> with scaffolding and other rails generators with custom templates is that really a big asset? Yes, it is. Django CMS just hits that sweet spot where you can

> with scaffolding and other rails generators with custom templates is that really a big asset? Yes, it is. Django CMS just hits that sweet spot where you can do almost everything you need for an administrative backend with very little customization. Because there is a convention of how things hang together, you are that much more productive. Its kind of a cms that you can throw together programmatically, it sits at a higher level than scaffolding + templates. Honestly it feels, ironically, like a very rails-like thing to do (here's my model, you know all about it: now generate an admin interface for it!), except that in the rails world it would be unacceptably ugly (in various ways). But it is this very ugliness that prevents you from exposing it to consumers, or spending more time on it that it really needs, so it tends to stay in that sweet spot of being just good enough to do its job. It is very pragmatic and effective. Is it a must-have? No, of course not. You can DIY an admin interface with rails very easily, too easily almost. However, the same thing can be said about pretty much anything that rails has got going for it: you can DIY in django/python too. And there is always a package...