bash function to start development on a project.

gistfile1.sh

startdev() {
    # Try installing the requirements
    # Only check this directory or the one above it
    if [ -e ./requirements.txt ]; then
        ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/pip install -r ./requirements.txt || true
    elif [ -e ../requirements.txt ]; then
        ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/pip install -r ../requirements.txt || true
    fi
    
    MANAGE=`find . -name 'manage.py'`
    NUM_RESULTS=$(echo $MANAGE | wc -l)
    if [ $NUM_RESULTS -eq 1 ]; then
        MANAGE_DIR=$(dirname $MANAGE)
        echo $MANAGE_DIR
        DEBUG=True ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python ${MANAGE_DIR}/manage.py syncdb
        DEBUG=True ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python ${MANAGE_DIR}/manage.py runserver_plus
    else
        echo "Found too many manage.py. exiting..."
        return 1
    fi
}