Question

When using ModelForm Within forms.py it would save a lot of time, since there is no need to rewrite the whole fields again in forms.

class ContactsForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Contact

Taking a forms.Form instead would require to define all fields again manually. Some would prefer this approach due more control.

While a lot of it is straight forward:

models.CharField("First Name",max_length=30, blank=True)

becomes

forms.CharField(label = _(u'First Name'), max_length=30, blank=True)

and models.TextField(blank=True) becomes forms.TextArea(blank=True) etc…

One field is a bit of a mystery to me how it would be translated in forms, such as:

models.ForeignKey(ContactType)

How is a dropdownmenu to be defined within forms?

Answer 1

Do you mean something like this?:

contact_type = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=ContactType.objects.all())

More about ModelChoiceField on Django’s documentation