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Django Azia Dashboard

Open-source Django Starter coded on top Azia Dashboard design (free version).

Django Admin Dashboard generated by the AppSeed platform on top of Azia Dashboard design (free version) crafted by BootstrapDash.

v1.0.3 - release date 2022-06-10

✅ Features​

  • UI Kit: Azia Dashboard (free version)
  • SQLite Database, Django Native ORM
  • Session-Based Authentication, Forms validation
  • Deployment scripts: Docker, Gunicorn/Nginx

Azia Dashboard - Starter generated by AppSeed.

✅ Environment​

To use the starter, Python3 should be installed properly in the workstation. If you are not sure if Python is installed, please open a terminal and type python --version. Here is the full list with dependencies and tools required to build the app:

  • Python3 - the programming language used to code the app
  • GIT - used to clone the source code from the Github repository
  • Basic development tools (g++ compiler, python development libraries ..etc) used by Python to compile the app dependencies in your environment.
  • (Optional) Docker - a popular virtualization software

✅ Start in Docker​

👉 Step 1 - Download the code from the GH repository (using GIT)

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-azia-dashboard.git
$ cd django-azia-dashboard

👉 Step 2 - Start the APP in Docker

$ docker-compose up --build

Visit http://localhost:5085 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

✅ Manual Build​

Download the code

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-azia-dashboard.git
$ cd django-azia-dashboard

👉 Set Up for Unix, MacOS​

Install modules via VENV

$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Database

$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate

Start the app

$ python manage.py runserver

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

👉 Set Up for Windows​

Install modules via VENV (windows)

$ virtualenv env
$ .\env\Scripts\activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Database

$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate

Start the app

$ python manage.py runserver

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

✅ Manage App Users​

By default, the starter is not provided with users. To access the private pages and the admin section (reserved for superusers) follow up the next sections.

👉 Create Superusers​

To access the admin section, Django requires superuser privilegies. Let's create a new superuser and access the admin section of the project:

$ python manage.py createsuperuser

Once the superuser is successfully created, we can access the admin section:

http://localhost:8000/admin/ (make sure you have a / at the end).

👉 Create (Ordinary) Users​

By default, the app redirects guest users to authenticate. In order to access the private pages, follow this set up:

  • Start the app via python manage.py runserver
  • Access the registration page and create a new user:
    • http://127.0.0.1:8000/register/
  • Access the sign in page and authenticate
    • http://127.0.0.1:8000/login/

✅ Codebase Structure​

The project is coded using a simple and intuitive structure presented below:

< PROJECT ROOT >
   |
   |-- core/                           # Implements app configuration
   |    |-- settings.py                # Defines Global Settings
   |    |-- wsgi.py                    # Start the app in production
   |    |-- urls.py                    # Define URLs served by all apps/nodes
   |
   |-- apps/
   |    |
   |    |-- home/                      # A simple app that serve HTML files
   |    |    |-- views.py              # Serve HTML pages for authenticated users
   |    |    |-- urls.py               # Define some super simple routes
   |    |
   |    |-- authentication/            # Handles auth routes (login and register)
   |    |    |-- urls.py               # Define authentication routes
   |    |    |-- views.py              # Handles login and registration
   |    |    |-- forms.py              # Define auth forms (login and register)
   |    |
   |    |-- static/
   |    |    |-- <css, JS, images>     # CSS files, Javascripts files
   |    |
   |    |-- templates/                 # Templates used to render pages
   |         |-- includes/             # HTML chunks and components
   |         |    |-- navigation.html  # Top menu component
   |         |    |-- footer.html      # App Footer
   |         |    |-- scripts.html     # Scripts common to all pages
   |         |
   |         |-- layouts/              # Master pages
   |         |    |-- base.html        # Used by common pages
   |         |
   |         |-- accounts/             # Authentication pages
   |         |    |-- login.html       # Login page
   |         |    |-- register.html    # Register page
   |         |
   |         |-- home/                 # UI Kit Pages
   |              |-- index.html       # Index page
   |              |-- page-404.html    # 404 page
   |              |-- *.html           # All other pages
   |
   |-- requirements.txt                # Development modules - SQLite storage
   |
   |-- .env                            # Inject Configuration via Environment
   |-- manage.py                       # Start the app - Django default start script
   |
   |-- ************************************************************************

✅ Resources​