Step-by-step debugging with IPython

Question

From what I have read, there are two ways to debug code in Python:

• With a traditional debugger such as pdb or ipdb. This supports c

Answer 1

You can start IPython session from pudb and go back to the debugging session as you like.

BTW, ipdb is using IPython behind the scenes and you can actually use IPython functionality such as TAB completion and magic commands (the one starts with %). If you are OK with ipdb you can start it from IPython using commands such as %run and %debug. ipdb session is actually better than plain IPython one in the sense you can go up and down in the stack trace etc. What is missing in ipdb for "object inspection"?

Also, python.el bundled with Emacs >= 24.3 has nice ipdb support.