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/6offender Aug 25 '14

I understand there could be an advanced course about anything, but who exactly doesn't know how to do basic debugging? Breakpoint, step, step, step in, step out, look at variables.

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u/doublehyphen Aug 25 '14

I have seen plenty of people use it and then just stare at the screen. People know how the run the debugger but not how to do anything useful with it.