Is print debugging good enough?
Let’s debate debugging techniques! Do you print debug or dive deep into debugging tools? KBall & Jerod argue that print statements are all you need while Amal & guest Eric Clemmons take the other side. Who will win and why will it be Jerod? 😉
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Duncan
2023-06-23T16:23:02Z ago
There’s a simple reason why adding and removing print statements to debug is categorically wrong: You shouldn’t have to modify a program to be able to debug it, because then it’s no longer the same program.
Jerod Santo
Omaha, Nebraska
Jerod co-hosts The Changelog, crashes JS Party, and takes out the trash (his old code) once in awhile.
2023-06-23T17:26:31Z ago
The purist inside me would be 100% with you, but my pragmatist killed him off years ago…