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How do you debug and trace Python applications?

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Quick Answer Python debugging and tracing: pdb (built-in debugger) - import pdb; pdb.set_trace() or breakpoint() (Python 3.7+). VS Code and PyCharm have visual debuggers. logging.debug() for production-safe tracing. sys.settrace() for custom tracing. traceback module for exception details. faulthandler for crash diagnostics. Python 3.12+ improved error messages and tracebacks for better debugging.

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Use debuggers, logs, and profiling.
Trace executions to find runtime issues.
Unit tests help detect early failures.
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