Forms and ModelForms in Python

From the Django cheat sheet · Forms · verified Jul 2026

Forms and ModelForms

Create and validate forms

python

from django import forms
from .models import Product

class ProductForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Product
        fields = ['name', 'price', 'description']

💡 clean_<field>() for field validation

📌 clean() for cross-field validation

⚡ Use widgets to customize HTML

🟢 commit=False to modify before saving

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