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Finish up the debugging post. My take on #11
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shagie committed Mar 26, 2016
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title: The third into to CS assignment
title: Debugging - The third intro to CS assignment
date: 2016-03-26 18:07:26 -0500
categories: coding debugging
author: MichaelT
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While the creative process of writing code is something that we got into programming for, it is the understanding and extending of existing code along with debugging that is the daily task of programmers everywhere.

My biggest lament when reading questions on programming sites is what appears to be either the willful disregard of the tools available, or the expectation that someone else can do it. At times, it can feel like talking to my niece and nephew. With my niece at times it was a challenge to get her to read it rather than hand off something that she should be able to read to an adult. My nephew (a bit younger) coming up to you with the story you've read dozens of times before and asking you to read a story. This is ok for people in their single digits of years upon this world (though a bit trying at times). On the other hand, for someone who is going into programming to essentially act the same as my niece and nephew with "debug this code for me" or "tell me what this does" is unacceptable. It makes me wonder how long it will take for me to get the next new hire to be able to debug code on their own without needing to go to someone and ask how to sound out another word.
My biggest lament when reading questions on programming sites is what appears to be either the willful disregard of the tools available, or the expectation that someone else can do it. At times, it can feel like talking to my niece and nephew. With my niece at times it was a challenge to get her to read it rather than hand off something that she should be able to read to an adult. While my nephew (a bit younger) comes up to you with the story you've read dozens of times before and asking you to read a story. This is ok for people in their half decade upon this world (though a bit trying at times). On the other hand, for someone who is going into programming to essentially act the same as my niece and nephew with "debug this code for me" or "tell me what this does" is unacceptable. It makes me wonder how long it will take for me to get the next new hire to be able to debug code on their own without needing to go to someone and ask how to sound out another word.

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