrorTagOptions {
+  className?: string
+}
+
+export const error_tag = <T>(changeset: LiveViewChangeset<T>, key: keyof T, options?: ErrorTagOptions) => {
+  const error = changeset.errors ? changeset.errors[key] : undefined;
+  if (changeset.action && error) {
+    const className = options?.className ?? "invalid-feedback";
+    return html`
+      <span class="${className}" phx-feedback-for="${key}">${error}</span>
+    `
+  }
+  return html``
+}
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diff --git a/src/server/templates/helpers/submit.ts b/src/server/templates/helpers/submit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01ead6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/templates/helpers/submit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import html from ".."
+
+interface SubmitOptions {
+  phx_disable_with: string
+}
+
+export const submit = (label: string, options?: SubmitOptions) => {
+  const phx_disable_with = options?.phx_disable_with ?? "";
+  return html`
+    <button ${phx_disable_with} type="submit">${label}</button>
+  `
+}
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