Django Simple Charts - LIVE Demo

Playground starter to display simple charts in Django using Morris JS:

• Charts from JSON - using this sample
• Charts from Table - simple STATS table
• Charts from DATA chunk - using this sample file
• UI Kit: Datta Able (Lite Version) provided by CodedThemes
• Deployment scripts: Docker, Gunicorn / Nginx
• Support via Github (issues tracker) and Discord provided by AppSeed

Links

• LIVE Demo - project in action
• Generic Codebase
• Morris Charts - Getting started guide

How to use it

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-simple-charts.git
$ cd django-simple-charts
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)
$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)
$ # virtualenv env
$ # .\env\Scripts\activate
$
$ # Install modules - SQLite Storage
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
$
$ # Create tables
$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate
$
$ # Create app superuser
$ python manage.py createsuperuser
$
$ # Start the application (development mode)
$ python manage.py runserver # default port 8000
$
$ # Start the app - custom port
$ # python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<your_port>
$
$ # Access the web app in browser: http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Note: To use the app, please access the registration page and create a admin user using the createsuperuser command

Load Data For Chart

In Django admin, you can import data for the Sales section. To do this just click on IMPORT button then select your csv, xls or etc file and submit it.

Sample Data

Code-base structure

The project is coded using a simple and intuitive structure presented bellow:

< PROJECT ROOT >
   |
   |-- core/                               # Implements app logic and serve the static assets
   |    |-- settings.py                    # Django app bootstrapper
   |    |-- wsgi.py                        # Start the app in production
   |    |-- urls.py                        # Define URLs served by all apps/nodes
   |    |
   |    |-- static/
   |    |    |-- <css, JS, images>         # CSS files, Javascripts files
   |    |
   |    |-- templates/                     # Templates used to render pages
   |         |
   |         |-- includes/                 # HTML chunks and components
   |         |    |-- navigation.html      # Top menu component
   |         |    |-- sidebar.html         # Sidebar component
   |         |    |-- footer.html          # App Footer
   |         |    |-- scripts.html         # Scripts common to all pages
   |         |
   |         |-- layouts/                  # Master pages
   |         |    |-- base-fullscreen.html # Used by Authentication pages
   |         |    |-- base.html            # Used by common pages
   |         |
   |         |-- accounts/                 # Authentication pages
   |         |    |-- login.html           # Login page
   |         |    |-- register.html        # Register page
   |         |
   |      index.html                       # The default page
   |     page-404.html                     # Error 404 page
   |     page-500.html                     # Error 404 page
   |       *.html                          # All other HTML pages
   |
   |-- authentication/                     # Handles auth routes (login and register)
   |    |
   |    |-- urls.py                        # Define authentication routes  
   |    |-- views.py                       # Handles login and registration  
   |    |-- forms.py                       # Define auth forms  
   |
   |-- app/                                # A simple app that serve HTML files
   |    |
   |    |-- views.py                       # Serve HTML pages for authenticated users
   |    |-- urls.py                        # Define some super simple routes  
   |
   |-- requirements.txt                    # Development modules - SQLite storage
   |
   |-- .env                                # Inject Configuration via Environment
   |-- manage.py                           # Start the app - Django default start script
   |
   |-- ************************************************************************

Deployment

The app is provided with a basic configuration to be executed in Docker, Gunicorn, and Waitress.

Docker execution

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The application can be easily executed in a docker container. The steps:

Get the code

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-simple-charts.git
$ cd django-simple-charts

Start the app in Docker

$ sudo docker-compose pull && sudo docker-compose build && sudo docker-compose up -d

Visit http://localhost:5005 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Gunicorn

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Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.

Install using pip

$ pip install gunicorn

Start the app using gunicorn binary

$ gunicorn --bind=0.0.0.0:8001 core.wsgi:application
Serving on http://localhost:8001

Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Credits & Links

• Django - The official website
• Boilerplate Code - Index provided by AppSeed
• Boilerplate Code - Index published on Github

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Django Simple Charts - Provided by AppSeed Web App Generator.