Author: Saim Khalid

  • Adding Custom Actions to the Django Admin

    Introduction Django’s built-in admin interface is one of its most powerful features. It provides a ready-made, professional, and highly customizable dashboard that allows developers and site administrators to manage application data with ease. From creating new records to editing, deleting, and filtering data, Django’s admin makes backend management straightforward and efficient. However, there are times…

  • Using Inlines to Manage Related Models in Django

    Django’s admin interface is one of the most powerful built-in features of the framework. It allows developers to manage data quickly and efficiently without writing any additional views or forms. But often, models in a project are related — for example, a single author might have multiple books, or an order might contain multiple items.…

  • Adding Search and Filter Options in Django Admin

    When working with large datasets in your Django project, it can become challenging to find specific records in the admin interface. Scrolling through hundreds or thousands of entries is not only inefficient but also time-consuming for site administrators. Fortunately, Django provides built-in tools that make searching and filtering records simple and powerful — the search_fields…

  • Customizing Django Admin Model Display

    Introduction Django’s built-in admin interface is one of its most powerful and time-saving features. From the moment you create a model and register it in the admin, Django automatically provides a fully functional interface to view, create, edit, and delete records. This means you can manage your data with almost zero configuration. However, while Django’s…

  • Introduction to Django Admin and Model Registration

    One of the standout features that sets Django apart from other web frameworks is its powerful, flexible, and automatically generated admin interface. Django Admin allows developers and site administrators to manage application data directly through a secure, browser-based dashboard — no need to write SQL queries or build separate management tools. With just a few…

  • Advanced Authorization in Django Custom Permissions

    Introduction Every web application that involves user interactions must handle two critical aspects of security: authentication and authorization. While authentication ensures that a user is who they claim to be (for example, through a login system), authorization determines what actions the user is allowed to perform once authenticated. Django, being a batteries-included web framework, provides…

  • Using Authentication Views Provided by Django

    Django’s authentication system is one of its most powerful and developer-friendly features. It provides a complete framework for managing users, handling sessions, and ensuring secure login and logout processes. One of the most convenient aspects of Django’s authentication framework is its collection of pre-built views that handle common authentication tasks such as login, logout, and…

  • Creating a Custom User Model in Django

    Introduction When developing a Django application, user authentication is one of the most essential parts. Django provides a robust and secure authentication system out of the box, which includes a default User model. This built-in model includes fields like username, first_name, last_name, email, password, and a few others that cover the most common requirements. However,…

  • Understanding Permissions and Groups in Django

    Django’s authentication and authorization system is one of its strongest features. It provides a complete framework for managing users, authentication, and permissions, giving developers full control over what each user can do within an application. One of the key parts of this system is the permission-based access control, along with groups that allow you to…

  • Restricting Access to Logged-In Users in Django

    Web applications often include features that should only be accessible to authenticated users. Whether it’s a dashboard, profile settings, or user-specific content, securing those pages is critical for both user privacy and application integrity. Django provides a simple and effective way to manage this through its built-in authentication system — specifically using the login_required decorator.…