diff --git a/django/django.load b/django/django.load
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d131954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/django.load
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# time, cleanup pyc and running test, settings as first argument
+# e.g. djtest settings_dev
+function djtest
+    if test -n $argv
+        set SETTINGS = $argv[0]
+    else
+        set SETTINGS = false
+    end
+
+    set VERBOSE --verbosity=1
+    find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
+    time python manage.py test $VERBOSE --settings=$SETTINGS
+end
diff --git a/plugins/python/python.load b/plugins/python/python.load
index 64159fa..9247b02 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python.load
+++ b/plugins/python/python.load
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
 if test -d /usr/local/share/python
   set PATH /usr/local/share/python $PATH
 end
+
+
+# clean current directory recursively from any .pyc and .pyo files
+function pyclean
+     if test -n $argv
+        set path2CLEAN $argv
+     else
+        set path2CLEAN .
+     end
+
+     find $path2CLEAN -name "*.pyc" -delete -o -name "*.pyo" -delete
+ end
+
+# start smtp debugging server, can pass an option port parameter. Default to 1025
+function pysmtp
+    if test -n "$argv"
+        set SMTPPORT $argv
+    else
+        set SMTPPORT 1025
+    end
+    python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:$SMTPPORT;
+end
+
+
+# beautify json string
+# use : pybeautifyjson '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}'
+function pybeautifyjson
+    echo $argv | python -mjson.tool
+end
+
+# start in-place a simple http server, take a optional parameter for the port number
+function pyhttp
+    if test -n "$argv"
+        set HTTPPORT $argv
+    else
+        set HTTPPORT 1025
+    end
+    python -m SimpleHTTPServer $HTTPPORT;
+end