My scripts

base.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# IS IN FOLDER ./src/ (github doesn't allow slashes in filenames on gists)
import os
import re

DEBUG = False
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
DEBUG_PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS = False
IS_DEV_SERVER = False
PREPEND_WWW = False
FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME = ''
USE_ETAGS = False

ADMINS = []
MANAGERS = ADMINS
TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Zurich'

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'

SITE_ID = 1

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

PROJECT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, '..', 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/static/admin/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static'),
]

TEMPLATE_LOADERS = [
    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
]

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
    'project.middlewares.LogbookMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'project.urls'

TEMPLATE_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "templates"),
]

THIRD_PARTY_APPS = [
    # django core apps
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    
    # 3rd party apps
    'easy_thumbnails',
    'sekizai',
    'south',
    'floppyforms',
]

CUSTOM_APPS = APPS_TO_TEST = [
    # custom apps
    'project',
]

INSTALLED_APPS = THIRD_PARTY_APPS + CUSTOM_APPS

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = [
    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
    "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
    "django.core.context_processors.debug",
    "django.core.context_processors.request",
    "django.core.context_processors.media",
    "django.core.context_processors.static",
    "django.core.context_processors.request",
    "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
    'sekizai.context_processors.sekizai',
]

how_to_run_this.sh

# THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A SCRIPT, BUT WHAT YOU WOULD TYPE IN THE SHELL

echo 'activate virtualenv'

source env/bin/activate

echo 'running local settings runserver'

src/local runserver

echo 'running personal runserver'

src/personal runserver

local

#!/usr/bin/env python
# IS IN FOLDER ./src/ (github doesn't allow slashes in filenames on gists)
from django.core.management import ManagementUtility
import os

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'local'
    utility = ManagementUtility(None)
    utility.execute()

local.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# IS IN FOLDER ./src/ (github doesn't allow slashes in filenames on gists)
from base import *
import debug_toolbar
import logging

DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'database.sqlite'),
    }
}

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES.append('debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware')

INSTALLED_APPS += [
    'debug_toolbar',
]

def custom_show_toolbar(request):
    return 'debug' in request.GET or debug_toolbar.urls._PREFIX in request.path

DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
    'INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS': False,
    'SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK': custom_show_toolbar,
}

logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)

personal

#!/usr/bin/env python
# IS IN FOLDER ./src/ (github doesn't allow slashes in filenames on gists)
from django.core.management import ManagementUtility
import os

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'personal'
    utility = ManagementUtility(None)
    utility.execute()

personal.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# IS IN FOLDER ./src/ (github doesn't allow slashes in filenames on gists)
from local import *


INSTALLED_APPS += [
    'some_experimental_app',
}