py4Web Framework - Dashboard

py4web dashboard is a web based IDE. It is used to manage applications/ databases. When we starts the py4web server and open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in browser following main page opens−

The purpose of each button is as follows −

• Dashboard − http://127.0.0.1:8000/_dashboard, a web based IDE to create and manage applications.

• Documentation − http://127.0.0.1:8000/_documentation/static/en/index.html, help and documentation on py4web usage.

• Examples − http://127.0.0.1:8000/showcase, a comprehensive list of working examples

• Tutorials − https://learn-py4web.github.io/, a detailed tutorial on py4web

• Source − https://learn-py4web.github.io/, source listed on github repository

• Discuss − https://groups.google.com/g/py4web, google community group to discuss issues on py4web

Login to Dashboard

Clicking on Dashboard button lends to dashboard login page. Here we need to enter password we've created during setup apps command.

Once logged-in, you can see the dashboard with multiple tabs −

Open Installed Application

Now click on any application, we've clicked on dashboard.

Here you can navigate Routes, Files in the application and database tables used.

Edit Application Files

py4web dashboard is an excellent IDE, you can navigate, create/edit files within dashboard as shown below − Just navigate each option and start your experiment journey.