<s>[INST] How to debug in Django, the good way? So, I started learning to code in Python and later Django. The first times it was hard looking at tracebacks and actually figure out what I did wrong and where the syntax error was. Some time has passed now and some way along the way, I guess I got a routine in debugging my Django code. As this was done early in my coding experience, I sat down and wondered if how I was doing this was ineffective and could be done faster. I usually manage to find and correct the bugs in my code, but I wonder if I should be doing it faster?
I usually just use the debug info Django gives when enabled. When things do end up as I thought it would, I break the code flow a lot with a syntax error, and look at the variables at that point in the flow to figure out, where the code does something other than what I wanted.
But can this be improved? Are there some good tools or better ways to debug your Django code?
 [/INST] There are a bunch of ways to do it, but the most straightforward is to simply 
use the Python debugger. Just add following line in to a Django view function:
import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

If you try to load that page in your browser, the browser will hang and you get a prompt to carry on debugging on actual executing code.
However there are other options suggested by others (I won't recommend them):
* return HttpResponse({variable to inspect})

* print {variable to inspect}

* raise Exception({variable to inspect})

But the Python Debugger (pdb) is highly recommended for all types of Python code. If you are already into pdb, you'd also want to have a look at IPDB that uses ipython for debugging. Happy Coding.
A useful reference provided by Seafangs : Using the Python debugger in Django
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