Calling All Debuggers!

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Hello, My Name is Loki, or LokiCoding.

I started my journey 2024 November. And now at this time got two certs from the curriculum and was happy. I didn’t just think I knew, I knew that I knew what to do. And the help was good.

And that’s what I’m kind of asking for again is some help, but in the debugging world on here at this forum!

I tried my first two attempts and went a little too fast. And learned if can’t see the section may want to figure out how and why. A camper a1 was there to assist me on not correcting but even guiding both of us to the right direction, poster and helper.

To ask, what kind of resources, that are just not up to date but have the viable fundamental of debugging. And last to ask, is there anything you can say besides something I just thought is, think before you type. Not only just words, but also, does this guide to it, does it not give key answers early, and is it even right.

Thanks everyone! And Good Morning!

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I am not sure I understand what you are asking, can you word your questions in a different way?

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Are you asking: How to debug a program and what resources are useful for debugging?

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You can start here (an article on the fundamentals of debugging JavaScript)

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It’s in my 3rd line, sorry for not being so clear it was 5am, and woke up at 3.

I want to debug on the forums and help people. That’s why I was a helper and talked about a1, with a poster.

Just want to learn how to get better at debugging for others and help on the forums.

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the more you do it the more you get better at it

but debugging and helping others are two different skills

for helping others, I suggest this topic: How to Help Someone with Their Code Using the Socratic Method

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If you are helping on fcc specifically this series of steps can be very useful:

Focus on one test at a time:

  • Are there any errors or messages in the console?
  • What is the requirement of the first failing test?
  • Check the related User Story and ensure it’s followed precisely.
  • What line of code implements this?
  • What is the result of the code and does it match the requirement? (Write the value of a variable to the console at that point in the code if needed.)

When you are helping people on the forum, I think it’s important to encourage people to take these steps on their own so they are also learning how to debug.