From the course: Learning JavaScript Debugging
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Introducing our friend, the debugger - JavaScript Tutorial
From the course: Learning JavaScript Debugging
Introducing our friend, the debugger
- [Instructor] The tool we'll be using in this course is called a debugger, or sometimes a stepwise debugger. Almost every programming language has one of these, so once you get a feel for using one in JavaScript, you'll be able to take that knowledge and apply it directly to PHP, C, Python, whatever. My intention in this course is to teach you not how to write code, but how to use the debugger to better understand your code, so you can finish projects more quickly. A debugger is software that lets you closely inspect what's happening in other software in real-time. It's one of the most effective tools we have for finding and squashing bugs, and fortunately, in JavaScript, debuggers are quite easy to use. With many other languages, you have to install extra software to use a debugger. But the main engines we all use for JavaScript, web browsers, all have debuggers built in and ready to go. These aren't the only option for JavaScript, but for web work, they're just the ticket. As we'll…
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