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0 pointsvlunkr4y ago0 comments

This post by Aaron Patterson made me realize it's fine to debug with print statements

https://tenderlovemaking.com/2016/02/05/i-am-a-puts-debugger...

In rare cases I pull out a real debugger, but most of the time the right prints in the right places are just as good. I can also iterate much faster because I'm not jumping between the code the the debugger, or pulling the debugger out of the loop it's stuck in.

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therealjumbo4y ago

I've come to the conclusion that it's a good skill to have since it's (or logging which is basically the same) the only debugging method that's always guaranteed to be available. For example there's lots of build and CI tools out there that have no Real Debugger.

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0 pointsvlunkr4y ago0 comments

This post by Aaron Patterson made me realize it's fine to debug with print statements

https://tenderlovemaking.com/2016/02/05/i-am-a-puts-debugger...

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therealjumbo4y ago

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