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Django Datta Able ENH

Dashboard built by AppSeed in Django on top of Datta Able design - Manual Coded Version.

This product is manualy coded on top of the generated version Datta Able PRO

Version: v1.0.9 - release date 2022-07-10

  • UI Kit: Datta Able PRO (Premium version)

  • Bootstrap 5 Design (no jQuery dependency)

    • Light/Dark Mode

    • 190 pages: Charts, Dashboards, Multiple Layouts

  • SQLite Database, Django Native ORM

  • Session-Based Authentication, Forms validation

  • Deployment scripts: Docker, Gunicorn/Nginx

  • Improved Authentication

    • Visual password strength indicator (registration)

  • New Feature: User Profiles

    • Extended User profile

    • Added Superusers

    • Image upload via FTP

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✨ Environment

To start with Datta able ENH , 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 of 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 used by Python to compile the app dependencies in your environment.

  • (Optional) venv - used to create "lightweight" virtual environments.

  • (Optional) Docker - used for OS-level virtualizaton by creating portable packages called containers with all necessary dependencies and configuration.

✨ Codebase structure

The project structure is simple to understand and intuitive enough as 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
   |    |-- asgi.py                    # Asynchronous processing of the request
   |    |-- staticfiles                # Collects static resources to be served in production
   |
   |-- apps/
   |    |
   |    |-- home/                      # A simple app that serve HTML files
   |    |    |-- views.py              # Serve HTML pages for authenticated users
   |    |    |-- urls.py               # Define some super simple routes
   |    |    |-- tests.py              # Class-based unit tests
   |    |    |-- models.py             # Classes that map to the database table
   |    |    |-- config.py             # App configuration
   |    |    |-- admin.py              # Customization of Admin panel
   |    |
   |    |-- 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) 
   |    |    |-- tests.py              # Class-based authentication unit tests
   |    |    |-- models.py             # Classes that map to the database table
   |    |    |-- config.py             # authentication App configuration
   |    |    |-- apps.py               # authentication App configuration
   |    |    |-- admin.py              # Customization of Admin panel
   |    |
   |    |-- accounts/                  # Manages a User profile
   |    |    |-- admin.py              # Registration of models in admin and 
   |    |    |                         # customizations in Admin panel 
   |    |    |-- apps.py               # accounts App configuration
   |    |    |-- forms.py              # Define profile editing form 
   |    |    |-- models.py             # Classes that map to the database table
   |    |    |-- tests.py              # Class-based unit tests for accounts app
   |    |    |-- urls.py               # Define accounts routes  
   |    |    |-- views.py              # Handles users listing, profile edits, and deleting of accounts  
   |    |
   |    |-- static/
   |    |    |-- assets/
   |    |    |   |-- <css, JS, images> # Various static resource files.
   |    |
   |    |-- templates/                 # HTML templates for various apps
   |    |    |-- account/              # Login, registration and profile templates 
   |    |    |-- home/                 # Chart and dashboard related templates
   |    |    |-- includes/             # Common templates for various apps
   |    |    |-- layouts/              # Base templates for other templates
   |    |
   |    |-- nginx/                     # Implements Nginx configuration 
   |         |-- appseed-app.conf      # Various Nginx  configuration directives
   |
   |-- requirements.txt                # Development modules - SQLite storage
   |
   |-- .env                            # Inject Configuration via Environment
   |-- manage.py                       # Start the app - Django default start script
   |
   |-- ************************************************************************

Improved Authentication

The codebase has been update to support some new features:

  • Automatic user suspension on consecutive failed logins

    • Limit saved in configuration

    • Password strength indicator (registration page)

FTP Storage

The feature is activated via the .env settings. Sample configuration:

FTP_UPLOAD=True
upload_cloud_type=storages.backends.ftp.FTPStorage
ftp_username   = <FTP_USER>
ftp_password   = <FTP_PASS>
ftp_server_url = <FTP_SERVER_IP>
ftp_port       = <FTP_SERVER_PORT>
upload_url     = <WWW_ROOT_FOR_IMAGES>

Extended User Profile

  • Users are able to edit their profile:

    • Full Name, address, phone number and ZIP Code

  • Upload their profile image

    • If the FTP_UPLOAD feature is active

Users Management

Note: Feature reserved for superusers

  • List all users

  • Edit the information

  • Suspend/unsuspend the users

🚀 Where to go from here

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