How to install and setting up Django JET

admin, Django

Probably you are here because you want to change your Django admin interface, and in this post, we'll learn how to install and set up one of the best Django interface libraries (Django JET).

Django JET Features

Bueautiful theme.
Responsive layout.
Customizable Dashboard.
Customizable Dashboard.
Good Documentation.

Django JET installation and setting up

Install Django JET:

pip install django-jet
# or
easy_install django-jet
 

Add ‘jet’ application to the INSTALLED_APPS setting of your Django project settings.py file (before 'django.contrib.admin')

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'jet',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    ...
)

Check out if django.template.context_processors.request context processor is enabled in settings.py (Django 1.8+ way):

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                ...
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                ...
            ],
        },
    },
]

In your project urls.py add URL-pattern to the URL patterns:

urlpatterns = [
    ...
    path('jet/', include('jet.urls', 'jet')),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    ...
]

Migration:

python manage.py migrate jet
# or
python manage.py syncdb

If you are in the production environment, you should collect Django JET static.

python manage.py collectstatic
 

Done!

Admin Login page:

Admin Home Page:

Data Addition:

For more options and Features, check out Django Jet documentation