Modelforms are for creating forms that very closely map onto a model class. The questions of whether to use xmlhttprequest vs form post, or hand-written views vs tastypie generated are independent.
You can still create a form with the fields you want using django's forms framework, and use javascript to send the data back, or use javascript to create your UI, and process the data with a hand-written view. On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Tim <jtim.arn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have started building an interface for my web app; there are some > manytomany "through" relationships and fks I want to simplify for users to > add/update the database. I don't want them to have to think about it; just > edit the data and let the app logic put all the changes wherever they're > supposed to be. > > After reading about modelforms and now looking at tastypie, I wonder how > and why one picks one over the other. It seems to me that using tastypie > and some jquery editable tables will abstract away the work of putting the > data from the user in all the right places, while doing the logic with > modelforms means I'll do it myself in the view/save logic. > > I'm just learning this part and wonder what others have to say. Is the > tastypie/api method good for complex relationships and modelforms should be > used for simpler ones? I guess that you can accomplish the same work with > either method. > > thanks, > --Tim Arnold > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/WHI1eJWMV2AJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- Marcin Tustin Tel: 07773 787 105 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
