82Debug & testEssential

Debugging

The process of locating, analysing and fixing problems so the program runs normally again.

For example

I worked through the error line by line and finally found and fixed the problem.

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Give me a step-by-step debugging plan for this bug, with what to check at each step.

Related terms

An error or problem in a program that makes it behave unexpectedly.

For example

The page errors after I click save — that is a bug.

Finding the cause of a problem and fixing it.

For example

I debugged step by step from the error and found a typo in a variable name.

Information a program records automatically while running, used to trace problems.

For example

I read the runtime log and found why the API call failed.