On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 6:37:47 PM UTC+5:30, Thomas Jollans wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to know what tools everyone used for debugging Python > applications - scripts / backend / desktop apps / notebooks / whatever. > Apart from the usual dance with log files and strategically inserted > print() calls, that is. > > Of course we all know and mildly dislike pdb. > > Personally, in practice, I'm most likely to need a debugger when > prototyping a function in a Jupyter notebook. There, ipdb, summoned with > the %%debug magic incantation, does the trick. > > Sometimes, though, I miss having a visual debugger. You know, the kind > that Visual Basic has had for decades. There's one in Chrome dev tools > if you ever have the misfortune of writing JavaScript. > > What options are there for Python (that work)? What text editors (and > IDEs) have a decent integrated debugger or debugging plugin? (Is there > anything for Sublime?) Does anyone use them? (How do YOU debug?) > > I vaguely remember WinPDB, but that hasn't seen a release in more than > seven years...
pdb inside emacs works (to a fashion) And it shows the arrow for current line so its at least quasi-gui I believe idle too is much more usable than a few years earlier -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
