Django Management Extension for VS Code

Version: 0.0.3

This VS Code extension provides easy access to Django's management commands right from the command center, enhancing the developer experience for Django projects.

🔥 Works with both Django 4.x and Django 3.x

🏋🏻 It's django management but on steroids.

Features & Usage

🚀 Django > Start/Create/New Project

Initiate a new Django project.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Start/Create/New Project"
• Note: You can't be inside a project if you want to use this command.
• Note: This will create a django project and automatically cd into it within the same VS Code window.

📦 Django > Start/Create/New App

Begin a new app within your Django project.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Start/Create/New App"
• Note: You must be inside the project folder to use this command.

🛠 Django > Check Project

Checks the entire Django project for potential problems.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Check Project"

👤 Django > Create/Add Superuser

Creates a superuser account (a user with all permissions).

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Create/Add Superuser"
• Note: This action operates using a custom injected command.
• Note: This action assumes username@example.com email format.

🌐 Django > Run/Start Server

Launch the Django development server.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Run/Start Server"
• Note: this action will try to launch the server on the following ports in order [8000, 8080, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004]

🛑 Django > Stop/Kill Running Server

Terminate the running Django development server.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Stop/Kill Running Server"
• Note: Only kills the process spawned by this extension.

🔀 Django > Make Migrations

Generate new migrations based on changes detected.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Make Migrations"

📥 Django > Migrate

Apply migrations to sync the database schema.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Migrate"

📜 Django > Show Migrations

Display a project's migrations and their status.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Show Migrations"

💾 Django > Dump Data

Outputs the contents of the database to a file.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Dump Data"
• Note: Supported exports are (json, xml, yaml)

🔄 Django > Load Data

Populate the database with data from a file.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Load Data"

🗑 Django > Flush Database

Reset the database by removing all data and recreating tables.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Flush Database"
• Note: This action required confirmation.

🖥 Django > Open Database Shell (dbshell)

Start the database shell.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Open Database Shell (dbshell)"

🐚 Django > Open Django Shell

Begin the Python interactive interpreter with Django settings imported.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Open Django Shell"

📧 Django > Send Test Email

Dispatch a test email to specified email addresses.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Send Test Email"
• Note: You might need to set up SMTP server settings first.

🗂 Django > Collect Static Files

Amass all static files in your apps to a central location.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Collect Static Files"
• Note: You might need to set up Static Files first.

⌛ Django > Clear Expired Sessions

Clear out expired user sessions.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Clear Expired Sessions"

🔑 Django > Change User Password

Update a user's password.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Change User Password"

📋 Django > Adminify Models

Automatically register all models of a Django app in the admin dashboard.

• Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P > "Django > Adminify Models"
• Note: You must choose an app first.
• Note: If you already have an admin.py file it will be automatically backed-up before creating the new one.

Feedback and Contributions

Feedback, bug reports, and pull requests are welcome. Feel free to contribute and enhance the features of this extension.

Contact me at: contact@hamdiz.me