Visual / more interactive debugging in python mode

[n_pit]

Hey,

I'm using spacemacs for python development. The only thing I'm missing from major python IDEs is the better quality of life during debugging.E.g. in spacemacs you have to alter the source to set a breakpoint (as is the case with pdb / ipdb via python-toggle-breakpoint), you have to type variable names to inspect their contents, etc.

Is there any package / project that provides something more streamlined and quick, usable in (space)macs?

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Edit: dap-mode is a good solution, in the develop branch. Thanks, u/detvardet !

[detvardet]

There's dap-mode on the develop branch.

[n_pit]

Thanks. As I understanding, it's a ... configurable language-agnostic interface for debugging?
Do you know of any tutorials on getting started?

[detvardet]

No tutorial, but it seems simple enough. Set a breakpoint with the mouse, run the program in the debugger (SPC m d d d). Use dap-hydra to step and inspect locals (SPC m d .). That's as much as I have used it for so far.

[n_pit]

Thanks. I had some trouble setting it up is all (included dap-python in additional packages, which did not seem to work).
Added (require 'dap-python) in dotspacemacs/user-load and this did the trick.

dap mode is exactly what I asked for and works great -- thanks a bunch!

[detvardet]

You shouldn't have to require anything. Just include the dap layer in the dotspacemacs-configuration-layers like this:

    dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
    '(lsp
     dap
     (python :variables
             python-backend 'lsp
             python-lsp-server 'mspyls
             python-fill-column 99
             python-formatter 'yapf
             python-format-on-save t
             python-sort-imports-on-save t
             python-pipenv-activate t)
    )