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Everything you should know about Django-JET 🚀

As we are talking about open source , Django being one , is high-level python backend framework which is not only open source but also offers us a number of features which serves as crucial part for an application . It is Built and forged by skilled and experienced developers.

About Django Admin Panel

  • Django with its features of scalability and security provides an automatic admin interface.
  • It scrutinize the meta-data from our models file to provide a speedy,model-centric interface where trusted users can manage content on our site.
  • The panel’s recommended use is limited to an organization's internal management tool.
How about customizing our admin panel to make it look appealing and handy for the users and employes?
So here is the catch, Jet-a modern responsive template for Django admin .

Installation

1. Firstly activate your virtual env in which you want to work or have installed Django.
Install Django

pip install django
Activate Virtual Environment

source envname/bin/activate
2. Install Django Jet

pip install django-3-jet
3. Add JET application to the INSTALLED_APPS

Add 'jet' to installed apps settings of django project in settings.py file.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'jet',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    ]
Note: Make sure to keep 'jet' above 'django.contrib.admin'

Important: Make sure that 'django.template.context_processors.request' is enabled in templates portion of settings.py file in your project.

Urls and routing play a very important role in django hence make sure to jet in urls.py file of your project as it needed for related-lookups and autocompletes.

urlpatterns = [
    path('jet/',include('jet.urls', 'jet')),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
   ]
5. Migrate the changes

To get things working in django, it is very necessary to migrate it for creating database tables. 

python manage.py migrate jet

Dashboard Installation

Dashboard is located in a separate application hence just installing jet wont make things work . To enable dashboard activation follow certain steps enlisted below.

1. Add JET DASHBOARD application to the INSTALLED_APPS

Add 'jet.dashboard' to installed apps settings of django project in settings.py file.

Note: This ‘jet.dashboard’ should be before ‘jet’

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'jet.dashboard',
    'jet',
    'django.contrib.admin',
]
2. Add JET DASHBOARD application to the INSTALLED_APPS

Add 'jet.dashboard' to installed apps settings of django project in settings.py file.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'jet.dashboard',
    'jet',
    'django.contrib.admin',
]

Urls and routing play a very important role in django hence make sure to jet in urls.py file of your project as it needed for related-lookups and autocompletes.

urlpatterns = [
    path('jet/',include('jet.urls', 'jet')),
    path('jet/dashboard/', include('jet.dashboard.urls', 'jet-dashboard')), 
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]
5. Migrate the changes

To get things working in django, it is very necessary to migrate it for creating database tables. 

python manage.py migrate jet dashboard
6. Install Feed Parser

A feed parser is required to fetch and parse a feed to render it from a template and give final touches to your panel.

pip install django-feedparser
And Voila ! Its here