From 05a264fdf55dcd9763d43804c71f35d8c160a5a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shanqing Cai Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 19:18:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] tfdbg: Add link to TensorBoard Debugger Plugin from the CLI documentation RELNOTES: tfdbg: TensorFlow Debugger's graphical user interface (GUI), the [TensorBoard Debugger Plugin](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorboard/blob/master/tensorboard/plugins/debugger/README.md), is now in alpha. PiperOrigin-RevId: 187700265 --- tensorflow/docs_src/programmers_guide/debugger.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tensorflow/docs_src/programmers_guide/debugger.md b/tensorflow/docs_src/programmers_guide/debugger.md index c8fdae6..5fb1c2d 100644 --- a/tensorflow/docs_src/programmers_guide/debugger.md +++ b/tensorflow/docs_src/programmers_guide/debugger.md @@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ debuggers such as Python's `pdb` due to TensorFlow's computation-graph paradigm. > installed using `pip install .whl`, however curses on Windows > may not work as reliably as curses on Linux or Mac. -This tutorial demonstrates how to use the **tfdbg** command-line interface -(CLI) to debug the appearance of [`nan`s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN) +> NOTE: This guide focuses on the command-line interface (CLI) of tfdbg. For +> guide on how to use the graphical user interface (GUI) of tfdbg, i.e., the +> **TensorBoard Debugger Plugin**, please visit +> [its README](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorboard/blob/master/tensorboard/plugins/debugger/README.md). + +This tutorial demonstrates how to use the **tfdbg** CLI to debug the appearance +of [`nan`s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN) and [`inf`s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity), a frequently-encountered type of bug in TensorFlow model development. The following example is for users who use the low-level @@ -806,3 +811,13 @@ sess.run(b) the constant-folding would not occur and `tfdbg` should show the intermediate tensor dumps. + +**Q**: Is there a GUI for tfdbg? + +**A**: Yes, the **TensorBoard Debugger Plugin** is the GUI of tfdbg. + It offers features such as inspection of the computation graph, + real-time visualization of tensor values, continuation to tensor + and conditional breakpoints, and tying tensors to their + graph-construction source code, all in the browser environment. + To get started, please visit + [its README](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorboard/blob/master/tensorboard/plugins/debugger/README.md). -- 2.7.4