Python for Absolute Beginners Transcripts
Chapter: Problem solving techniques for writing software
Lecture: Concept: Remember the debugger
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Now that we're at the end and I've given you all
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these problem solving techniques
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and ideas I want to remind you to not forget your debugger.
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If you're using something like PyCharm
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or Visual Studio Code you can go through
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and see exactly what is happening
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as you're going through your code.
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Though if you get stuck
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if you're trying to understand what the data
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that's coming from some servicer
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or from a file or something looks like
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one of the options is to just put a break point in here
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and you can explore this data extensively.
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Other things you can just put a print statement
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and pass the variables.
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Sometimes that will show what the data looks like.
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Not always, but sometimes and that's nice.
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But the debugger is definitely your friend
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if you get stuck and you have a hard time visualizing
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and understanding what's happening.
