Django Extensions
Django Extensions is a collection of custom extensions for the Django Framework.
Getting Started
The easiest way to figure out what Django Extensions are all about is to watch the excellent screencast by Eric Holscher (watch the video on vimeo). In a couple minutes Eric walks you through a half a dozen command extensions. There is also a short screencast on GoDjango's Youtube Channel to help show you even more.
Requirements
Django Extensions requires Django 2.2 or later.
Getting It
You can get Django Extensions by using pip:
$ pip install django-extensions
If you want to install it from source, grab the git repository from GitHub and run setup.py:
$ git clone git://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions.git
$ cd django-extensions
$ python setup.py install
Installing It
To enable django_extensions in your project you need to add it to INSTALLED_APPS in your projects settings.py file:
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'django_extensions',
...
)
Using It
Generate (and view) a graphviz graph of app models:
$ python manage.py graph_models -a -o myapp_models.png
Produce a tab-separated list of (url_pattern, view_function, name) tuples for a project:
$ python manage.py show_urls
Check templates for rendering errors:
$ python manage.py validate_templates
Run the enhanced django shell:
$ python manage.py shell_plus
Run the enhanced django runserver, (requires Werkzeug install):
$ python manage.py runserver_plus
