Entries tagged with python

JPype - Bridging the worlds of Java and Python

22. July 2010 - view comments

Using ipython's debugger as pdb replacement.

22. July 2010 - view comments

Do you know how to debug your python code? I usually do the following in my code to set something like a hardcoded breakpoint:

import pdb; pdb.set_trace();

This will bring up a pdb prompt when the code execution reaches this line. But pdb is a bit limited since it doesn't support code completion, syntax highlighting and so on.

So here is how you make your debug prompt more fancy by using ipython's debugger.

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Integrate your python test runner into vim

6. March 2010 - view comments

I've lately browsed the dotfiles repository of Gary Bernhardt and found a wonderful gem in his .vimrc. He has implemented some clever functions that run your testsuite and shows you a pretty, colorful bar below your statusline to indicate if all tests have passed or if some of them have failed.

If your tests are passing, it shows you a bright green bar to visualize that everything went well. If some test are failing your quickfix list is populated with all failing assertions and your cursor jumps to the first one.

I adapted his implementation and changed some points to make it fit for my work with django. The code can find out to which app the file you are editing belongs to and only runs tests for this particular application.

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Pros and Cons about Python 3

8. January 2010 - view comments