debugging course

Question

I have seen memes about some languages like C/C++, where developers wasting like 90% of their time on debugging their code.
Which i find it true because the first years i started learning coding there was 0 chances to write 100 lines of code in a row and have 0 issues. So it means debugging is sometimes more important than coding itself.

I haven't seen any sololearn course about general debugging or good practices to prevent the need of debugger or having debugging chapters in their courses.

Don't you think is a logical idea?
Did they had it in the past but it removed now for any reason?

Answer 1

i think some courses have or had "fix the code task" and general explanations what debugging is.

i also think that "learning by doing" is more effective than just descriptions. a module on unit testing would be cool though?

Answer 2

Lisa that's not really de-bugging but compiling errors. A bug is a error that pass compiling but its logically wrong and will cause issues like output wrong results

Answer 3

I have considered making a series of profile posts on debugging. No time to do it, though.
https://www.sololearn.com/post/449464/?ref=app

Answer 4

yeah, i was rather thinking of the "good practice" strand. unit testing would be more of an "advanced" topic.

also lessons on writing docstrings and the like would be useful.

Answer 5

Lisa yeah, while debugging process can be too advanced for coders, it's something they need and yes i agree with the docstrings too even if is not so related to programming