dingo v0.0.18

Dingo

Django inspired web development framework on NodeJS.

Usages

See, https://github.com/beedesk/dingo-example for usage.

Features

Django is a frameowork that is refined over years and are doing "millions of things" for its users.

Dingo, a Django wannabe, just got started in Dec 2013, does about 15 things. And, here is a list of items that Dingo intends to support, eventually. (checked items were implemented.)

Project structures

• Support node apps/manage.js runserver $PORT
• Available on npm registry (aka, npm install dingo --save)
• Support dingo-admin startproject mysite
• Example manage.js file available.
• Example project folder structure available.
• Support node apps/manage.js startapp app_xyz
• Example app folder structure available.
• Let you specify variables in apps/settings.js
• Support multiple app folders under apps
• Discover views.js file (or multiple js files under views folder) for each app.
• Discover middleware.js file (or multiple js files under middleware folder) for each app. (Don't forget to specify it in settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES.)
• Support urls.js conf at apps folder level
• Support app level delegate with include('app_xyz.urls')
• Support regex url rules patterns('', url(/^app_xyz$/, 'app_xyz.views.index'))
• Support parameters in url rules (ie, url('/owner_(P?<param_name_xyz>\d{5,10})', 'app_xyz.views.index')).
• Support urlresolvers.reverse()
• Support test runner node apps/manage.js test (mocha test)
• Support test filter node apps/amange.js test app_foo app_bar.Basic.
• Support collect static node apps/manage.js collectstatic
• Support custom management commands node apps/manage.js xyz_custom_commands
• Support tastypie API key authication (with embedded SQL)
• Support Django style template (thru nunjucks).
• Support dingo.templates.TemplateView.as_view('blogs/blog_entry.html').
• Support dingo.shortcuts.render
• Support templatetag.
• Support {% url 'page' %} in template
• Support module dependency as an plugin app (eg, settings.INSTALL_APPS = ['dingo-registration', 'dingo-notification' /*, ... */])

Major components

• Support ORM (not anytime soon)
• Support Account Management (not anytime soon)
• Support Admin (not anytime soon)