http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/ contact example

[ilkka]

The example

def contact(request):
    if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
        form = ContactForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
        if form.is_valid(): # All validation rules pass
            # Process the data in form.cleaned_data
            # ...
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/') # Redirect after POST
    else:
        form = ContactForm() # An unbound form

    return render_to_response('contact.html', {
        'form': form,
    })

Is tad more clear in this form

def contact(request):
    if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
        form = ContactForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
        if form.is_valid(): # All validation rules pass
            # Process the data in form.cleaned_data
            # ...
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/') # Redirect after POST
        else: #invalid data, the bound form instance is passed on to the template.
            return render_to_response('contact.html', {'form': form}) 
    else:
        form = ContactForm() # An unbound form

   

[Russell Keith-Magee]

I'm not sure what you're trying to make clearer, but your proposed improvement is fundamentally flawed - it doesn't return a rendered response on a GET.