Using Django Admin for a custom database solution

Posted by Prashanth Ellina on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Prashanth Ellina
Published on 2010-06-10T02:44:46Z Indexed on 2010/06/10 2:52 UTC
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A client wants to have a simple intranet application to manage his process. He runs a Quarry and wishes to track number of loads delivered per day and associated activities.

Since I knew about Django's excellent Admin interface, I figured I could define the "Schema" in models.py and have Django Admin generate the forms.

I did exactly that and the result is not bad at all. I've been able to customize the look and feel to suit the client's taste.

Some questions:

  1. Is Django Admin the right choice for such a use-case?
  2. Will I run to problems in the future due to flexibility of the framework?
  3. Is there a better framework out there specifically designed for this use-case (general Database management for small businesses)? I prefer ones written in Python since I can hack it up to customize.

Thanks!

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