Think of ipdb as of a print statement on steroids. If you want to
debug a particular part of your app, you simply add this before that
section in the source code:
import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
When the server hits that part of the code, it will halt execution and
display a prompt in the terminal. It's a regular IPython shell that
accepts arbitrary python statements and expressions, as well as a
debugging environment that supports pdb-style commands, like ``s`` for
step, ``r`` for return (I think), etc. I don't remember the exact
commands, but I think you can get help by typing ``h`` or ``help``.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Lorin Rivers <lriv...@mosasaur.com> wrote:
> Branko,
>
> Can you explain how you use iPython and ipdb together to debug web2py apps?
>
> How do I invoke web2py? How do I pass parameters to it like I do when
> invoking it with python (e.g., "python web2py -a mumble -p 8000 -i 127.0.0.1")
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Dec 13, 2010, at 23:13 , Branko Vukelic wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Someone else has any debug tip or advice for sharing?
>>
>> I used this: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipdb
>>
>> All the IPython goodness + pdb-style debugging. You get auto-complete
>> and command history, too. ;)
>>
>>
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