This is a question for folks experienced with python & Django. I am just picking up python & Django properly (a little late to the party). Anyways, I have my models and all done. I need to create Django forms for these models. All the tutorials that I have come across on Youtube & Udemy, create the form using the

{{ forms.as_p }} or {{ forms.as_table }}

I need to create the forms in HTML by hand as the structure of the page is a little more complex than what these provide. I know that I can do this (create a HTML form by hand) and then pluck the values in the

view.py

using:

value = request.form["name"]

My question is whether this is the recommended way to do this? I would have hoped that instead of creating the entire form in one go using:

{{ <http://forms.as|forms.as>_p }}

, there would be an option to hand-craft individual form elements but with the Django helpers. After which, I would be able to use the internal Django form helpers to read the values and validate the form. From my ASP.Net days, I remember we could do something like:

<input type='text' name='forms.student_name.name' value='forms.student_name.value' />

Does Django offer something like this? Any pointer to a tutorial or site I can look at would be appreciated. Thanks!

{% for field in form %}
    {{ field }}
{% endfor %

you can now access field attributes and design them as you like

Thanks @brief-memory-68420 Also found more info here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/topics/forms/ (towards the bottom of the docs).