Is this really still a debate? If using tool helps, use the damn tool. Each project is different, there isn't a golden rule for this shit arghhh. You might n

Is this really still a debate? If using tool helps, use the damn tool. Each project is different, there isn't a golden rule for this shit arghhh. You might not need to use a debugger often, but number of times I have seen a young dev too cool (or lazy to learn/configure) for a debugger waste time poking about making random guesses, when a simple break point would of told them the problem in a couple of seconds. Literally seen them waste hours inventing all sorts of improbable reasons why it doesn't work. I don't use a debugger very often, but I have been programming a long time and hit my head on so many bugs I can make very good predictions where an issue might be. That takes time, tying to emulate very experienced people when your not is foolhardy.