Goodbye Print, Hello Debugger!
summary
Advocates ditching print debugging in favor of real debuggers, claiming measurable speedups after switching: about 40% of the audience already used PDB/IPDB while only a handful use IDE tools. Demonstrates a simple Flask app that queries the GitHub API and inserts a breakpoint method (Python 3.7) to inspect the JSON; shows IPDB on the CLI, VS Code graphical debugger, Jupyter cell debug, and a pre-commit hook that prevents committed breakpoints.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 8:06A DEBUGGER HELPS YOU EXAMINE THE STATE OF A RUNNING PROGRAM
- 10:46TYPES OF DEBUGGERS
- 12:23PYTHON 3.7? USE breakpoint
- 25:161. Download VS Code 2. Install Python Extension 3. Create a Debugger Configuration
- 25:47WHEN TO USE WHAT?
- 26:24TIPS & TRICKS
- 28:57DON'T LEAVE BREAKPOINTS IN PRODUCTION CODE!
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