Python Debugging: Techniques and Tools

These are slides for the 30-minute talk I gave at DjangoCon Africa in 2023 in Zanzibar on debugging tools.

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1. PYTHON DEBUGGING: TECHNIQUES & TOOLS VUYISILE NDLOVU @terrameijar
2. Vuyisile Ndlovu @terrameijar vuyisile.com @terrameijar
3. What we’ll cover today ➢ What debugging is ➢ Debugger fundamentals ➢ Debugging tools; pdb, VS Code Debugger ➢ CLI & Visual Debuggers ➢ Demo @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
4. DEBUGGING @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
5. “Debugging usually means figuring out why a design doesn't work as planned.” – David J Agans
6. DEBUGGER FUNDAMENTALS @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
7. - Set Breakpoints - Navigate code - Inspect code - Post mortem and Execution @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023 Debuggers allow you to
8. DEBUGGING TOOLS @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
9. PDB @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
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13. HELP
14. - break - print - next - step - continue - until - list - where - quit Commands I like
15. PDB DEMO @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
16. VS CODE DEBUGGER @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
17. CREATE A DEBUG CONFIGURATION
18. SELECT CONFIGURATION TYPE
19. VS CODE DEBUGGER CONTROLS
20. VS CODE DEMO @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
21. Conclusion
22. https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDebuggingTools https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html https://realpython.com/python-debugging-pdb/ https://github.com/pdbpp/pdbpp ADDITIONAL RESOURCES @terrameijar | vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023
23. Thanks vuyisile.com/djcafrica2023 @terrameijar
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