What is the right way to debug in iPython notebook?

Question

As I know, %debug magic can do debug within one cell.

However, I have function calls across multiple cells.

For example,

In[1]:          


        

Answer 1

Use ipdb

Install it via

pip install ipdb

Usage:

In[1]: def fun1(a):
   def fun2(a):
       import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace() # debugging starts here
       return do_some_thing_about(b)
   return fun2(a)
In[2]: fun1(1)

For executing line by line use n and for step into a function use s and to exit from debugging prompt use c.

For complete list of available commands: https://appletree.or.kr/quick_reference_cards/Python/Python%20Debugger%20Cheatsheet.pdf