How to enable Eclipse debugging features in a web application?
Question: I am using Django framework for my Python Web Application using Eclipse IDE
and PyDev Plugin. How can I use the debugging features?

**UPDATES1** particularly using <http://pydev.org/updates> plugin

**UPDATES2** I already did the following:

**.pydevproject**

    
    
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
    <?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?>
    
    <pydev_project>
    <pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">Python25
    </pydev_property>
    <pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.5
    </pydev_property>
    <pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH">
    <path>/pi-proto</path>
    </pydev_pathproperty>
    <pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_EXTERNAL_SOURCE_PATH">
    <path>C:\Program Files\GeoDjango\Django-1.0.2-final</path>
    <path>C:\eclipse-SDK-3.7-win32\plugins\org.python.pydev.debug_2.2.3.2011100616\pysrc
    </path>
    </pydev_pathproperty>
    </pydev_project>
    

**manage.py**

    
    
    #!/usr/bin/env python
    from django.core.management import execute_manager
    try:
        import settings # Assumed to be in the same directory.
    except ImportError:
        import sys
        sys.stderr.write("Error: Can't find the file 'settings.py' in the directory containing %r. It appears you've customized things.\nYou'll have to run django-admin.py, passing it your settings module.\n(If the file settings.py does indeed exist, it's causing an ImportError somehow.)\n" % __file__)
        sys.exit(1)
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        import sys
        if len(sys.argv) > 1:
            command = sys.argv[1]
    
        if settings.DEBUG and (command == "runserver" or command == "testserver"):
    
            # Make pydev debugger works for auto reload.
            try:
                import pydevd
            except ImportError:
                sys.stderr.write("Error: " +
                    "You must add org.python.pydev.debug.pysrc to your PYTHONPATH.")
                sys.exit(1)
    
            from django.utils import autoreload
            m = autoreload.main
            def main(main_func, args=None, kwargs=None):
                import os
                if os.environ.get("RUN_MAIN") == "true":
                    def pydevdDecorator(func):
                        def wrap(*args, **kws):
                            pydevd.settrace(suspend=False)
                            return func(*args, **kws)
                        return wrap
                    main_func = pydevdDecorator(main_func)
    
                return m(main_func, args, kwargs)
    
            autoreload.main = main
    
        execute_manager(settings)
    

**Run Configurations - Arguments**

    
    
    runserver 0.0.0.0:8001
    

**UPDATES3** I am following this link
<http://bear330.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/how-to-debug-django-web-application-
with-autoreload/>

But no success. Would you guide me on how to correctly follow the above
link..Then I will update the result here.

**UPDATES4** I am using Python 2.5.2, GeoDjango 1.2.7, Eclipse Indigo with
PyDev Plugin.


Answer: Here are some how-tos:

  * <http://matt.geek.nz/2009/02/debugging-django-apps-with-eclipse-and-pydev/>
  * [Django debugging with Eclipse and PyDev](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3527934/django-debugging-with-eclipse-and-pydev)
  * <http://brill.no/debugging-django-apps-with-eclipse/>

