Tom Smith schreef:
> For me at least is... > > A long time ago, I used to use a programming language that let me set > breakpoints and when the code stopped, I could inspect all the > variables, change them (the code would roll back to where the > earliest change was)... call non-existent functions which would raise > an error but then I could create and code those called functions.... > and then let the code just "carry on" as if nothing had happened. > This suited my way of working because I could see exactly what > objects I was dealing with at any time. It suited me because I might > create a method called "addToCache"... knowing I needed it... and > then code it whilst the code patiently waited for me to get on and > make that code... It was amazing.... and with it, I was, for a while, > amazingly productive... > > Imagine being able to stop in Views.py and see exactly what object > type a given DB call returns... rather than fishing around for clues > using print statements. > > I'm very excited because Django seems to be tantalisingly close to > being able to operate something like this! > > I use a Mac... and the 2 python development environments that have > cool debuggers are ScrIDE (free) and Komodo (commercial). I have just > tried running the Django server in ScrIDE and had 3 problems. The > first I think is that ScrIDE maybe doesn't pick up all the right > environment variables (fixable). The second is that I suspect it has > flaky indentation parsing (which I tried to fix in the django source > but ended causing knock-on errors)... and lastly... ScrIDE doesn't > let me run manage.py with arguments. > > Komodo is a much bigger beast of an IDE. It can let me send args to > manage.py, it doesn't foul up indentation, it is a much more well- > tested and reliable tool AND it runs on most platforms.... ( I guess > something like Eclipse could do this but for me that is waaaaay too > big a beast...) > > Has anyone tried running Django from within an IDE with the ability > to set breakpoints? Does anyone have ideas/experience about this? > > tom Eclipse with pydev plugin works good. Remember to give --noreload argument to manage runserver. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
