django-form-scaffold 1.1.0

django-form-scaffold is a package of helper functions for generating Django template code with markup from Django form instances.

It solves the problem of generating, over and over again, markup for a full form which is effectively a templated version of the BaseForm as_p, as_ul and as_table methods output (which output static values, rather than dyanmic Django template code).

django-form-scaffold outputs in the same form as these methods, but uses the template placeholders for all the form and field values, which is what I find myself doing time and time again as it's easier to control the individual format/styling etc. of fields in a form, and is also generally easier for designers to get their heads around a form template.

For example, outputting a login form, rather than doing:

{{ form.as_p }}

We would do:

< p >
{% if form.username.errors %}
 {% for error in form.username.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
{{ form.username.label }} {{ form.username }}
< /p >
< p >
{% if form.password.errors %}
 {% for error in form.password.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
{{ form.password.label }} {{ form.password }}
< /p >

Installation:

Install django-form-scaffold using easy_install (or pip):

easy_install django-form-scaffold

Or from the setup script:

python setup.py install

Usage:

Form scaffolding is meant for generating content to then be placed in your template files, so you wouldn't called scaffold.as_p from within a template itself.

The best way to call the scaffold functions are from within a bootstraped Django Python shell, using the management script:

python manage.py shell

Then just import scaffold from the dfs namespace, import your form(s), and pass an instance to one of the functions:

 > > > from dfs import scaffold
 > > > from MyProject.MyApp.forms import MyForm
 > > > form = MyForm()
 > > > print scaffold.as_p(form)
{% if form.email.errors %}{% for error in form.email.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
< p >{{ form.email.label }} {{ form.email }}< /p >
{% if form.password1.errors %}{% for error in form.password1.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
< p >{{ form.password1.label }} {{ form.password1 }}< /p >
{% if form.password2.errors %}{% for error in form.password2.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
< p >{{ form.password2.label }} {{ form.password2 }}< /p >

 > > > # We can also use a form class rather than an instance, but
 > > > # this won't always work if your form requires params etc.,
 > > > # this just creates an instance for you anyway.
 > > > print scaffold.as_ul(cls=MyForm)
< li >{% if form.email.errors %}{% for error in form.email.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}{{ form.email.label }} {{ form.email }}< /li >
< li >{% if form.password1.errors %}{% for error in form.password1.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}{{ form.password1.label }} {{ form.password1 }}< /li >
< li >{% if form.password2.errors %}{% for error in form.password2.errors %}{{ error }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}{{ form.password2.label }} {{ form.password2 }}< /li >

The following helper functions available in dfs.scaffold:
as_p
 Outputs the same markup < p > style as the inbuilt Django BaseForm.as_p.
as_ul
 Outputs the same markup < ul > style as the inbuilt Django BaseForm.as_ul.
as_table
 Outputs the same markup < table > style as the inbuilt Django BaseForm.as_table.
as_table
 Extra scaffold-only helper to output an alternative < div > based form layout, similar in layout to as_p but with < div >s.

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Requirements:

· Python
· Django