Models often are submitted by users. The ModelForm class makes this process really easy. Nick explores this further in this video.
- [Instructor] So, now that we have a new model, … we're going to create a new form that's based off that model … and it's going to saved us even more time … than we already save from creating this Django Form. … You're going to see, this is going to be really incredible. … So let's first go ahead … and comment out our pizza form class. … So, I'm going to select all that. … If I hit command and then forward slash and Adam, … it comments it out for me automatically. … Cool little trick there. … And then we want to make sure that, up at the top here, … we can say, from dot … and we want models to import … and let's go grab our pizza class. … Alright, so with this in place, … now we're going to be creating a form … that's called a special kind of form. … It's a form model or a model form, rather. … So, let's go ahead and say class pizza form. … Notice this is the exact same name that we have here, … so this won't disrupt any of our view code … or anything like that. … We're going to say pizza form …
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Released
3/8/2019- Creating form fields
- Using submitted data
- Adding models
- Using the ModelForms class
- Working with widgets
- Accepting files and multiple forms on a page
- Customizing formsets
- Using local validation
- Delivering errors responsibly
- Customizing forms
- Styling with CSS
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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What you should know1m 5s
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Project walkthrough1m 51s
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1. Getting Started with Forms
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Starting a new project2m 26s
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Making forms from scratch5m 24s
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Form fields5m 22s
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Submitting forms4m 47s
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Django form class5m 15s
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Using submitted data5m 32s
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2. Working with Advanced Form Features
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Adding models5m 59s
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Model forms4m 1s
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Working with widgets5m 37s
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Advanced widgets4m 23s
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Forms and files4m 4s
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Formset views6m 34s
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Editing objects4m 40s
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Input confirmation4m 7s
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3. Customizing and Styling Form Appearance
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Server-based errors5m 10s
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Form rendering3m 49s
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Customizing forms4m 59s
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Spicing up forms with CSS6m 40s
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Homepage styling4m 7s
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Form styling6m 24s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 19s
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