Django development add-ons [closed]

Question

I have come across various Django development add ons, particularly,

• django-extensions

• django-annoying

• django-debug-toolbar

• django-tools

I haven't exactly used all of these.

I think it is hard to beat the simplicity and power obtained by the combination of Django's pretty error pages combined with iPythonEmbed shell.

Which of these or other tools do you use for development, what exact features do you benefit out of it?

Self-written commands and scripts are welcome too.

Answer 1

I for one love django-annoying's render_to method.

@render_to('template.html')
def foo(request):
    bar = Bar.objects.all() 
    return {'bar': bar}

# equivalent to
def foo(request):
    bar = Bar.objects.all() 
    return render_to_response('template.html',
                              {'bar': bar},
                              context_instance=RequestContext(request))

I've not used any of the others yet, though I've been looking at django-debug-toolbar.