Hello Coders!

This article explains how to generate a simple Django Dashboard using Cookiecutter, a well-known command-line utility that creates projects from project templates.

The customization process allows choosing the project name, database type, and other related information like project name, version, and support email (if any). For newcomers, Django is a leading web framework created and actively supported by experienced developers using a batteries-included concept.

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• 👉 Django Material Dashboard - preview the generated project
• 👉 Django Cookie-Cutter - the generator sources
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✨ How it Works

To start fast and generate a new project the workstation should have a minimal toolchain used by the generator: Python3, GIT, and (optional) a modern code editor like VsCode or Atom.

👉 Step #1 - Create a virtual environment for dependencies

$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate

👉 Step #2 - Install Modules

$ pip install cookiecutter
$ pip install GitPython 

👉 Step #3 - Generate the project

$ cookiecutter https://github.com/app-generator/cookiecutter-django.git

console output

>>> project_name [Django Seed project]: Django Material
>>> project_slug [django_material]:
>>> description [A simple Django project]:
>>> author_name [AppSeed]:
>>> domain_name [example.com]:
>>> email [appseed@example.com]:
>>> version [0.0.1]:
>>> Select theme:
1 - volt
2 - soft-ui
3 - datta-able
4 - material-dashboard
Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4 [1]: 4       <---- SELECT the Material Design
>>> Select database:
1 - sqlite3
2 - mysql
3 - postgresql
Choose from 1, 2, 3 [1]:
>>> database_name [appseed_django]:
>>> database_user [appseed_user]:
>>> database_pass [Pass1234]:
>>> PRE Gen hook executed
 Cloning theme: <material-dashboard>, REPO: https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-material.git
 ...done
>>> POST Gen hook executed
 *** Copy assets
 ...done
 *** Copy templates
 ...done

Once the process is finished, we can change the directory inside the generated sources and use Docker to start the app:

$ cd django_material
$ docker-compose up --build

At this point, the app should be accessible in the browser at the address http://localhost:85.

✨ Django Cookie-Cutter - Dashboard Page

✨ Django Cookie-Cutter - VR page

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• 👉 More Django Dashboards - a curated index
• 👉 Django App Generator - A 2nd generation App Builder