smpallen99/ex_admin

ExAdmin is an auto-administration library for the Phoenix Framework that automatically generates CRUD interfaces for Ecto models. It provides a configurable admin panel with support for multiple UI themes, localization, and data export capabilities. The system handles standard resource management, association selection, and user session switching within a structured web layer.

16 changes.

This period marks the initial release and structural foundation of the ExAdmin library, introducing core features like CRUD generation, theme support, and asset management. The work focused on establishing the project's architecture, including router configuration, controller logic, and template systems, while adding comprehensive test coverage.

21 changes.

This period focused on refactoring the AdminLTE2 and Active Admin themes to use the Xain library for HTML rendering, significantly improving code maintainability. The work also included adding comprehensive test coverage, integrating JavaScript plugins like Select2 and Bootstrap Datepicker, and implementing multi-user session switching. Additionally, the admin interface was localized with translations for French, Russian, and Ukrainian.

4 changes.

This period focused on expanding internationalization support by adding Polish and Chinese translations for the admin interface. Concurrently, the team improved code quality by adding test coverage for the errors helper and refactoring JavaScript assets to resolve module bundling issues.

Users can now see the ExAdmin interface in Simplified Chinese. This change adds a new localization file (default.po) containing translations for common admin actions such as Create, Edit, Delete, and Filter, as well as dashboard and pagination messages.

_priv/gettext/zh\CN · high confidence

A new \ExAdmin.Plug.SwitchUser\ plug is introduced, enabling users to switch between different login sessions without re-entering passwords. This feature adds a dropdown menu in the page header listing all users, allowing automatic logout and login of the selected user. The plug is designed for use in development and test environments and supports customizing the user name display via configuration options.

web/plugs · high confidence

The admin\_lte2 theme now includes the full Bootstrap 3.3.5 stylesheet and the associated SVG font files for Glyphicons, providing the underlying CSS framework and icon assets required for the theme's styling and iconography.

_web/static/vendor/themes/admin\lte2 · high confidence

The admin\_lte2 template now includes the bootstrap-datepicker JavaScript plugin along with its CSS styling and a comprehensive set of locale files for internationalization. This adds support for date selection in forms and interfaces within the admin panel, with translations available for numerous languages including Arabic, German, Spanish, French, and many others.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

Users can now see the admin interface in French. The update adds a new French translation file (default.po) containing translations for common admin actions such as 'Delete', 'Edit', 'Create', and 'Filter', as well as dashboard and pagination messages. The template file (default.pot) is also included to support future translations.

_priv/gettext, priv/gettext/fr\FR · high confidence

Users can now see the application interface in Polish. A new locale file for pl\_PL has been added, providing translations for key UI strings such as 'Dashboard', 'Create', 'Edit', 'Delete', and various filter and pagination labels.

_priv/gettext/pl\PL · high confidence

Users can now see the admin panel in Russian. A new translation file for the ru\_RU locale has been added, providing Russian translations for key interface elements such as 'Batch Actions', 'Edit', 'New', 'Delete', 'Logout', and pagination controls.

_priv/gettext/ru\RU · high confidence

Users can now see the admin panel in Ukrainian. This change adds a new default.po file containing translations for key interface elements such as 'Delete', 'Edit', 'Create', and dashboard messages, enabling a localized experience for Ukrainian-speaking users.

_priv/gettext/uk\UA · high confidence

The default CSS for the Active Admin and AdminLTE2 admin templates has been added to the application's static assets. This includes base reset styles, typography, and layout rules for the admin interface, ensuring that the admin pages render with the expected visual appearance and structure.

priv/static/css · high confidence

The project now includes default template files for generating an ExAdmin resource and a dashboard page. The new \admin.gen.resource\ template provides a basic module structure for admin resources, while the \admin.install.dashboard\ template defines a default dashboard page with a welcome message and an 'add' link. These templates are used to scaffold the initial admin interface structure.

priv/templates · high confidence

The web application now includes several new JavaScript files in the static vendor directory to support the admin interface. These include the Active Admin base script, the BestInPlace library for inline editing, the jquery-ujs adapter for remote links and forms, and jQuery v1.10.2. Additionally, an association filler options script and a BestInPlace error handler are added to support the new association selector and error display features.

web/static/vendor · high confidence

The ExAdmin package now includes Mix tasks to simplify setup and scaffolding. The \mix admin.install\ task automates the installation process, allowing users to selectively install assets, configuration, dashboard, and route instructions via boolean flags (e.g., \--no-assets\). Additionally, the new \mix admin.gen.resource\ task generates resource files for the auto-administration feature, creating the necessary Elixir files and providing configuration instructions. A shared utility module (\Mix.ExAdmin.Utils\) supports these tasks with helper functions for path resolution and console messaging.

lib/mix · high confidence

Introduced new EEx templates for the Active Admin and AdminLTE2 admin themes, providing the structural HTML for the application's admin interface. These templates include support for custom head templates, favicon configuration, footer content, and theme switching via JavaScript. The layouts also integrate sidebars, filters, and flash messages, establishing the visual foundation for both themes.

web/templates/layout · high confidence

The form rendering logic now includes a dedicated implementation for rendering multiple-choice fields as checkboxes. This change introduces a new code path in the form fields module that generates a list of checkboxes for associations with a 'many' cardinality, allowing users to select multiple related records simultaneously rather than using a standard dropdown or single-select input.

_lib/ex\admin/form · medium confidence

Added new EEx templates for the AdminLTE2 theme, including header, title bar, and sidebar navigation. The header template now includes a theme selector dropdown, user profile/logout links, and a switch-user feature. The sidebar displays resources, actions, and scopes, with support for nested resources and configurable logos.

_web/templates/themes/admin\lte2 · medium confidence

The application now includes a base configuration file (config/config.exs) that sets up ExAdmin with default values for the repository, module, and modules list, alongside template engine registrations for Haml and EEx. Environment-specific configurations are also introduced for development, production, and testing, with the test environment pre-configured with database connection details for Postgres and specific ExAdmin modules for testing purposes.

config · high confidence

The ExAdmin library has been added to the project, providing an auto-administration tool for the Phoenix Framework. This includes the main module (lib/ex\_admin.ex) which generates CRUD interfaces for Ecto models, supports customizing the admin interface via a DSL, and allows for custom CSS/JS in the layout head and footer.

lib · high confidence

The ExAdmin library has been refactored to support a new Xain-based template system, introducing dedicated modules for core features including authentication, authorization, breadcrumbs, CSV export, filtering, forms, and index rendering. This restructuring encapsulates logic for dashboard pages, navigation, pagination, and parameter handling into separate, reusable components.

_lib/ex\admin · high confidence

The web/controllers directory introduces three new controllers: AdminResourceController handles standard CRUD operations (index, show, edit, new, create, update, destroy, and CSV export) for admin resources; AdminAssociationController manages association actions including updating positions, listing associations, and adding associations; and AdminController provides page rendering, theme selection, and user switching functionality.

web/controllers · high confidence

The web/views directory now includes several new view modules: ExAdmin.LayoutView, which handles the site title, logo, footer content, and a theme selector for switching between themes; ExAdmin.ErrorView, which renders 403, 404, and 500 error pages; and ExAdmin.TemplateView, which provides template-related helpers. Additionally, new layout views (ExAdmin.ActiveAdmin.LayoutView and ExAdmin.AdminLte2.LayoutView) are introduced to support different admin themes, each defining how scopes, flash messages, and menu icons are rendered for their respective themes.

web/views · high confidence

The Select2 plugin has been restored to the admin theme, including the main JavaScript and CSS assets. Additionally, over 20 new language files have been added to the \i18n\ directory, providing translations for the Select2 component in languages such as German, French, Spanish, and many others, enabling localized error messages and UI text for users.

_web/static/vendor/themes/admin\lte2/plugins/select2 · high confidence

The Active Admin theme's CSS and JavaScript assets have been updated. The CSS now includes styling for required field indicators (red text on abbr elements) and icon positioning. The JavaScript bundle has been expanded to include jQuery 1.10.2, BestInPlace for inline editing, and Active Admin's internal libraries for batch actions, checkbox toggling, and dropdown menus, enabling features like sortable tables and toggle buttons in the admin interface.

_web/static/vendor/themes/active\admin · high confidence

The Active Admin theme header template was refactored to include a theme selector and a user logout link. The header now displays the site logo, navigation tabs, and a theme selector component. Additionally, the logout link was updated to use the :delete action for the session path, ensuring proper HTTP method handling for user authentication.

_web/templates/themes/active\admin · medium confidence

The Active Admin theme has been refactored to use the Xain library for rendering HTML, replacing previous template-based approaches. This change updates the rendering of forms, filters, index pages, and layouts to use Xain's declarative syntax, improving consistency and maintainability of the theme's UI components.

_lib/ex\_admin/themes/active\admin · medium confidence

The Active Admin stylesheet has been moved to the actual place, with the CSS files now located in web/static/css/active\_admin/. This includes the main active\_admin.css.scss file and various component stylesheets such as \_forms.scss, \_header.scss, \_mixins.scss, and others that define the visual appearance of the admin interface.

web/static/css · high confidence

A new ExAdmin.Model module was added to web/models/model.ex, providing a potential\_associations\_query function. This function retrieves the current associated records for a resource and builds a query to find related records that are not yet selected, supporting the 'associations selector without autocomplete' feature.

web/models · medium confidence

Added new template files for the admin resource, including the main admin view, an index view with info and news panels, and JavaScript templates for handling destroy and toggle attribute actions. The destroy template updates the pagination UI after an entity is deleted, and the toggle template manages button states for attribute toggling.

_web/templates/admin\resource · medium confidence

The admin template has been converted from HAML to EEx, meaning the application no longer depends on the HAML template engine for this view. Users will see the same admin interface, but the underlying template syntax has changed.

web/templates/admin · low confidence

The admin\_lte2.css file was added to the project, introducing new CSS rules for various UI components including dropdown menus, status tags, form groups, and pagination. This change refactors the visual presentation of the admin interface, affecting the layout and styling of elements such as action items, filter selects, and sidebar sections.

web/static/vendor/css · medium confidence

The AdminLTE2 theme has been refactored to use the Xain library for rendering HTML, replacing previous rendering mechanisms. This change updates the \fields\, \filter\, \form\, \index\, \layout\, \page\, \paginate\, and \table\ modules to generate markup via Xain's \div\, \span\, and other helper functions, ensuring consistent and safe HTML generation across the theme's UI components.

_lib/ex\_admin/themes/admin\lte2 · medium confidence

This release updates ExAdmin to support Ecto 2.0 while maintaining compatibility with Ecto 1.1. It introduces Brunch-based asset management, allowing administrators to install and manage static assets (JavaScript and CSS) via the \admin.install\ mix task, with configuration defined in \brunch-config.js\. The changelog and README are updated to reflect these changes, and the project structure is standardized with new files like \.formatter.exs\ and \.gitattributes\ to improve development workflow and code formatting.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

The web layer is restructured with the addition of \web/router.ex\ and \web/web.ex\. The new router defines the \/admin\ scope with routes for dashboard, pages, theme selection, user switching, and standard CRUD operations for resources and associations. The \ExAdmin.Web\ module provides shared code for controllers, views, and routers, including helper functions like \admin\_path\ and \admin\_association\_path\. This change updates how the admin interface is routed and how controllers/views are configured, affecting the overall navigation and layout of the admin panel.

web · medium confidence

The Active Admin JavaScript files have been moved to the \web/static/vendor/active\_admin\ directory. This change includes the core application script, base configuration, and various utility libraries such as batch actions, checkbox toggling, dropdown menus, flash notifications, and sortable associations. The move is intended to remove Brunch CommonJS wrappers, ensuring these client-side components are bundled correctly without module system conflicts.

_web/static/vendor/active\admin · high confidence

The ExAdmin controller logic has been refactored into separate modules: ExAdmin.Controller, ExAdmin.ErrorsHelper, and ExAdmin.ResourceController. This change improves code organization and maintainability by separating concerns, with each module handling specific aspects of the admin interface such as route registration, error handling, and resource management.

_web/ex\admin · medium confidence

The admin\_lte2 template has been refactored, and the Select2 plugin has been restored to support association selectors without autocomplete, as well as implementing the first version of the association\_filler macro. Both themes are now functional.

priv/static/js · high confidence

Add integration tests for admin CRUD operations; Added acceptance test infrastructure for ExAdmin; Added comprehensive test coverage for ExAdmin components; Added tests for ExAdmin.ErrorsHelper; Added tests for theme filter and form rendering.

The project is initialized with a new \mix.exs\ file defining the Elixir/Phoenix application structure, including dependencies like Ecto, Phoenix, and ExAdmin, alongside a \mix.lock\ file pinning specific versions of all Elixir packages. Additionally, a \package.json\ file is added to manage NPM dependencies for the Brunch.js frontend build system, specifying versions for Babel, CSS, and JavaScript brunch plugins.

(dependencies) · high confidence

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• CAI 51 → 40 (-11.8)
• Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.19 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

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• Architecture 100 → 96 (-3.6)
• Maturity 47 → 47 (+0.0)
• Readiness 31 → 37 (+5.8)
• Security 89 → 76 (-13.1)
• Accessibility 25 (new)

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