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I think the django admin is quite an accomplishment of software engineering and functionality. The amount of functionality you can build quickly is impressive.

I think the django admin is quite an accomplishment of software engineering and functionality. The amount of functionality you can build quickly is impressive. Sure it might not have the slickest UI, but a lot of those slick frontend features in modern UIs have half thought out semantics and take ages to implement vs django. Django lets you concentrate on the actual business problem , but becomes painful to do extreme customization on. There are multiple styling extensions for django that help. I think there is Trader UI, and VC UI. Trader UI, built for wall st packs every bit of information into every pixel possible. VC UI has rounded corners, nice fonts, drop shadows and half the information on the screen. Django UI actually splits the difference nicely.

maw 3y ago
What are Trader and VC UI? I searched for them and once I got specific enough I got this comment as the first result.
- kccqzy 3y ago
  You can just go download some trading software like thinkorswim or IBKR TWS to see what's trader UI. VC UI probably means some UI in a VC-funded company whose goal is to reach high number of users as quickly as possible, and the UI is optimized for that goal.
  - paddy_m 3y ago
    Exactly. A more charitable way of putting it is, you can make a pretty presentation when you know the data that you are trying to present and the story you are trying to tell. I can't imagine a 3 column pricing table that wasn't done in bootstrap (Venture Capital UI) Traders look at screens searching for meaning across a bunch of different data. They are trying to construct a story and as much context as possible is important. The problem comes when VC UI is applied to a Trader problem where you want to see as much information as possible to understand, but there is padding, rounded corners and other stuff forcing you to scroll.
- paddy_m 3y ago
  It's a term I made up for myself. I should write an article about it. Look at this screenshot of a Bloomberg terminal https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/trBFMDD8xeZkhLiLscngql3FV_c=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/bloomberg_screen_shot_2-5bfd9305c9e77c0051d18365 https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/trBFMDD8xeZkhLiLscngql3FV_...
  - DwnVoteHoneyPot 3y ago
    It would have been clearer if you put "Trader UI" and "VC UI" in quotes.
ThibWeb 3y ago
Any particular styling extension you’d recommend? Have to confess I’ve only ever used the vanilla admin myself.
- anentropic 3y ago
  https://grappelliproject.com/ https://grappelliproject.com/ is the usual one for many years, I expect there are others around now though

maw 3y ago

What are Trader and VC UI? I searched for them and once I got specific enough I got this comment as the first result.

kccqzy 3y ago
You can just go download some trading software like thinkorswim or IBKR TWS to see what's trader UI. VC UI probably means some UI in a VC-funded company whose goal is to reach high number of users as quickly as possible, and the UI is optimized for that goal.
- paddy_m 3y ago
  Exactly. A more charitable way of putting it is, you can make a pretty presentation when you know the data that you are trying to present and the story you are trying to tell. I can't imagine a 3 column pricing table that wasn't done in bootstrap (Venture Capital UI) Traders look at screens searching for meaning across a bunch of different data. They are trying to construct a story and as much context as possible is important. The problem comes when VC UI is applied to a Trader problem where you want to see as much information as possible to understand, but there is padding, rounded corners and other stuff forcing you to scroll.
paddy_m 3y ago
It's a term I made up for myself. I should write an article about it. Look at this screenshot of a Bloomberg terminal https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/trBFMDD8xeZkhLiLscngql3FV_c=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/bloomberg_screen_shot_2-5bfd9305c9e77c0051d18365 https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/trBFMDD8xeZkhLiLscngql3FV_...
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 3y ago
  It would have been clearer if you put "Trader UI" and "VC UI" in quotes.

ThibWeb 3y ago

Any particular styling extension you’d recommend? Have to confess I’ve only ever used the vanilla admin myself.

anentropic 3y ago
https://grappelliproject.com/ https://grappelliproject.com/ is the usual one for many years, I expect there are others around now though