Generate choice field with existing ORM data in Django - django

Question

I'm using Django 1.4 with Python 2.7 on Ubuntu 12.04.
I'm going to continue to update this question as I make progress.
UPDATE 2:
I'm trying to generate 2 choice fields in a form using information from an existing model.
class AssignProject(forms.Form):
def __init__(self, devs, *args, **kwargs):
"""
.. method:: __init__()
Class constructor
:param devs: Tuple with which developer
"""
super(AssignProject, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.dev = forms.ChoiceField(widget = forms.Select(), choices = devs, required = True)
self.designer = forms.ChoiceField(widget = forms.Select(), choices = devs, required = True)
At this point I can't seem to access dev and designer ChoiceField in my template yet.
Here is the view:
#login_required
def view_all_projects(request):
"""
.. function:: view_projects()
Show the projects
:param request: Django Request object
"""
data = { 'user' : request.user }
if (request.user.is_authenticated() and request.user.is_superuser):
all_projects = Projects.objects.filter(active = True)
dev_info = User.objects.filter(is_staff = True, is_superuser = False)
dev_dict = {}
for dev in dev_info:
dev_dict[dev.id] = '{0} {1}'.format(dev.first_name, dev.last_name)
devs = tuple(dev_dict.items())
form = AssignProject(devs)
data.update({ 'form' : form })
data.update({ 'projects' : all_projects })
data.update(csrf(request))
return render_to_response("view_all_projects.html", data)
return render_to_response("index.html", data)
I have verified that the developers/designers are properly getting set in the devs tuple.
...and the template from view_all_projects.html:
<form action="/assignProject/" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
<table>
<td>
<input type="hidden" name="project_id" value={{ project.id }}>
<tr>
<td align="right"><label class="formlabel">Assign Developer:<br /></label></td><td>{{ form.dev }}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><label class="formlabel">Assign Designer:<br /></label></td><td>{{ form.designer }}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><label class="formlabel"> </label></td><td><input type="submit" value="Submit ►"></td>
</tr>
</td>
</table>
</form>
I don't see any errors, but I do see a strange object reference in place of the ChoiceField in the template.
<django.forms.fields.ChoiceField object at 0x7ffdbc054190>
<django.forms.fields.ChoiceField object at 0x7ffdbc0542d0>
I see these instead. I know I'm close...just can't quite get what I'm going wrong.
Thoughts?

Answer 1

The issue was entirely in the form __init__.
I should have assigned the fields like follows:
class AssignProject(forms.Form):
def __init__(self, devs, *args, **kwargs):
"""
.. method:: __init__()
Class constructor
:param devs: Tuple with developers
"""
super(AssignProject, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['dev'] = forms.ChoiceField(widget = forms.Select(), choices = devs, required = True)
self.fields['designer'] = forms.ChoiceField(widget = forms.Select(), choices = devs, required = True)
Note the self.fields['dev'] not self.dev. Fixed everything.