basxconnect
A core implementation of a CRM system for non-profit organizations.
Documentation at readthedocs
Vision
Providing non-profit organizations with a code framework that helps to build tools for managing their data.
Mission
Create and maintain a django-based framework which implements:
- A standardized UI concept based on IBM's carbon design system
- CRM-like core data models which are open to extension
- Code building blocks and shortcuts which allow easy customization and extension
Core values
- Open source development (this, however does not include free support)
- Use of existing and proven technology where possible while minimizing external dependencies
- Focus on workflows and tasks for Non-Profit organizations (User experience)
- Writing code and APIs for developers, not for website administrators (Developer experience)
- Development does not center around a final product but around the tools to create a product (because every product is different)
What we have so far
- Integration of the core parts of carbon design in django ("like bootstrap for django")
- CRUD-framework ("Quick generation of create/read/update/delete views")
- HTML-layout framework which allows a more flexible hooking-in than the standard HTML-rendering mechanisms ("DOM on the server side")
- Core model to manage people, communication and relationships
- Additional modules for:
- Generating reports
- Generating documents and PDFs from word templates
- Custom add/edit forms
- Data import from PDFs with form-fields
- Customiable Database triggers to send notification emails
- Invoicing module
- Demo project which implements a bare-bone version of a product (this repository)
What we still need to do
- Improving the existing code base to have better support for extendability
- Write documentation where necessary and add code-examples and how-to's
- Implement revisions completely to allow going to a certain date and maybe display diffs
Other TODOs:
- Explain more why basxConnect is necessary and the difference to alternative solutions
We would like to thank the following projects for their work, they provide a valuable base for basxConnect:
- Translation: https://weblate.org/
- Design System: https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/