Import existing Django project into Eclipse with PyDev

**Here the existing Django project means the project is not created within the eclipse environment

1. Create two files within the current Django project: .project file and .pydevproject. Make sure you make the appropriate changes.

.project contents (must replace the MyProject with the project name)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
    <name>MyProject</name>
    <comment></comment>
    <projects>
    </projects>
    <buildSpec>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
    </buildSpec>
    <natures>
        <nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
    </natures>
</projectDescription>


.pydevproject contents (must replace the path (/MyProject/src) with the actual folders to be in the PYTHONPATH)

In most situtaions /MyProject/src will be replaced with the Django project name.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?>
<pydev_project>
    <pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">Default</pydev_property>
    <pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.7</pydev_property>
    <pydev_variables_property name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_VARIABLE_SUBSTITUTION">
    </pydev_variables_property>
    <pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH">
        <path>/MyProject/src</path>
    </pydev_pathproperty>
</pydev_project>


2. Open eclipse and use import>>Existing project into Workspace. In the next screen, the root directory is your current django project root.