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django-extensions
This is a repository for collecting global custom management extensions for the Django Framework.
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I often perform operational tasks such as modifying data or debugging failures using the Django shell. In fact, anything I can't do through the admin or through management commands I use the shell for. The package django-extensions provides a shell on steroids that I much prefer over the built in shell. It allows you to run a custom REPL such as IPython or Ptpython and has autocomplete, command history, automatic model class imports and a myriad of other dev tools. shell_plus is for a Django programmer what a scalpel is for a surgeon.
Ptpython reads from a configuration file where we can specify custom keybindings and the REPL colorscheme. The default configuration file can be copied from prompt-toolkit/ptpython/blob/master/examples/ptpython_config/config.py.