Switching over from `ptvsd` to `debugpy`

Switching over from ptvsd to debugpy

Switching from import ptvsd to import debugpy

ptvsd API	debugpy API	Comments
break_into_debugger()	breakpoint()
N\A	configure()
debug_this_thread()	debug_this_thread()
is_attached()	is_client_connected()
enable_attach(address=(host, port))	listen((host,port))
N\A. Passed as a parameter to enable_attach	log_to()
trace	trace_this_thread()
wait_for_attach()	wait_for_client()

Sample code

With ptvsd:

import ptvsd
ptvsd.enable_attach(('localhost', 5678))
ptvsd.wait_for_attach()


ptvsd.break_into_debugger()
print('break here')

With debugpy:

import debugpy
debugpy.listen(('localhost', 5678))
debugpy.wait_for_client()


debugpy.breakpoint()
print('break here')

Switching from ptvsd CLI to debugpy CLI

ptvsd	debugpy	Comments
--host '<address>'	--listen [<address>]:<port>
--port '<port>'	--listen [<address>]:<port>
--log-dir <path>	--log-to <path>
--log-stderr	--log-to-stderr
--wait	--wait-for-client
--no-subprocesses	N\A

Sample CLI

with ptvsd:

> python ptvsd --host localhost --port 5678 --wait ./myscript.py

With debupy:

> python debugpy --listen localhost:5678 --wait-for-client ./myscript.py