Admin dashboard coded in Flask Framework with basic modules, database, ORM and deployment scripts.
Light Bootstrap Dashboard is Bootstrap 4 admin dashboard template designed to be beautiful and simple. It is built on top of Bootstrap 4 and it is fully responsive. It comes with a big colections of elements that will offer you multiple possibilities to create the app that best fits your needs. It can be used to create admin panels, project management systems, web applications backend, CMS or CRM.
Codebase Features
- UI-Ready app, SQLite Database, Django Native ORM
- Modular design, best practices codebase
- Session-Based Authentication, Forms validation
- Deployment scripts: Docker, Gunicorn/Nginx
- Support via Github (issues tracker) and Discord - 24/7 LIVE Service.
Links
- Django Light Bootstrap - Official product page
- Django Light Bootstrap - Demo - LIVE app deployment
- Django Light Bootstrap - Docs - Official documentation
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$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-light-bootstrap.git
$ cd django-dashboard-light-bootstrap
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)
$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)
$ # virtualenv env
$ # .\env\Scripts\activate
$
$ # Install modules - SQLite Storage
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
$
$ # Create tables
$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate
$
$ # Start the application (development mode)
$ python manage.py runserver # default port 8000
$
$ # Start the app - custom port
$ # python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<your_port>
$
$ # Access the web app in browser: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Note: To use the app, please access the registration page and create a new user. After authentication, the app will unlock the private pages.
The project is coded using a simple and intuitive structure presented bellow:
< PROJECT ROOT >
|
|-- core/ # Implements app logic and serve the static assets
| |-- settings.py # Django app bootstrapper
| |-- wsgi.py # Start the app in production
| |-- urls.py # Define URLs served by all apps/nodes
| |
| |-- static/
| | |-- <css, JS, images> # CSS files, Javascripts files
| |
| |-- templates/ # Templates used to render pages
| |
| |-- includes/ # HTML chunks and components
| | |-- navigation.html # Top menu component
| | |-- sidebar.html # Sidebar component
| | |-- footer.html # App Footer
| | |-- scripts.html # Scripts common to all pages
| |
| |-- layouts/ # Master pages
| | |-- base-fullscreen.html # Used by Authentication pages
| | |-- base.html # Used by common pages
| |
| |-- accounts/ # Authentication pages
| | |-- login.html # Login page
| | |-- register.html # Register page
| |
| index.html # The default page
| page-404.html # Error 404 page
| page-500.html # Error 404 page
| *.html # All other HTML pages
|
|-- authentication/ # Handles auth routes (login and register)
| |
| |-- urls.py # Define authentication routes
| |-- views.py # Handles login and registration
| |-- forms.py # Define auth forms
|
|-- app/ # A simple app that serve HTML files
| |
| |-- views.py # Serve HTML pages for authenticated users
| |-- urls.py # Define some super simple routes
|
|-- requirements.txt # Development modules - SQLite storage
|
|-- .env # Inject Configuration via Environment
|-- manage.py # Start the app - Django default start script
|
|-- ************************************************************************
The bootstrap flow
- Django bootstrapper
manage.py
usescore/settings.py
as the main configuration file core/settings.py
loads the app magic from.env
file- Redirect the guest users to Login page
- Unlock the pages served by app node for authenticated users
The app is provided with a basic configuration to be executed in Docker, Gunicorn, and Waitress.
Docker execution
The application can be easily executed in a docker container. The steps:
Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-light-bootstrap.git
$ cd django-dashboard-light-bootstrap
Start the app in Docker
$ sudo docker-compose pull && sudo docker-compose build && sudo docker-compose up -d
Visit http://localhost:5005
in your browser. The app should be up & running.
Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.
Install using pip
$ pip install gunicorn
Start the app using gunicorn binary
$ gunicorn --bind=0.0.0.0:8001 core.wsgi:application
Serving on http://localhost:8001
Visit http://localhost:8001
in your browser. The app should be up & running.
Waitress (Gunicorn equivalent for Windows) is meant to be a production-quality pure-Python WSGI server with very acceptable performance. It has no dependencies except ones that live in the Python standard library.
Install using pip
$ pip install waitress
Start the app using waitress-serve
$ waitress-serve --port=8001 core.wsgi:application
Serving on http://localhost:8001
Visit http://localhost:8001
in your browser. The app should be up & running.
- Django - The official website
- Boilerplate Code - Index provided by AppSeed
- Boilerplate Code - Index published on Github
Django Light Bootstrap - Provided by AppSeed Web App Generator.