pdbpp VS python-devtools

Why not just use Python’s built-in pdb debugger or another existing one like ipdb or pdbpp?

I like pdbpp. Make sure to install from source as there hasn’t been a release in a while.

https://github.com/pdbpp/pdbpp

pdbpp: Improved pdb boltons: assorted python addtions twisted: event driven networking framework sorcery: Dark magic in python, things know where+how they are being called, helps reducing boilerplate sh: Better alternative for subprocess module, much more pythonic taskipy: npm run scipt_name like functionality snoop: pdb lite, record+replay function steps birdseye: graphical debugger remote-pdb: easy pdb from inside containers typer: wrapper around click for simpler code for CLIs arrow: Always TZ aware datetimes, plus more features more-itertools: more functions for iterators pydantic: data validation + dataclasses loguru: better logging notifiers: sending notifications from python

If you want to use pdbpp, install it into your Python environment you're using the debugger from and it'll automatically hook itself into pdb with no additional setup.

I love pdbpp

pdbpp feels like getting super powers over using pdb

Most of the tools and libraries I use have been mentioned, but I haven’t seen pdb++ brought up. It’s like ipython for debugging!

Improved version of built-in debugger: https://github.com/pdbpp/pdbpp

I like to use PDB++ which is a drop in replacement for PDB

https://github.com/pdbpp/pdbpp

Check out devtools, it’s even more powerful

There’s also debug() from python-devtools that is an easy improvement over print() that doesn't involve changing your workflow.

__builtins__['debug'] = debug

(see https://github.com/samuelcolvin/python-devtools#usage-withou...)

This would work with icecream too.

The second advantage of not needing the import is that CI fails if you forget to remove all debug() commands.