WorksSeptember 4, 2023

Quick Dev & Quick Show with Django

Django Mirage

Django Mirage is a powerful command-line tool designed to assist with web application development using the Django Framework. It brings Rails-like CLI capabilities to Django, such as automatic model definition. For instance, while Rails has a command like rails g model User name:string email:string, Django lacks such a feature. Django Mirage fills this gap by offering a similar CLI.

Background

Django is a full-stack web application framework on par with Rails. Equipped with a robust template engine and ORM, it allows for the creation of high-functioning web applications with minimal and straightforward coding. Particularly, Django is written in Python, making it highly compatible with the current surge in machine learning applications. This has led to an increasing number of adoptions in Japan. On the flip side, one of the criticisms of Django as a full-stack web application framework is its relatively sparse selection of peripheral tools and utilities. For example, in Rails, most tasks can be accomplished simply by executing powerful CLI commands. To address this, we've aimed to streamline the development process by implementing Rails-like CLI functionalities in Django, thereby automating and enhancing efficiency in various tasks.