Django ModelForms[1] do seem (to my rails-ignorant self) to be quite similar to what's being described here. class SomeForm(ModelForm): class Meta:

Django ModelForms[1] do seem (to my rails-ignorant self) to be quite similar to what's being described here. class SomeForm(ModelForm): class Meta: model = SomeModel fields = [ whitelist ] exclude = [ blacklist ] Both fields and exclude are optional, if neither are specified 'all'[2] fields for the model will be included in the form. [1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/forms/modelforms/#using-a-subset-of-fields-on-the-form https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/forms/modelform... [2] The model can blacklist certain fields with editable=False in the field definition as well, which afaik trumps anything a ModelForm does.