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using the pdb debugger

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Abdullah Bakhach edited this page Feb 18, 2017 · 9 revisions

Intro

We need a way to debug our python development. Currently our python runs from the alfred command line, so we should be able to fire up a debugger that puts break points on that process.

pdb

we are using pdb (see this PR). see reference for pdb. This is kind of the poor man's CLI debugger, we cannot use the remote debugging of pycharm since it's only available in the enterprise edition.

how to use pdb

  • first run logger by hitting the hot key (currently ⌥⌘L_
  • you'll see the alfred window showing up
screen shot 2017-02-18 at 6 40 19 am - open a terminal window and run the command `nc 127.0.0.1 4444`

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