On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 11:42:30PM +0100, Joel Tanko wrote: > Hi guys I have a question just one, but it houses a myriad of smaller > questions for clarity. > > So I'm building a django app that creates virtual organizations, I'm > planning on hosting with digitalocean for reasons. My app just creates a > droplet and host a site ( already done that) > > Now I want my users ( mainly people with zero coding knowledge or ability) > to be able to install plugins to their django site using the frontend. > > How do I get this working without users tampering with the settings.py file > > > is it possible? > > what packages would I need? > > how would I setup the installation process? > > PS: a example would be how shopify handles its plugins and installation > from the frontend remotely - if shopify were built on django. >
In general, the philosophy behind Django is that programmers modify code, editors/authors modify content. The idea is that editors/authors don't know enough about code and can sometimes get themselves into a jam. So it's best to not allow editors/authors to modify the code. See "Wordpress plugin hell"[1] for reference. Of course, just because Django doesn't encourage author-installed plugins doesn't mean that you can't do it. Django CMS has an addon marketplace[2], for example. One thing that might help is to note that settings.py is just a python module. You can call normal python code inside that module. So, for example, you could store all your settings in a database. There are some examples of this kind of thing under the heading "live settings"[3]. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+plugin+hell [2] https://marketplace.django-cms.org/en/addons/ [3] https://djangopackages.org/grids/g/live-setting/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/20210408220519.GN15054%40fattuba.com.
