4 Command-line tools for more Python productivity

June 20, 2015

Hi there folks. In this post I would be sharing a couple of command-line tools which can help to increase your python productivity. These tools have helped me a lot and might help you as well! This post is inspired by another post.

1. IPython

IPython is the Python REPL on steroids. It has some really nice editions on top of the standard REPL. I am sure that if you use it once you will fall in love with it. The easiest way to install IPython is using pip:

$ pip install ipython

Now you can use it by typing this in your terminal:

$ ipython

You can read more about the nice features and tricks of IPython over here.

You can also automatically import modules when you enter the Python or IPython interpreter. Here is the Stackoverflow link which shows you how to do it.

more information.

1. Autoenv

This is a simple tool built by Kenneth Reitz. It allows you to automatically activate your projects virtual environment.

You can install it using pip:

$ pip install autoenv

You can also use git:

$ git clone git://github.com/kennethreitz/autoenv.git ~/.autoenv
$ echo 'source ~/.autoenv/activate.sh' >> ~/.bashrc

And if you are on Mac OSX then Homebrew is also an option:

$ brew install autoenv
$ echo 'source /usr/local/opt/autoenv/activate.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile

What you have to do is make a file with the name of .env in your projects directory. The contents of that file will be somewhat like this:

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