def launch_server():
    """Launches the django server at 127.0.0.1:8000
    """
    print(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
    cur_dir = os.getcwd()
    path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
    run = True
    os.chdir(path)
    os.system('python manage.py runserver --nostatic')
    os.chdir(cur_dir)