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The Django Admin for Web Developers

Gain insights into the Django Admin interface, learn about automatic generation, data management, custom functionalities, advanced UI customization, and explore admin rights permission management.

Intermediate

25 Lessons

17h 30min

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into the Django Admin interface, learn about automatic generation, data management, custom functionalities, advanced UI customization, and explore admin rights permission management.

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Course Overview

In this course, you will learn the basics of the Django Admin interface, a great tool to build a powerful admin interface quickly for your Django project. First, you will learn how to automatically generate the admin interface for your Django models, how to populate fake data, and then search or filter data with some advice to improve performance. Next, you will see how to extend the functionalities of the admin interface such as adding custom fields, add intermediate pages, or creating custom actions l...Show More

In this course, you will learn the basics of the Django Admin interface, a great tool to build a powerful admin interface quickl...Show More

Course Content

Getting Started

12 Lessons

Learn how to use the Django Admin interface for data management and customization.

Introduction

Helloworld Project and Sample App

Populating the Database with Fake Data

Displaying Models

More Complex Layouts

Filtering and Searching

Database View and Proxy Model

Inlines, Uneditable Fields, and ModelAdmin Methods

Design Customization

5 Lessons

Unpack the core of Django admin customization, encompassing template overrides, chart integration, and dynamic visualizations.

Basics Customization

Customising the Admin Template

Plotting Charts

Dynamic Charts

More Customisation

Advanced Customization

6 Lessons

Rebrand and enhance Django Admin by customizing templates, adding views, and using third-party packages.

Admin Branding Customization

Rebrand base.html

Rebrand index.html

Rebrand change_list.html

Add a View to index.html

More Packages to Rebrand Django Admin

Access and Rights Management

1 Lessons

Break down complex ideas on managing user and group permissions in Django Admin.

User and Group Management

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Map out the steps for choosing between Django Admin and custom interfaces.

Wrap Up!

Course Author

Surbier Christophe

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