Debugging Tactics Chart

DEBUGGING TACTICS HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS TAKE A WALK READ THE DOCS USE BREAKPOINTS 1ST PAGE of GOOGLING TALK TO A RUBBER DUCK 5TH PAGE of GOOGLING RUN THE SAME CODE AGAIN, HOPE IT MAGICALLY WORKS NOW PRINT("HERE!") HOW OFTEN I TRY IT

A hand-drawn chart compares common debugging tactics by effectiveness and how often they are tried. The joke is that less effective methods like rerunning the same code or printing “HERE!” are used far more often than reading documentation or taking a walk, poking fun at programmers’ debugging habits.

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