Context variables passed into the template:

Tagging and filtering for both built-ins and user-defined:

Syntax coloring for embedded CSS and JavaScript:

Visual Studio also provides full debugging support for Django projects:

It's typical for Django projects to be managed through their manage.py file, which is an assumption that Visual Studio follows. If you stop using that file as the entry point, you essentially break the project file. In that case you need to recreate the project from existing files without marking it as a Django project.

Django management console

The Django management console is accessed through various commands on the Project menu or by right-clicking the project in Solution Explorer .

Open Django Shell : opens a shell in your application context that enables you to manipulate your models:

Django Sync DB : executes manage.py syncdb in an Interactive window:

Collect Static : executes manage.py collectstatic --noinput to copy all the static files to the path specified by STATIC_ROOT in your settings.py .

Validate : executes manage.py validate , which reports any validation errors in the installed models specified by INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py :

See also