Python Semantic Investigator : an interactive debugger with reversible state

Author(s)
Wright, Jeremy Theard.
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PSI : an interactive debugger with reversible state
Interactive debugger with reversible state
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Advisor
Adam Hartz.
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Abstract
This thesis describes PSI (Python Semantic Investigator), a program designed to help students explore their code by allowing them to see the state of their program at any step along its execution. PSI enables them to move forwards or backwards freely along the timeline of their program. It also enables them to designate variable names or object IDs and jump back to the last time such a variable or object was modified. Doing so is intended to help novice students learn to debug more effectively.
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This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
 
Thesis: M. Eng. in Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019
 
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
 
Includes bibliographical references (page 43).
 
Date issued
2019
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123012
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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