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The forms library
=================
``django.forms`` is Django's fantastic new form-handling library. It's a
replacement for the old form/manipulator/validation framework, which has been
moved to ``django.oldforms``. This document explains how to use this new
library.
``django.forms`` is Django's form-handling library.
Migration plan
==============
.. adminition:: Looking for oldforms?
``django.newforms`` is new in Django's 0.96 release, but, as it won't be new
forever, we plan to rename it to ``django.forms`` in the future. The current
``django.forms`` package will be available as ``django.oldforms`` until Django
1.0, when we plan to remove it for good.
``django.forms`` was once called ``newforms`` since it replaced Django's
original form/manipulator/validation framework. The old form handling
library is still available as `django.oldforms`_, but will be removed
in a future version of Django.
That has direct repercussions on the forward compatibility of your code. Please
read the following migration plan and code accordingly:
* The old forms framework (the current ``django.forms``) has been copied to
``django.oldforms``. Thus, you can start upgrading your code *now*,
rather than waiting for the future backwards-incompatible change, by
changing your import statements like this::
from django import forms # old
from django import oldforms as forms # new
* In the next Django release (0.97), we will move the current
``django.newforms`` to ``django.forms``. This will be a
backwards-incompatible change, and anybody who is still using the old
version of ``django.forms`` at that time will need to change their import
statements, as described in the previous bullet.
* We will remove ``django.oldforms`` in the release *after* the next Django
release -- either 0.98 or 1.0, whichever comes first.
With this in mind, we recommend you use the following import statement when
using ``django.newforms``::
from django import newforms as forms
This way, your code can refer to the ``forms`` module, and when
``django.newforms`` is renamed to ``django.forms``, you'll only have to change
your ``import`` statements.
If you prefer "``import *``" syntax, you can do the following::
from django.newforms import *
This will import all fields, widgets, form classes and other various utilities
into your local namespace. Some people find this convenient; others find it
too messy. The choice is yours.
.. _django.oldforms: ../oldforms/
Overview
========
As with the ``django.oldforms`` ("manipulators") system before it,
``django.forms`` is intended to handle HTML form display, data processing
(validation) and redisplay. It's what you use if you want to perform
server-side validation for an HTML form.

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use the django.forms system, which we have begun to document in the
`forms documentation`_.
If you have legacy form/manipulator code, read the "Migration plan" section in
that document to understand how we're making the switch.
.. _forms documentation: ../forms/
Introduction