Setup Django and virtualenv on OSX 10.8

django_setup_osx_10_8.sh

# Install python virtualenv
# this helps with managing python dependencies
# on a per env / application basis much easier
sudo pip install virtualenv

# Create a project folder to store you envs / projects
mkdir python_projects
cd python_projects/

# start a new ENV
virtualenv python_test_env --no-site-packages
# Activate that ENV
source python_test_env/bin/activate

# Install pil a django dependency 
pip install pil --allow-external pil --allow-unverified pil

# Install Django
pip install django

# Start a new django project using cli tool
django-admin.py startproject test_app

# enter app root
cd test_app

# Start the server
python manage.py runserver

# Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Also, note that some of this may not work if you are running 10.9 Mavericks. However it works on a barebones setup with pip, xcode and homebrew 10.8.