How to reload modules in django shell?

Question

I am working with Django and use Django shell all the time. The annoying part is that while the Django server reloads on code changes, the shell does not, so every time I ma

Answer 1

Not exactly what you want, but I now tend to build myself management commands for testing and fiddling with things.

In the command you can set up a bunch of locals the way you want and afterwards drop into an interactive shell.

import code

class Command(BaseCommand):
  def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
     foo = 'bar'
     code.interact(local=locals())

No reload, but an easy and less annoying way to interactively test django functionality.