Django forms are really powerful but there are edge cases that can cause a bit of anguish. This talk will go over how to handle many common solutions not currently described in the core documentation. It will also cover some useful third-party libraries and will end with clarifications about what the state of form features will be in Django 1.4.

Outline:

• Handy tips
  • Turning non-required model fields into required form fields
  • Overriding clean methods
  • Overriding save method
  • Calling forms the easy way in views
  • Custom field definitions
  • Dynamically adding fields
  • Formsets
  • Testing forms
• Third Party Libraries that make your life easier
  • django-uni-form
  • django-floppyforms
• The future
  • Forms refactor in Django 1.4
  • Documentation improvements

Time will be left for Q&A.