runserver.py

import os, subprocess, shlex

def start_kicker():
    '''
    Kick off Kicker and pass it our
    sprocketize command-line argument
    '''
    try:
        js_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '../content/js'))
        sprocketize = "sprocketize -C %s -I hae -I vendor hae.js > %s/sprockets.js" % (
            js_path,
            js_path
        )
        kicker = 'kicker -e "%s" %s' % (
            sprocketize, 
            js_path
        )
        args = shlex.split(kicker)
        p = subprocess.Popen(args)
        return p
    except Exception as ex:
        print "Couldn't sprocketize"
        print ex
        
def start_runserver():
    '''
    Start Django's runserver and wait for 
    it to exit
    '''
    args = shlex.split('python manage.py runserver_plus')
    p = subprocess.call(args)
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    '''
    Start kicker, start the 
    runserver, and when runserver
    is killed off, kill off 
    Kicker as well
    '''
    k = start_kicker()
    r = start_runserver()
    
    if k:
        k.kill()