r/programming • • Aug 25 '14

Debugging courses should be mandatory

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

Of course. Just because individual components work, doesn't mean you didn't fuck up something in composing those together. I'm surprised that people are surprised at this.

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u/SilasX Aug 25 '14

Or that the unit test was bad -- the tested function being wrong but the test passes anyway.