Debug Pylons application through Eclipse

Question

I have Eclipse setup with PyDev and love being able to debug my scripts/apps. I\'ve just started playing around with Pylons and was wondering if there is a way to start up

Answer 1

If you'd rather not include your Python installation in your project's workspace to get paster, you can create a pure-Python driver like:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from paste.script.serve import ServeCommand

ServeCommand("serve").run(["development.ini"])

...and run/debug that in Eclipse.

Note: this is running without the --reload option, so you don't get hot deploys (i.e., you'll need to reload server to see changes). Alternatively, you can add the --reload option to get hot deploys, but then Pydev won't stop at your breakpoints. Can't have your cake and eat it too...

ServeCommand("serve").run(["--reload", "development.ini"])