For Python 2.7.
One of the reasons everybody loves Python is the interactive shell. It basically allows you to execute Python commands in real time and immediately get results back. Flask itself does not come with an interactive shell, because it does not require any specific setup upfront, just import your application and start playing around.
$ pip install bpython
And we can now install Python 2.7:
$
The –framework option tells Python
Say you have a utility function that returns the URL the user should be redirected to. Imagine it would always redirect to the URL’s next parameter or the HTTP referrer or the index page:
$ curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
$ python distribute_setup.py
As you can see, it accesses the request object. If you try to run this from a plain Python shell, this is the exception you will see:
$ easy_install pip
Hopefully you’ll never have to use easy_install again.
By just creating a request context, you still don’t have run the code that is normally run before a request. This probably results in your database being unavailable, the current user not being stored on the g object etc.