This. Form processing is one of those tedious things 90% of which is the same in every form: field definition, display, validation, and error handling/presentation.
Django takes care of the repetitive parts, and if you need to customize the validation or display, allows you to do so while still abstracting away all the rest of the fiddly stuff. If anything, manual form processing in Django would be overkill, unless you have some special case that the form API simply can't handle (e.g. nested formsets, although there are a few apps now that enable that, IIRC) On Dec 8, 12:14 pm, Wayne Smith <wayne.tuxro...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is important to distinguish between display and functionality with > forms. What I mean is, using the forms does not mean you have to render > (display) them the way Django has it set up by default. I always use the > Form API, and if I need custom validation on a field or the entire form, I > override the appropriate clean method. I pass the widget argument if I want > a different widget. > > IMO, one of the best things about Django is the ease in which I can > customize its parts but still leverage its functionality. > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:36 AM, christian.posta > <christian.po...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Do django developers use the Form API any time form elements need to > > be displayed to users? Or do you just code the form yourself in the > > templates and manually process them for smaller forms? > > > In general, is it always better to use the Form API for any form you > > display, regardless how simple, because of the built-in functionality > > provided by django, or is it overkill? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
