manage.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
import os
import sys
from dotenv import load_dotenv

def main():
    """Run administrative tasks."""
    load_dotenv('./.env')
    # Only for Local Development - Load environment variables from the .env file
    if 'DEVELOPMENT' in os.environ:
        print("Development Environment Detected! Loading environment variables from .env file")

    settings_module = 'app.settings.development' if 'DEVELOPMENT' in os.environ else 'app.settings.production'
    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', settings_module)
    try:
        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
    except ImportError as exc:
        raise ImportError(
            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
        ) from exc
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()