debugging for devs

docs/getting_started/index.rst

@@ -298,6 +298,17 @@ remove the branch from the local and remote (github).
 
 Note the last step can also be done on the GitHub website.
 
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+Debugging Your Code
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+
+More often than not your tests will fail or your algorithm will
+show strange behaviour. **Debugging** is one of the power tools each
+developer should know. Since using ``print`` statements is **not** debugging and does
+not give you access to runtime variables at the point where your code fails, we recommend
+using ``pdb`` or ``ipdb`` for an IPython shell. 
+A nice introdcution can be found `here <https://hasil-sharma.github.io/2017-05-13-python-ipdb/>`_.
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