You can insert and remove breakpoints while running. You can inspect variables the instant you realize they might be relevant.
During my long career, I’ve always been told “You should know you code well enough that a few well placed printfs is the most you’ll need to understand a bug”.
But, most of my career has been spent debugging large volumes of code written by other people. Code I’ve never seen before and usually will never see again.
A debugger making a 10X productivity difference for me is no joke.
During my long career, I’ve always been told “You should know you code well enough that a few well placed printfs is the most you’ll need to understand a bug”.
But, most of my career has been spent debugging large volumes of code written by other people. Code I’ve never seen before and usually will never see again.
A debugger making a 10X productivity difference for me is no joke.