Title: GSoC 2025 Proposal Idea: Django Model Playground Generator

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Hi everyone! :waving_hand:

My name is Light, its my first-time particpating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC), am equally excited and nervous at the same time. I’ve chosen Django as the organization I’d love to contribute to, because i love it and worked with it for the majority of my tech life.

I’d like to propose a developer tool called “Django Model Playground Generator”, and I’d love your feedback to refine the idea and see if it would be a good fit for GSoC 2025

The Problem

This problem is something i myself have experienced, i manually write CRUD views and templates to test the models including forms also, and its really repetitive and time-consuming to do. Im sure other developers experince this also.

The Proposed Solution

A management command (or external Django app) that automatically generates basic, functional CRUD interfaces for selected models in your app.

The goal is to create a kind of sandbox or playground where developers can:

  • View and test all model fields through real forms and templates.

  • See how Django’s model → form → view → template flow works.

  • Optionally populate models with mock data using Faker.

Key Features
When this command is entered python manage.py generate_playground
it generates:

  • views.py with CRUD functions
  • urls.py with respective routes
  • forms.py with model forms
  • Basic html templates
  • –fake 10 to generate 10 fake records using Faker(optionally)

The output code is ofcourse editable and resued to fit your needs

Results

  • Developers saves time in writing boilerplate, which resonate with the whole idea of django.
  • Prototyping in early-stage ideas
  • For educating django’s flow

Looking for Feedback

I’d love your thoughts on:

  • Is this a tool Django developers would find useful?
  • Should this live as an external app or have potential as a contrib tool?
  • Are there existing tools like this I should be aware of?
  • What features would you want to see in a playground generator?

Any feedback or guidance would be greatly appreciated! I’d love to turn this into a strong GSoC proposal with the community’s help.

Thanks so much :folded_hands:

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