Suggestions for Python debugging tools?

python debugging simulation
Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 picture Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 · Jan 25, 2009 · Viewed 32.9k times · Source

Yesterday I made a simulation using Python. I had a few difficulties with variables and debugging.

Is there any software for Python, which provides a decent debugger?

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Answer

nosklo picture nosklo · Jan 25, 2009

Winpdb is a platform independent graphical GPL Python debugger with support for remote debugging over a network, multiple threads, namespace modification, embedded debugging, encrypted communication and is up to 20 times faster than pdb.

Features:

  • GPL license. Winpdb is Free Software.
  • Compatible with CPython 2.3 through 2.6 and Python 3000
  • Compatible with wxPython 2.6 through 2.8
  • Platform independent, and tested on Ubuntu Gutsy and Windows XP.
  • User Interfaces: rpdb2 is console based, while winpdb requires wxPython 2.6 or later.

Screenshot
(source: winpdb.org)

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