IDE tools to debug in Python?

[Skip Montanaro]

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> > Python is an interactive language. You can develop a lot while working
> > on a Python console. Then copy and paste into a program.
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> Absolutely, the humble interactive prompt is often overlooked
> as a development tool. It's not as good as the "evaluate
> expression" tool in the Smalltalk workspace, say, but it's close.
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In an earlier reply I failed to mention Jupyter. It's a pretty awesome
environment. Sort of takes the whole concept of "just insert prints" to a
new level. I started using it a bit at my last job for financial stuff, and
still mostly use it for that, but it's another viable option.

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