Saturday, February 25, 2017

Re: Template packages for simple data entry and table data management for business applications

On Friday 24 February 2017 01:15:12 Kai Fisch wrote:

 

> Is there any widget/template set i can download and create web-based

> applications by simply instantiating templates/widgets for my model

> elements? I realy like the admin site but I came across some postings

> saying that this is a bad idea.

 

Apply basic "the internet always knows best" filtering:

- Discard any without reason

- Discard any for which the reason does not apply

- Weigh pro's and cons of reasons that do apply

 

> But maybe its exactly what I am

> looking for. Maybe there are other packes that provide such

> templates/widgets.

 

The admin is excellent for your basic CRUD operations on a model level and to some extent on multiple models.

Nested inlines (Pizza -> Topping -> Ingredient) are not supported and probably the thing you're gonna run into.

While this can be seen as a disadvantage, there's something to be said about form/widget complexity: Is it really that important to have ingredients of toppings available when creating/editing pizza's or is it better to use two workflows?

Another thing you may run into with the admin is customized overviews, like dashboards and reporting features. A lot can be done with list_display and customized templates, but in the end the scope of a page is usually one model.

 

As for customized look/feel and widgets, here's some useful links:

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Melvyn Sopacua

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