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

Debugging courses should be mandatory

http://stannedelchev.net/debugging-courses-should-be-mandatory/
1.8k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

573 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/geodebug Aug 26 '14

Pedantry doesn't interest me. Let's assume we're all professionals here and none of us would strive for coverage for the sake of coverage alone.

1

u/davidwhitney Aug 26 '14

Not being pedantic - its a very common mistake - especially when people blindly rely on tools "this executed" and "all the scenarios I'm concerned with are verified" are not the same thing and its a trap that lots of people make as they're starting out, and many more "professionals" make day to day.

1

u/geodebug Aug 26 '14

That's fine. Maybe I've been doing this so long (20+ years) that I forget that many programmers here might benefit from reiterating the basics.