Debugging

This page teachs users to setup python debugger for dep-scan project.

Debugging using Pycharm

1. Open dep-scan using pycharm, when you open the project for the first time it will take some time initializing everything.
2. Procede by updating your python environment set in Pycharm.
   a. Click on Python3.x on the bottom right corner of Pycharm
   b. Choose "Add New Interpreter" > "Add Local Interpreter".
   c. Choose Virtualenv Environment and existing and find the venv folder inside of dep-scan.(Can be different depending on your system)
   
3. You may add a debugger point to any part of dep-scan code. For example we are pointing it to main() function in dep-scan/cli.py as this is activated whenever we run dep-scan using the cli.
   
4. Go to Pycharms top bar and click on "Current File" > "Edit Configurations...".
   
5. Add a new configurations and choose "Python".
   
6. In the following dialog:
   a. add a name to your config
   b. then next to script button choose the cli.py file.
   c. add arguments that you want to test.
   d. finally click on save.
7. Press the debug button.
   
8. Success!! 🥳