Auto-reload modules in IPython

howto.md

1. Create a file ~/.pythonrc.py
2. Add

try:
    from IPython import get_ipython
    get_ipython().run_line_magic('load_ext', 'autoreload')
    get_ipython().run_line_magic('autoreload', '2')
except AttributeError:
    pass

3. Export the environment variable (add this to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc) export PYTHONSTARTUP="/home/jfaria/.pythonrc.py"