> I had a think about where I first learned to use a debugger
replyIs this not taught anymore? I started on borland C (the blue one, dos interface) and debugging was in the curriculum, 25+ years ago. Then moving to visual studio felt natural with the same concepts, even the same shortcuts mostly.
Nothing useful I do in my job was taught by another person in a classroom.
replyClearly, you have been in the wrong classroom.
replyA good number of us were never in any classroom, when it comes to the skills we use in our careers.
replyOr the wrong jobs!
replymy development workflow with python often boils down to repeatedly running `pytest --ff --pdb -x`...
reply- run my tests, running any previous failures first - drop into the debugger when a test fails (or of course, hits a breakpoint) - end the test run after the first failure
use debugger to figure out what went wrong, fix it, wash, rinse, repeat