Then run the following commands to bootstrap your environment.

mkvirtualenv --python=/path/to/required/python/version [appname]

Install python requirements.

pip install -r requirements/dev.txt

Set some environment variables. The following is required. Add as needed.

export SETTINGS='config.DevelopmentConfig'

Once that this all done you can:

python manage.py server

In your production environment, make sure the SETTINGS environment variable is set to config.Config.

To open the interactive shell, run ::

python manage.py shell