How To Debug a Django Application in VS CODE (Visual Studio Code)

Set breakpoints and debug a live Django Application!
Here's the code snippet for the VS Code configuration you will need to debug a Django app.
{
"name": "BlogTheData",
"python": "/Users/johnsolly/Documents/code/blogthedata/venv/bin/python3",
"type": "python",
"request": "launch",
"program": "/Users/johnsolly/Documents/code/blogthedata/django_project/manage.py",
"console": "internalConsole",
"args": ["runserver"],
"django": true,
"justMyCode": true,
}
And here is a link to Corey Schafer's Django Tutorials (Create your own Django App!)
• Django Tutorials
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05:05 - How to set up the VS Code configuration

[@YevGuyduy]

wow !!!! right to the point and straight forward. saved me probably like 5 hours of researching and trying to work it out. thank you so much!

[@rickiodious]

Actual debugging starts @ 4:55

[@qtech6672]

Spend several hours investigating around. Finally found out that your solution works!!!

[@xorengames]

Thanks for this, very helpful now that I'm back into developing on my Wagtail CMS, which is Django based. This worked perfectly and will greatly increase my productivity. Cheers!

[@MrValVet]

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

[@lionelmuskwe]

I instantally subscribed. Bro Keep posting. I got you !!!

[@NafisaUmarHajjatee]

Trying to figure this out took me hours! Thank you!

[@aguy98ptk]

thanks it helped a lot

[@turbotyoma]

You're the best!Thank you!

[@marceherrera3789]

Than you. It's exactly what I was looking for.

[@kritzelnben6708]

Short and concise, very good

[@PaulaAmstutz]

Great video, short and works perfectly

[@johnsolly]

Just learned if you add "django": true to your config, you can debug the django HTML templates! See -> code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/debugging under 'Specific app types"
You might also want to add these two lines of code to the end of your test file so you can re-run the test after hitting a breakpoint.

[@basil2265]

Man you are hero
thank you very much

[@SanteeRocks]

How to do if Django is running in a docker ?

[@electroe2143]

Great Content ! I have a question , How to debug Django inside docker ? I use nginx as web server.

[@akchavshakya4969]

its not working sir i placed the breakpoint and through the debug console gave the link but doesnt it the breakpoint. why?

[@LinhNguyễnVăn-j2i]

How can I debug it on WSL

[@nevilpanchal]

great video but not working in window based visual studio django ...i dont know why

[@SrimalSamarasooriya]

I have the same issue

[@olivierdeplanques708]

Great video very clear thanks. I didn't know the corey's tutorial (thanks for the link).
i just don't understand how to debug generic views, because in views.py instead of return render (....) you have just a class declaration. A good example is in the tutorial of thenewboston chap 29 on youtube (best tutorial serie i've seen) :
ruclips.net/video/c3yB0_4Yd48/видео.html&ab_channel=thenewboston
At 2:20 he changes views for generic views but i haven't found how to debug that.

[@johnsolly]

Thanks for the comment Oliver! I haven't actually used generic views before, but my SearchView is using that return render (....) way of doing things instead of using a class.
def SearchView(request):
cat_list = Category.objects.all()
if request.method == 'POST':
searched = request.POST['searched']
filtered_posts = Post.objects.filter(Q(content__icontains=searched) | Q(title__icontains=searched))
return render(
request,
"blog/search_posts.html",
{"cat_list": cat_list, "searched": searched, "filtered_posts": filtered_posts},
)
else:
return render(
request,
"blog/search_posts.html",
{"cat_list": cat_list},
)
When you say, 'I don't understand how to debug generic views' what part are you trying to get at that you can't catch with a breakpoint? I will admit sometimes it feels like I can't debug what is going into the Jinja template.
Also, I love @thenewboston and I've seen a bunch of his generic Python videos. I'll need to look into his Django stuff too!