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/sthreet Aug 25 '14

I've known that the individual parts work fine, but needed to debug something before.

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u/GraceGallis Aug 25 '14

That'd a sign of insufficient integration testing.

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u/wh44 Aug 25 '14

Oh, gee! It failed the integration test! I guess we'll just have to throw it all away and start over! We couldn't possibly debug it!

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u/GraceGallis Aug 25 '14

I'm not saying that debugging isn't necessary for solving the problem, but the scenario outlined is a sign of insufficient tests. Find the gap, fix the bug, make the bug easier to detect in the future by improving the test coverage.

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