Rub-A-Dub Rubber Duck: Don't be Afraid to Debug!
summary
Concrete debugging tactics and what they accomplish: read and parse Python error types to locate syntax runtime or logical faults, form and test explicit hypotheses, reproduce bugs on another machine, bisect by commenting or copying blocks, use print/pdb and linters (pyflakes pylint pep8) and the django-debug-toolbar for Django. Practical claim: explaining the problem out loud often reveals the fix — rubber duck debugging — and yes there are 200 rubber ducks on hand as a literal prompt to try it.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 4:56Debugging Strategies
- 5:19Error Messages
- 5:54Types of Error Messages
- 7:45Runtime Errors or Exceptions
- 9:17Common Types of Runtime Errors
- 9:56Using a Try and Accept Block
- 10:54Logical Errors
- 13:15Rubber Duck Debugging
- 14:38Come Up with Different Hypotheses
- 16:40Commenting Out Parts of Code
- 20:26Django Debug Tool
- 21:25Ask for Help
