pdbp (Pdb+) is an advanced console debugger for Python. It can be used as a drop-in replacement for pdb and pdbpp.

pdbp (Pdb+) makes Python debugging a lot easier (and more fun!)

Installation:

pip install pdbp

Then add import pdbp to an __init__.py of your project, which will automatically make Pdb+ the default debugger at breakpoints:

import pdbp

(If using flake8 for code-linting, you may want to add # noqa to that line):

import pdbp  # noqa

You can also make pdbp the default debugger by setting an environmental variable:

PYTHONBREAKPOINT=pdbp.set_trace

Usage:

To trigger a breakpoint in your code with pytest, add --trace (to start tests with a breakpoint) or --pdb (to trigger a breakpoint if a test fails).

To trigger a breakpoint from a pure python run, use: