Benjamin Smith

If you do any development with Django, then this is a must have.

Not only is it awesomely useful, but it also has a great abbreviation that could be a throwback to WWF days of old. Any child of the mid-to-late 80’s remember the DDT?! That’s kind of what this is does, help you drive problems with your app head first into the mat - nice.

Google code page here: DDT on google code

Github here: DDT on github

Like any other python package, this one is simple to install.

Get a tarball, unpack it, cd into it..

# python setup.py build
# sudo python setup.py install

Now, use it in your django app by adding something similar to your settings.py:

# This should be appended to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES:
'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',

# This should be appended to INSTALLED_APPS:
'debug_toolbar',

# Set this to localhost if developing locally
# If not developing locally, add your remote IP..
INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1')

# Various apps available
DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = (
    'debug_toolbar.panels.version.VersionDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.timer.TimerDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.headers.HeaderDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.request_vars.RequestVarsDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.sql.SQLDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.cache.CacheDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.logger.LoggingPanel',
)

See here: README for more detail on usage/install.

Get it, use it, love it.

EDIT: Added some quick bits on how to install/use