Virtualenv is a must have for python development. If your project is complex beast consisting of multiple services/components you want them see running in different terminals (ideally tabs of one terminal window). Staring all terminal manually could be cumbersome. This simple script starts terminal tabs (in gnome-terminal) with activated virtual environments and eventually appropriate services/applications started:
#!/bin/bash VENV=".venv/bin/activate" export PYTHONPATH=~/workspace/asexor gnome-terminal \ --tab --title "crossbar" -e "bash --rcfile $VENV -ci 'cd asexor && crossbar start'" \ --tab --title "server" -e "bash --rcfile $VENV" \ --tab --title "client" -e "bash --rcfile $VENV" \ --tab --title "terminal" -e "bash --rcfile $VENV"
None -ci argument – interactive shell must be enforced to run command with virtual environment loaded