Feature Suggestion: Add Interactive django shell to run django ORM queries

[shtayeb]

Add Interactive django shell to run django ORM queries and show the output

How it works ?

Approaches:

1

Add another command python manage.py django-ishell to launch the interactive shell.

2

Integrate it into existing django-tui command and have separate screen for it.

Side Note:

I already have a MVP version of the feature, if you confirm I will create a pull request as soon as possible.

[shtayeb]

@anze3db ?

[anze3db]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by interactive shell. How does it differ from python manage.py shell? If you have the MVP ready, feel free to open a PR (or send a link to your repo), and I'll check it out.

About the approaches: I'm not a big fan of approach 2 because it would add an extra step to the primary workflow of looking up commands, but maybe we could bind something like ctrl+i to get to the interactive shell?

[shtayeb]

Sure, Here is the pr link.

The main way that it differs from manage.py shell is the ease of use. In here you will be writing queries in an editor like environment.

Quick Demo

bandicam.2023-12-18.15-17-15-066.mp4

[anze3db]

@shtayeb thank you for the contribution ❤️ ! The interactive shell is available in version 23.9 that was just released!