25. Debugging and Profiling

These libraries help you with Python development: the debugger enables you to step through code, analyze stack frames and set breakpoints etc., and the profilers run code and give you a detailed breakdown of execution times, allowing you to identify bottlenecks in your programs.

• 25.1. bdb — Debugger framework
• 25.2. pdb — The Python Debugger
• 25.3. Debugger Commands
• 25.4. The Python Profilers
  • 25.4.1. Introduction to the profilers
  • 25.4.2. Instant User’s Manual
  • 25.4.3. What Is Deterministic Profiling?
  • 25.4.4. Reference Manual – profile and cProfile
    • 25.4.4.1. The Stats Class
  • 25.4.5. Limitations
  • 25.4.6. Calibration
  • 25.4.7. Extensions — Deriving Better Profilers
• 25.5. timeit — Measure execution time of small code snippets
  • 25.5.1. Command Line Interface
  • 25.5.2. Examples
• 25.6. trace — Trace or track Python statement execution
  • 25.6.1. Command Line Usage
  • 25.6.2. Programming Interface