django-designer

Allow designers to work on your templates without having to run the Django development server, database etc.

Designer’s workflow:

1. Pulls repo

2. Edits template, makes it look pretty

3. Runs manage.py command to render template and produce html file

4. Points browser to file

5. Views pretty rendered template in browser

6. Repeats steps 2 and 3, refreshes browser

7. Commits and pushes pretty templates

Note: To state the obvious, context variables are not rendered on page. View functions are not called. Context variables are often not needed when a desinger is viewing templates for design purposes.

pip install django-designer

$ ./manage.py render_template your_app/templates/home.html
file:///Users/you/Projects/your_project/your_app/templates/home_rendered.html