How I Debug My Python Code

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[JoshDingus]

Great video I for one would love more videos on debugging and exploring libraries. Definitely going to be giving visual studio a shot.

[BillWagnerMusicianTurnedDev]

Love your videos Chris. You have been busy! :) I'd love to see more Python debug videos. I currently use PyCharm and I like it pretty well, but I'll check out VS. I use it for C#, but have had some problems getting it to work with Python in the past. Maybe with VS 2015 I'll have some better luck. Thanks again Chris.

[fourburnerbreakfast]

how did you get that path section on your right?

also, why do i get debug errors when i hit f5? what debugger should i install?

[LearnAtMyExpense]

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[aaroncowper]

Thanks mate very helpful. With windows subsystem for linux now released I've switched my dev stack fully over to windows from dual-boot linux/windows so am also reviewing editors etc - will definitely shift across from sublime + ipdb for debugging to VSCode. Would be great to see some examples of how you can step through code in VS. Eg can you write/edit code on the fly while in debug mode and have the app run it? Can you interact with the Request response to open it in a browser?

[TechWithVince]

I am not sure it's need it, the way i debug is by putting import pdb; pdb.set_trace() inside my code than i run my program than python will start pdb at the correct place, this is very effective, you can even start it with ipython.

[frcsas]

I just use gedit for simple scripts and atom for some advanced programs.
Never felt the need for using more than that.
I find Pycharm or Visual Studio cumbersome to use.
Would it help me to code faster/better if I use them? And if yes, where should I start to learn properly about them?

[lerneninverschiedenenforme]

would be nice, if you add the IDE name to the video title :)

[SuperGrimmy]

pudb is amazing for debugging in a terminal.

[beanwl]

Have you looked into using a cloud based IDE, like Cloud9??

[hanes]

VS Code tho... pretty good now with python debugging.