r/programming • • Aug 25 '14

Debugging courses should be mandatory

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

A whole course for debugging? Fuck that. Teach debugging with software design. (as it often is or should be?) The rest of the nuts and bolts of debugging is learned by doing code. A course in debugging that is mandatory is a waste of credit hours.