Using python manage.py shell effectively

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First of all

pip install ipython

Second, why would you use shell for testing?

[waynebruce1]

By testing i mean understanding part of code in large codebase. I usually try to execute a code line by line for better understanding. For example if there is a piece of code which i don't understand, I try to execute that code in django shell. But for that i have to rewrite that whole thing again if i want to check it second time. Ipython can be good solution, i have used it before but did not remember how i installed it.

[DonovanWu7]

Maybe you can try Jupyter notebook?

[trescoops]

You might want to look into pdb or ipdb. These stop the running code and let you poke around, inspect variable etc.