Very handy: if you uncomment the `--pdb` argument in `NOSE_ARGS` in `lms/envs/test.py`, it will drop you into pdb on error. This lets you go up and down the stack and see what the values of the variables are. Check out http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html
## Content development
If you change course content, while running the LMS in dev mode, it is unnecessary to restart to refresh the modulestore.
Instead, hit /migrate/modules to see a list of all modules loaded, and click on links (eg /migrate/reload/edx4edx) to reload a course.