Django debugging with Emacs

Question

I found a lot of info about how to debug simple Python programs with Emacs. But what if I want to debug a Django application? I run the development server and I would like to so

Answer 1

Because recent versions of Emacs python mode do support 'pdbtrack' functionality by default, all you need is just set up breakpoint in your code this way:

import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

Also, you have to start your Django application devserver from within Emacs shell:

M-x shell

And then, in the shell, start the Django development server:

python ./manage.py runserver

P.S. No need for specific pdb sessions or --noreload flag. Noreload would require you to manually restart your applications and so I do not find this useful for Emacs.