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I had a think about where I first learned to use a debugger. The combo of M$ making it easy for .NET and VB6 and working professionally and learning from others
by giveita 1y ago
I had a think about where I first learned to use a debugger. The combo of M$ making it easy for .NET and VB6 and working professionally and learning from others was key. Surprised it is less popular. Tests have made it less necessary perhaps BUT debugging a unit test is a killer move. You quickly get to the breakpoint and can tweak the scenario.
- NitpickLawyer 1y ago> I had a think about where I first learned to use a debugger Is this not taught anymore? I started on borland C (the blue one, dos interface) and debugging was in the curriculum, 25+ years ago. Then moving to visual studio felt natural with the same concepts, even the same shortcuts mostly.
- giveita 1y agoNothing useful I do in my job was taught by another person in a classroom.
- cluckindan 1y agoClearly, you have been in the wrong classroom.
- giveita 1y agoOr the wrong jobs!
- marssaxman 1y agoA good number of us were never in any classroom, when it comes to the skills we use in our careers.
- robertfw 1y agomy development workflow with python often boils down to repeatedly running `pytest --ff --pdb -x`... - run my tests, running any previous failures first - drop into the debugger when a test fails (or of course, hits a breakpoint) - end the test run after the first failure use debugger to figure out what went wrong, fix it, wash, rinse, repeat