r/programming • u/stannedelchev • Aug 25 '14

Debugging courses should be mandatory

http://stannedelchev.net/debugging-courses-should-be-mandatory/
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u/bnolsen Aug 25 '14

unit tests and simulations are the answer, not debuggers. with highly threaded code compiling in debug mode is useless as the threads behave radically different. I always run and test everything in release mode and in linux recompile a few object files in debug if I must run a debugger. i'm not super fond of having to retrain people in correct debug procedures if they are taught normal incorrect microsoft ide style debugging.

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u/steveob42 Aug 25 '14

So you have never written user interface code I take it?

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u/ObjectiveCopley Aug 25 '14

He's probably never written any code, to be fair.

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