Practice Debugging Overview - 4.1 | Chapter 10: Testing, Debugging, and Logging | Python Advance
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Debugging Overview

4.1 - Debugging Overview

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is debugging?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens if code has issues.

Question 2 Easy

What command is used to set a breakpoint in pdb?

💡 Hint: What do we need to do before we can use pdb?

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Question 1

What does the command 'n' do in pdb?

Steps into a function
Continues to the next breakpoint
Steps to the next line

💡 Hint: Think about incrementing your position in code.

Question 2

True or False: You should avoid print-debugging in your production code.

True
False

💡 Hint: What would be the risks of leaving prints in a finished application?

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Challenge 1 Hard

You’re debugging an application but the output is inconsistent. Describe how you would utilize both pdb and logging to resolve the issue.

💡 Hint: What specific variables might cause discrepancies in outputs?

Challenge 2 Hard

A user reports that a certain feature crashes the application intermittently. How would you go about debugging this issue step-by-step?

💡 Hint: Think about how the conditions might vary each time.

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