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How to Start the Debugger

Discover how to start the Python debugger using pdb through importing in code, running it in IDLE, or via the command line. Learn to use breakpoints and execute commands like continue to step through code and identify errors efficiently.

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You can start the debugger three different ways. The first is to just import it and insert pdb.set_trace() into your code to start the debugger. You can import the debugger in IDLE and have it run your module. Or you can call the debugger on the command line. We’ll focus on the last two methods in this ...