IDE Debuggers Are A Crutch - Lessons Learned

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Get started for free on IBM Cloud → https://ibm.biz/sign-up-today Code-Debug-Repeat. It's the canonical cycle of programming every developer learns. In support of this approach, IDE source-level debuggers have enabled fast and easy insights into the variables and execution path when developing code. But are these debuggers really helpful? Long-time developer Dan Kehn argues you're doing yourself a disservice by relying too much on debuggers and that there's a better, more scalable approach. Subscribe to see more videos like this in the future → http://ibm.biz/subscribe-now

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