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What is the correct way to handle debug output in Java?
As my current Java projects grow bigger and bigger, I feel a likewise growing need to insert debug output in several points of my code.
To enable or disable this feature appropriately, depending on ...
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What are the advantages of using the Java debugger over println?
I always use System.out.println(...) to debug my code, and it works pretty well. In which cases do you use the eclipse java debugger? I never had to use it and the little bug symbol is still ab bit ...
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Are there any theories or books about how to debug “in general”?
I read and studied a lot of computer science and engineering and I rarely or never seen a book about debugging or a theory how to debug (though I surely developed some debugging theories of my own).
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How often should I be compiling?
For the longest time I've just done small app development. Building and debugging took a matter of seconds (or should I say - second?). I got fairly used to just debugging to test literally ...
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What's the benefit of avoiding the use of a debugger?
Over the course of my career, I've noticed that some developers don't use debugging tools, but do spot checking on erroneous code to figure out what the problem is.
While many times being able to ...
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Is it possible to prune the stacktrace returned for a custom exception in PHP
I am working on a project in PHP that does a lot of input validation and can throw different custom exception classes in various layers of the application. To make the project code easier to read, ...
