friendly-traceback

Aimed at Python beginners: replacing standard traceback by something easier to understand (by aroberge)

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  • Ask HN: Would it be educational to map error messages to common mistakes?
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jun 2021
    Website would be nice, but even better would be if it is integrated into coding environment that beginners use.

    There is a very cool "explain the exception traceback" package for Python: https://github.com/aroberge/friendly

    See this video for explainer and demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmLnX7opisQ&t=678s

    It's based on case-by-case analysis and recognizers for the most common mistakes:

  • Python's tug of war between beginner-friendly and advanced features
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Feb 2021
    This was interesting, although slightly confusing to read since it was written in the context of using the author's "Friendly Traceback" [1] system.

    I would humbly suggest that maybe the name "friendly traceback" is not the most beginner-friendly thing, since if you are a beginner programmer you are perhaps not 100% sure what a "traceback" is, and why you would benefit from friendlier tracebacks.

    [1] https://github.com/aroberge/friendly-traceback

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aroberge/friendly-traceback is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of friendly-traceback is Python.


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