Debugging is a big part of software development. To effectively debug, you must be able to “think” like a computer and dive into the code, deconstructing every step that lead to the logic error that you’re working to resolve. In the beginning of computer programming, there weren’t a lot of tools to help in debugging. Mostly, debugging involved taking a look at your code and spotting inconsistencies; then resubmitting the code to be compiled again. Today, every IDE offers the ability of using breakpoints and inspecting memory variables, making it much easier to debug. Outside the IDE there are other tools ...
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Josh Juneau, Java 9 Recipes, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1976-8_11
11. Debugging and Unit Testing
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