My pycharm setup

Debugger

• Check Drop into debugger on failed tests

Then you can use debugger:

• Use left panel to go up and down the stack of your functions
• Click Console to type and debug as if you were inside your functions # Console startup
• Settings -> Console, uncheck Show console variables by default
• Settings -> Console-> Python Console:
  • in Starting script, add your database connection:

import sys

print('Python %s on %s' % (sys.version, sys.platform))

sys.path.extend([WORKING_DIR_AND_PYTHON_PATHS])
from can_dj import *
import logging
logging.getLogger("datajoint").setLevel(logging.ERROR)

Disable reader mode

in Editor-> Reader Mode, uncheck Enable reader mode