When Trouble Comes: The Basics of Debugging

4/13/01


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When Trouble Comes: The Basics of Debugging

Bugs vs Faults

The First Computer Bug Was A Moth

When Debugging, Think Abstractly

Guidelines For Debugging

Guidelines -- Check obvious

Guidelines -- Isolate error

Guidelines -- Step through process

Guidelines -- Assess Objectively

Example: Building an HTML Table

Tables in HTML

Butterfly Table

Source Page

Steps

Author: Snyder

Email: snyder@cs.washington.edu

Home Page: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/snyder/