bakerydemo
A comprehensive demonstration project showcasing Wagtail CMS features, designed as a learning resource for developers.
What is bakerydemo?
Bakerydemo is a demonstration project for Wagtail CMS that provides comprehensive examples of common features and development recipes. It's designed to help developers learn Wagtail's internals through practical code examples across multiple applications and custom content models. The project includes a fully functional demo site with editorial interface exploration, but is explicitly not recommended as a starter for production sites.
Developers who want to learn Wagtail CMS internals through hands-on code examples, particularly those transitioning from other CMS platforms or building complex Wagtail-based applications.
It offers a curated collection of real-world Wagtail patterns and features in a single codebase, saving developers time from piecing together documentation examples. Unlike generic tutorials, it demonstrates multi-app architecture, admin customization, and complex relationships in context.
Overview
Next generation Wagtail demo, born in Reykjavík
Use Cases
Best For
- Learning Wagtail CMS architecture through practical code examples
- Understanding how to structure a multi-app Wagtail project
- Exploring Wagtail admin customization techniques via hooks
- Implementing search functionality in Wagtail projects
- Studying custom content models and ManyToMany relationships
- Setting up localization and user permission systems in Wagtail
Not Ideal For
- Production teams needing a secure, optimized starter template out of the box
- Simple websites that don't require complex Wagtail features like multi-app architecture
- Developers who prefer guided, step-by-step tutorials over self-directed code exploration
- Projects requiring out-of-the-box ElasticSearch integration for scalable search
Pros & Cons
Pros
Demonstrates real-world patterns like dividing a project into multiple apps (e.g., 'breads', 'locations'), providing hands-on learning for Wagtail architecture.
Shows how to extend Wagtail admin using _wagtail_hooks_ and snippets, as seen in customizing categories and metadata in the demo.
Includes working examples of search, contact forms, and localization, offering contextual learning for common Wagtail development tasks.
Designed specifically for learning, with code organized to highlight best practices and Wagtail internals through exploration, as emphasized in the README.
Cons
Explicitly warned against for production use, with hardcoded settings like DB search and console email backend that require significant changes for real-world deployment.
Uses Wagtail's native DB search with hardcoded model names, which is a simplified demo approach and not scalable; the README admits ElasticSearch is needed for production.
Offers multiple installation methods (Vagrant, Docker, venv) that can be complex and time-consuming, especially for beginners or those unfamiliar with these tools.
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