Wagtail template var_dump equivalent?

[R Stein]

I'm aware this is a dumb question, but I got myself stuck and I can't seem to find a template tag for it in the documentation.

What's the best way to var_dump or pprint a variable in a Wagtail template while debugging?

[Daniel]

Hello,

This package should help you a lot while debuging:

https://github.com/jazzband/django-debug-toolbar

Hope it helps.

[Tim Allen]

Django Debug Toolbar is a must, agreed, but there's also this:

https://github.com/calebsmith/django-template-debug

I'd like to find something in Django that is similar to PHP's `print_r`, `var_dump`, or ColdFusion's CFDUMP (one of the two things ColdFusion got right). Being able to dump a tree of all variables in the context presented from the view to the template would be fantastic, but I haven't found such an animal yet.

Regards,

Tim

[Chris May]

I agree with Tim.

Django Templates Debug helped me through several pickles as I've been learning Wagtail. But I didn't realize the project was not python3 ready.

Some of the tags will not output what you expect. I documented them in this issue: https://github.com/calebsmith/django-template-debug/issues/35

Another option I've found useful is django-debugtools: https://github.com/edoburu/django-debugtools