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Stubbornly avoiding debuggers in my first year of coding was a mistake I won't repeat.
I thought real programmers figured things out on their own, but now I see debuggers as essential tools for learning.
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barbara847mo ago
In my intro CS class at State College, the professor banned debuggers for the first semester. He said using them too much keeps you from learning how code really runs. Sometimes just using print statements makes you figure out the code better.
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mark_lee757mo ago
Back in my CS101 days, I probably wrote more print statements than actual code. It forced me to understand every line before moving on. Looking back, that messy approach was oddly effective for learning.
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