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+"""
+This config file runs the simplest dev environment using sqlite, and db-based
+sessions. Assumes structure:
+
+/envroot/
+        /db   # This is where it'll write the database file
+        /mitx # The location of this repo
+        /log  # Where we're going to write log files
+"""
+from envs.common import *
+from envs.logsettings import get_logger_config
+from dev import *
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ichuang
+
+DEBUG = True
+ENABLE_MULTICOURSE = True     # set to False to disable multicourse display (see lib.util.views.mitxhome)
+QUICKEDIT = True
+MITX_ROOT_URL = ''
+
+COURSE_SETTINGS =  {'6.002_Spring_2012': {'number' : '6.002x',
+                                          'title'  :  'Circuits and Electronics',
+                                          'xmlpath': '/6002x/',
+                                          'active' : True,
+                                          },
+                    '8.02_Spring_2013': {'number' : '8.02x',
+                                         'title'  : 'Electricity & Magnetism',
+                                         'xmlpath': '/802x/',
+                                          'active' : True,
+                                         },
+                    '8.01_Spring_2013': {'number' : '8.01x',
+                                         'title'  : 'Mechanics',
+                                         'xmlpath': '/801x/',
+                                         'active' : False,
+                                         },
+                    '6.189_Spring_2013': {'number' : '6.189x',
+                                         'title'  : 'IAP Python Programming',
+                                         'xmlpath': '/6189-pytutor/',
+                                          'active' : True,
+                                         },
+                    '8.01_Summer_2012': {'number' : '8.01x',
+                                         'title'  : 'Mechanics',
+                                         'xmlpath': '/801x-summer/',
+                                         'active': True,
+                                         },
+                    'edx_dogfood': {'number' : 'edX.00',
+                                    'title'  : 'Development Test',
+                                    'xmlpath': '/edx-dogfood/',
+                                    'is_dogfood' : True,
+                                    'active' : True,
+                                    },
+                    'edx4edx': {'number' : 'edX.01',
+                                    'title'  : 'edx4edx: edX Author Course',
+                                    'xmlpath': '/edx4edx/',
+                                    'active' : True,
+                                    },
+                    }
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+