Software Architecture with Python

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about different debugging techniques with Python. We started with the simple print statement and followed it with simple tricks to debug a Python program such as using the continue statement in a loop, strategically placing the sys.exit calls between code blocks, and so on.

We then looked at debugging techniques in some detail, especially on mocking and randomizing data. Techniques such as caching in files and in-memory databases such as Redis were discussed with examples.

An example using Python schematics library showed generating random data for a hypothetical application in the healthcare domain.

The next section was about logging and using it as a debugging technique. We discussed simple logging using the ...