SyDjango Talk: Django Admin, The Missing Manual

My second SyDjango talk where I cover the Django Admin, some reasons people might not use it, why you should use it anyway, and how to address some of those possible issues.

I walk through a basic project for a blog with a spartan Django Admin interface, and the steps involved in turning it into a much more featureful and attractive experience for the end user.

For slides, video and source code, check out the related post on my blog:

http://blog.jupo.org/2012/10/26/sydjango-talk-django-admin-missing-manual/

Transcript

1. The Missing Manual Stephen McDonald @stephen_mcd Django Admin
2. About Me
3. About Me • Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps)
4. About Me • Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps) • Mezzanine (Most popular CMS, Django Admin)
5. • Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps) • Mezzanine (Most popular CMS, Django Admin) • Django since 2007 About Me
6. About Me • Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps) • Mezzanine (Most popular CMS, Django Admin) • Django since 2007 • 50 different Django projects (Most use Admin)
7. Django Admin
8. Django Admin • Saves countless hours
9. Django Admin • Saves countless hours • Living in the future!
10. Django Admin
11. Django Admin
12. Django Admin
13. Why Wouldn't You Use It?
14. Why Wouldn't You Use It? • Looks outdated
15. Why Wouldn't You Use It? • Looks outdated • Too database-centric
16. Why Wouldn't You Use It? • Looks outdated • Too database-centric • Hard to customise
17. Let's Dispel These Myths
18. Django Admin VS Custom Admin
19. Django Admin VS Custom Admin Source:
20. The Missing Manual
21. The Missing Manual • Chapter 1: Use all features (not really missing)
22. The Missing Manual
23. The Missing Manual Usability Usability
24. The Missing Manual • Chapter 1: Use all features (not really missing) • Chapter 2: Override templates!
25. The Missing Manual
26. The Missing Manual Usability Usability
27. The Missing Manual Usability Usability
28. The Missing Manual • Chapter 1: Use all features (not really missing) • Chapter 2: Override templates! • Chapter 3: Singleton Admin
29. The Missing Manual
30. But wait
31. But wait
32. One More Thing...
33. One More Thing... Usability Usability
34. Thanks! Questions? github.com/stephenmcd/sydjango-damm Further Research • Grappelli github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli • Admin Tools bitbucket.org/izi/django-admin-tools • Bootstrap bitbucket.org/salvator/django-admintools-bootstrap • Mezzanine github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine Stephen McDonald • GitHub github.com/stephenmcd • Twitter @stephen_mcd • LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/stephenmcd