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Stop Using Print and Die Statements

Sam Ringleman on June 24, 2019

Today we are going to go over debugging 101 tips for using print or die statements. Discussing what you should do & why. The tips presented her...
 
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Sam Ringleman

Definitely! You will only get better and understand your code much better! In fact for most other languages a debugger use is considered a required skill. My next post is about using the debugger in Firefox, which directly translates to Chrome as well. If you would like I can let you know when that is live 😊

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Sam Ringleman

I may be a bit extreme in this article, I still use these statements, just not nearly as much as I used to. There is definitely a time and place, but the debugger it such an invaluable tool.

 
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Awesome! I will do just that!

And I don't use vscode. I am a big Jetbrains person. But I would be happy to put together a tutorial! Thank you for the recommendation, I really appreciate it!