django-code-generator 0.2.0

Generate code from Django models for faster development

Generate code from Django models for faster development. This project can generate a Django Rest Framework API or an admin for your app. You can also create your own templates so you can generate code for whatever you want.

To install django-code-generator, run this command in your terminal:

$ sudo pip install django-code-generator

This is the preferred method to install django-code-generator, as it will always install the most recent stable release.

Then add it to your INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    'django_code_generator',
]

Usage

Generating code is as easy as:

$ python manage.py generator <template> <project app>

This project includes two default templates: admin and api. For example:

$ python manage.py generator admin myapp

Create templates

There are several places to locate the directories of your templates. The templates will be loaded in this order:

1. Template directories in DJANGO_CODE_GENERATOR_TEMPLATES environment variable. The directories are separated by a colon char (:). For example: DJANGO_CODE_GENERATOR_TEMPLATES=/path/templates/.

2. Templates from the folder .dcg_templates/ in the current directory.

3. Template directories from DJANGO_CODE_GENERATOR_TEMPLATES = [] list in your Django settings.

4. Templates from folder .dcg_templates/ in manage.py directory.

5. Templates from ~/.config/dcg_templates/ directory.

6. Templates from django_code_generator project

To create the template, make a directory with the name of the template in the templates folder. For example: ~/.config/dcg_templates/mytemplate/. When you use the command manage.py generate <template> <project app> everything inside the template folder will be copied and rendered to the app folder in your Django project.

For example, running manage.py generate mytemplate myapp the file ~/.config/dcg_templates/mytemplate/admin.py will be copied and rendered to myproject/myapp/admin.py.

Django Code Generate uses Django Templates Syntax for to render the templates. You can find examples in this project.