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.

Transcript

1. PYTHON DEBUGGING:
   TECHNIQUES & TOOLS
   VUYISILE NDLOVU
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2. Vuyisile Ndlovu
   @terrameijar
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3. What we’ll cover today
   ➢ What debugging is
   ➢ Debugger fundamentals
   ➢ Debugging tools; pdb, VS Code
   Debugger
   ➢ CLI & Visual Debuggers
   ➢ Demo
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4. DEBUGGING
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5. “Debugging usually means figuring out
   why a design doesn't work as planned.”
   – David J Agans
   

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6. DEBUGGER FUNDAMENTALS
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7. - Set Breakpoints
   - Navigate code
   - Inspect code
   - Post mortem and Execution
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   Debuggers allow you to
   

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8. DEBUGGING TOOLS
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9. PDB
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13. HELP
    

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14. - break
    - print
    - next
    - step
    - continue
    - until
    - list
    - where
    - quit
    Commands I like
    

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15. PDB DEMO
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16. VS CODE DEBUGGER
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17. CREATE A DEBUG CONFIGURATION
    

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18. SELECT CONFIGURATION TYPE
    

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19. VS CODE DEBUGGER CONTROLS
    

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20. VS CODE DEMO
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21. Conclusion
    

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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
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23. Thanks
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    @terrameijar
    

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24. CREDITS: This presentation template was
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