Overview
Dive Sandy Beach (Django) is the production business website for Sandy Beach Dive Centre in Fujairah, UAE — a real, client-deployed Django application. It succeeded the earlier Flask prototype and provides an online booking interface for divers, custom PADI course management, and dive site listings.
Unlike the Flask iteration, this version was built as a fully production-ready application deployed on AWS EC2, with all content managed through the powerful Django admin interface. Because it is a private client project, there is no public GitHub repository.
Key Features
- Online booking system: Divers can book dive sessions directly through the site
- Custom PADI course management: Courses uploaded and managed through the Django admin
- Dive site management: Dive site information maintained via the admin interface
- Form protection: Django ReCaptcha prevents spam on public forms
- Styled forms: Crispy Forms for clean, consistent form rendering
- Production deployment: Hosted on AWS EC2 with a real domain
Architecture
A single Django application in production on AWS EC2. The Django admin interface acts as the content management layer for PADI courses and dive sites, while the public-facing pages offer the booking experience for divers.
Public forms are protected with Django ReCaptcha, and all forms are rendered through Django Crispy Forms for a polished Bootstrap 4 appearance. This was the final production shape of the Sandy Beach Dive Centre website.
Tech Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Framework | Django |
| Forms | Django Crispy Forms |
| ReCaptcha | Django ReCaptcha |
| Frontend | Bootstrap 4 |
| Deployment | AWS EC2 |