Let's talk about debuggers!

[Rustom Mody]

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