Drupal: Custom Form Creation, Best Method [closed]

Question

I'm relatively new to Drupal, but not CMS's in general. I'm creating a site for a client. The most important part is creating a fairly complex form in which users input various types of data to be stored in the database. I had assumed the best method for doing this was to create a custom module. Is this the case, and if so can someone direct me to documentation or a tutorial on the best way to create a module of this nature? If not, I'm open to suggestion for the best way to create this kind of form even if it is hardcoding the content.

Answer 1

Drupal.org contains detailed tutorials on how to create modules, see for example this one.

The Drupal Form API will be your friend to handle easy data capture: How to use the Form API.

Depending on your data capture needs, the Webform module may already do what you want.