best resources for learning debugging

[maelle]

• https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/debug.html (I like the explanations of the benefits of traceback)
• https://rstats.wtf/debugging-r-code.html -- distinction between your/other people's code, also R Markdown debugging https://rstats.wtf/debugging-r-code.html#debugging-in-r-markdown-documents
• https://adv-r.hadley.nz/debugging.html
• https://www.rstudio.com/resources/webinars/debugging-techniques-in-rstudio/
• https://github.com/jennybc/debugging#readme

[maelle]

• also knowing how to navigate source code (in an IDE) / look for things via e.g. GitHub (searching for a variable name in a repo). Maybe make a diagram of functions. Also https://patricia.no/2019/03/29/reading_other_peoples_code.html

[maelle]

• https://www.jimhester.com/talk/2019-crug-debugging/

[maelle]

• https://www.jimhester.com/post/2018-03-30-debugging-journey/ reminds me of https://wizardzines.com/comics/track-your-progress/
• https://blog.r-hub.io/2020/02/20/processx-blocked-sigchld/
• https://reside-ic.github.io/blog/debugging-and-fixing-crans-additional-checks-errors/
• https://reside-ic.github.io/blog/debugging-memory-errors-with-valgrind-and-gdb/

[maelle]

• https://www.rstudio.com/resources/rstudioconf-2019/box-plots-a-case-study-in-debugging-and-perseverance/ (https://speakerdeck.com/karawoo/box-plots-a-case-study-in-debugging-and-perseverance)

[maelle]

step 0 is cloning and building the repo, step -1 is someone writing easy-to-read and well commented code but can it always be easy to understand.

[maelle]

• https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/1409513645256630274
• https://chelseatroy.com/2020/05/05/transcript-debugging-techniques-for-uncertain-times/ recommended in that same thread

[maelle]

• https://twitter.com/kvlly/status/1385573317277532162
• https://twitter.com/cogscimom/status/1354508785365078016

[maelle]

• https://www.allthingsgit.com/episodes/learning_a_new_codebase_with_patricia_aas.html

[maelle]

https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/1403405539971842052

[maelle]

• https://jvns.ca/blog/2019/06/23/a-few-debugging-resources/
• https://jvns.ca/blog/debugging-attitude-matters/
• https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/06/08/reasons-why-bugs-might-feel-impossible/

[maelle]

https://twitter.com/sharlagelfand/status/1031976172299661313 & https://twitter.com/sharlagelfand/status/1278052903744344064