[Ironpython-users] Debugging IronPython

[Doug Blank]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:04 AM, David, Al <Al.David at lsi.com> wrote:
> We’re developing a C#, WPF, .NET application.  And the purpose of this
> application is to communicate with and control custom hardware (circuit
> boards) as well as instrumentation (oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc).
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> This application contains several panels/windows/screens.  And as part of
> this application, I need to implement another panel/window/screen for a
> scripting environment.  Ideally through this additional scripting
> panel/window/screen, the user will be able to write, run, as well as debug
> IronPython scripts.  And when I say debug, I am referring to having the
> ability to set breakpoints, view and modify variables, see the stack, etc,
> etc.
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> We’ve tried embedding SharpDevelop into our application but found this is
> not possible because SharpDevelop requires being the “main window”.  And in
> my scenario, the “main window” is our application.
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> Is there any way at all to accomplish what I’ve stated above, and without a
> major coding effort?  If so, would you be able to refer us to any coding
> examples that may give us a jump start?

DevHawk (aka Harry Pierson) has an in-depth blog series on the topic
starting here:

http://devhawk.net/2009/10/07/hybrid-app-debugging-tracebackdelegate-and-settrace/

But we found that more complicated than what we needed. We have a very
simple break, trace, stepper built into Calico [1] based on the
standard Python API, but written in C#. See:

http://svn.cs.brynmawr.edu/viewvc/Calico/trunk/Source/Calico/MainWindow.cs?view=markup

and items related to:
* ProgramSpeed.Value
* CurrentDocument.HasBreakpointSet

and
http://svn.cs.brynmawr.edu/viewvc/Calico/trunk/languages/Python/CalicoPython.cs?view=markup

and items related to:
* trace
* SetTraceOn(this)

Hope that helps,

-Doug

[1] - http://calicoproject.org/Calico_Download

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> Thanks,
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> Al
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