The Django admin is often cited as one of Django's great strengths. With virtually no coding, you have a functional web interface to administer your data. However, the admin should not be your (whole) web site. This talk discusses when you should use the admin and when you should not, admim customization features from basic to advanced, and how to grow beyond the admin (even for administration).
This talk grows out of personal experience using the admin over the course of eight years in a couple of personal projects and something around a dozen client sites. I'll be drawing on examples from these projects to illustrate points throughout the talk.
Topics covered will include: