🚀 DJ Maker - Supercharge Your Django Development

Rapidly generate Django apps, models, views, URLs, and templates with a single command.

DJ Maker is a powerful code generation tool that accelerates Django development by automatically creating complete CRUD applications, API endpoints, and boilerplate code. Say goodbye to repetitive tasks and hello to productive development! ⚡

✨ Features

🏗️ Complete App Generation

Full CRUD Apps: Generate complete Django applications with models, views, URLs, and templates
Multiple View Types: Support for function-based views, class-based views, and DRF API views
Smart Templates: Beautiful, responsive HTML templates with Bootstrap styling
Advanced URL Patterns: Nested URLs, namespacing, and API versioning support

🎯 Developer Experience

Rich CLI Interface: Beautiful, colored terminal output powered by Rich
Interactive Prompts: Guided setup with intelligent defaults
Preview Mode: See what will be generated before creating files
Type Safety: Full type annotations and mypy support

🔧 Flexibility & Power

API-First Development: Generate Django REST Framework endpoints automatically
Custom Namespacing: Support for API versioning and modular architectures
Template Customization: Jinja2-powered templates with extensibility
Project Integration: Seamlessly integrates with existing Django projects

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install dj-maker

Create Your First Project

# Create a new Django project with best practices
dj init myblog

# Navigate to your project
cd myblog

Generate Your First App

# Create a complete blog app with CRUD operations
dj generate blog Post --view-type=class

# Generate an API-first app with DRF integration
dj generate api articles Article --view-type=api --namespace=v1

# Create function-based views for maximum control
dj generate shop Product --view-type=function

Initialize Apps in Existing Projects

# Create a new Django app with URLs and tests
dj init-app users

# Create app with specific URL template
dj init-app api --url-template=api --include-tests

📖 Usage Examples

🎨 Basic CRUD Generation

Generate a complete blog application with class-based views:

dj generate blog Post --view-type=class

Generated structure:

blog/
├── __init__.py
├── admin.py              # Admin interface with list_display, filters
├── apps.py
├── models.py             # Post model with common fields (title, description, timestamps)
├── views.py              # Complete CRUD class-based views
├── urls.py               # RESTful URL patterns
├── templates/blog/       # Bootstrap-styled templates
│   ├── base.html
│   ├── post_list.html
│   ├── post_detail.html
│   ├── post_form.html
│   └── post_confirm_delete.html
└── migrations/

🔌 API Development

Create a REST API with Django REST Framework:

dj generate api products Product --view-type=api --namespace=v1

Features:

ViewSets and Serializers
Router-based URL configuration
API versioning support
Both API and web views

🎛️ Advanced URL Patterns

Generate nested URL structures:

dj generate articles Article --view-type=advanced

Generated URLs:

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.ArticleListView.as_view(), name='article-list'),
    path('create/', views.ArticleCreateView.as_view(), name='article-create'),
    path('<int:pk>/', include([
        path('', views.ArticleDetailView.as_view(), name='article-detail'),
        path('edit/', views.ArticleUpdateView.as_view(), name='article-update'),
        path('delete/', views.ArticleDeleteView.as_view(), name='article-delete'),
    ])),
    path('search/', views.ArticleSearchView.as_view(), name='article-search'),
    path('export/', views.ArticleExportView.as_view(), name='article-export'),
]

🌐 API Versioning

Create versioned APIs for scalable applications:

# Generate v1 API
dj generate api users User --namespace=api_v1 --view-type=api

# Generate v2 API (in separate app)
dj generate api_v2 users User --namespace=api_v2 --view-type=api

URL Structure:

/api/v1/users/          # api_v1:user-list
/api/v1/users/1/        # api_v1:user-detail
/api/v2/users/          # api_v2:user-list
/api/v2/users/1/        # api_v2:user-detail

🎨 Generated Templates

Django CLI creates beautiful, responsive templates using Bootstrap 5:

📝 List View Template

<!-- Responsive table with search, pagination, and actions -->
<div class="container">
    <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center mb-4">
        <h1>Posts</h1>
        <a href="{% url 'blog:post-create' %}" class="btn btn-primary">
            <i class="fas fa-plus"></i> New Post
        </a>
    </div>
    <!-- ... responsive table with Bootstrap styling ... -->
</div>

📋 Form Template

<!-- Modern form with validation and UX enhancements -->
<form method="post" class="needs-validation" novalidate>
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form }}
    <div class="mt-3">
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save</button>
        <a href="{% url 'blog:post-list' %}" class="btn btn-secondary">Cancel</a>
    </div>
</form>

🔧 Command Reference

Project Management

dj init <project_name>              # Create new Django project
dj init-app <app_name>              # Initialize new app

Generation Commands

dj generate <app> <model> [options]

Options:
  --view-type    [function|class|api|advanced]  View type (default: class)
  --namespace    TEXT                           URL namespace for versioning
  --dry-run                                     Preview files without creating
  --no-templates                               Skip HTML template generation
  --help                                        Show help message

URL Management

dj urls create <app_name>           # Create urls.py for an app
dj urls list                         # List apps and their URL status
dj urls check <app_name>            # Check specific app's URLs

Utility Commands

dj list-models [app_name]           # List models in project/app
dj --version                         # Show version information
dj --help                            # Show all available commands

🛠️ Integration

Add to Existing Projects

Install dj-maker in your project environment
Generate new apps directly in your existing project
Update main URLs manually or let dj suggest the integration:

# Add to your main urls.py
from django.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('blog/', include('blog.urls')),        # Generated app
    path('api/v1/', include('api.urls')),       # Generated API
]

Settings Integration

Django CLI works with your existing Django settings. For API apps, ensure you have DRF configured:

# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ... your apps
    'rest_framework',
    'blog',  # Generated app
]

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
    'PAGE_SIZE': 20
}

🧪 Quality Assurance

🎯 92% Test Coverage across all modules
✅ 128 Comprehensive Tests covering all functionality
🔒 Type Safety with full mypy support
🚀 Production Ready with comprehensive error handling
📚 Well Documented with extensive examples

Test Coverage by Module:

URLs Generator: 100% - Perfect coverage
Models Generator: 99% - Near perfect
Views Generator: 92% - Excellent
Templates Generator: 89% - Very good
Main CLI: 89% - Excellent
Core Package: 100% - Perfect

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how to get started:

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
Run tests: pytest tests/ --cov=src/
Submit a pull request

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/giacomo/dj-maker.git
cd dj-maker
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

📋 Requirements

Python: 3.10+
Django: 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Dependencies: Automatically managed via pip

🗺️ Roadmap

Template Customization: Custom template directories
Model Field Inference: Smart field type detection
Migration Generation: Automatic migration creation
Testing Generation: Auto-generate test cases
Docker Integration: Container-ready project setup
GraphQL Support: Generate GraphQL schemas

🐛 Issues & Support

Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
Feature Requests: GitHub Discussions
Documentation: Wiki

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Django community for the amazing framework
Typer for the excellent CLI framework
Rich for beautiful terminal output
Jinja2 for powerful templating

Made with ❤️ by Giacomo

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