Re:Ask HN: Do you use print() debugging?
by rinrae on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @04:35AM
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in general I don't think it makes that much of a difference.
find what works for you.
(ruby-debug, for example, doesn't feel like a big, heavyweight sledgehammer, so you might just wanna try it out.)
for me, it depends on the complexity of the problem.
when there's something wrong and I have absolutely no idea where to start (which is a bad sign anyway :) ), using the debugger is easier than scattering print statements all over my code. but when one print() will probably tell me what the problem is, I don't bother using the debugger.
(… and thanks for reminding me to learn how to use ruby-debug.)
(ruby-debug, for example, doesn't feel like a big, heavyweight sledgehammer, so you might just wanna try it out.)
for me, it depends on the complexity of the problem.
when there's something wrong and I have absolutely no idea where to start (which is a bad sign anyway :) ), using the debugger is easier than scattering print statements all over my code. but when one print() will probably tell me what the problem is, I don't bother using the debugger.
(… and thanks for reminding me to learn how to use ruby-debug.)