Sometimes I want to execute a file in the context of my Django project, just as if I were using the shell, but with the convenience of using a text editor. This is mainly to try something out, or quickly prototype some functionality before putting it into a view, test, recurring task, or management command. 

I know I can stick these lines at the top of my .py file and it'll run in the Django context:

```
import sys
sys.path.append('/location/of/projet')
from django.core.management import setup_environ
import settings
setup_environ(settings)

```

I thought it'd be easier to make a management command that takes on argument, a python module to run, and executes it in the Django environment. Here's the 'runmodule' command I wrote:

```
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = "Runs an arbitrary module, in the Django environment, for quick prototyping of code that's too big for the shell."

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        if not args:
            return
        module_name = args[0]

        try:
            __import__(module_name)
        except ImportError:
            print("Unable to import module %s.  Check that is within Django's PYTHONPATH" % (module_name))

```

This looks like it works -- I can stick some code in a module, and pass it as an argument to this command, and it'll get executed, e.g.

```
python manage.py runmodule myapp.trysomethingout

```

which will execute myapp/trysomethingout.py. Is this the best way to do this?