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MASTERING PYCHARM

You're reading from   MASTERING PYCHARM Use PyCharm with fluid efficiency to write idiomatic python code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783551316
Length 232 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Nafiul Islam Nafiul Islam
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Running, debugging, and setting breakpoints

You can run a .py file in two modes: running and debugging. If you run a program, then even if you set breakpoints (points at which PyCharm will stop program execution), nothing will happen. It's only when you run it in debug mode that breakpoints become effective. The way I like to run or debug my programs is through the Resume Program action:

Running, debugging, and setting breakpoints

You can then choose any of the different ways to run/debug your program. By default, if you press Enter, you will go into debug mode, if you press Shift + Enter, the program will just run. You can also choose coverage by pressing the left arrow:

Running, debugging, and setting breakpoints

As soon as you start debugging, a window appears underneath and you have so many options that it's hard to make sense of it all. Let's focus on managing breakpoints for now. To the bottom-left of the window, you can see a bunch of buttons:

Running, debugging, and setting breakpoints

This is the View Breakpoints button. This allows you to see different types of breakpoints that are available to...

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