Django App with Admin Panel#

B-UML Model required

  • Structural model: This model defines the data structure (classes, relationships, and attributes) that will be used to generate the Django application.

Getting started

To generate a Django App, you can either use the Web Modeling Editor to create the structural model and generate the code directly, or use the BESSER Python API as shown below.

In this example, we’ll generate a Django web app using the Structural model example as input. Here’s how to implement the code generator with Python:

from besser.generators.django import DjangoGenerator

generator: DjangoGenerator = DjangoGenerator(model=library_model,
                                            project_name="my_django_app",
                                            app_name="library_app",
                                            containerization=False)
generator.generate()

Configuration Parameters

  • model: The structural model to be used for generating the Django application.

  • project_name: The name of the Django project to be created.

  • app_name: The name of the Django app to be created within the project.

  • containerization: A boolean flag to enable/disable containerization for deployment.

Output

After running the generator, the following files will be created:

  • A project folder containing essential Django files such as settings.py, urls.py, etc.

  • An application folder including models.py and admin.py.

  • manage.py and requirements.txt for managing the application.

If containerization=True, the following files will also be generated for Docker deployment:

  • docker-compose.yml

  • Dockerfile

  • entrypoint.sh

To run the application, follow the steps in How to Run the Web Application.