A student raises his hand, sounding irritated and wronged. The look on this 11-year-old’s face seems almost accusatory; his code is not running and he sounds as if it is the teacher’s fault. During my ...

Make it a habit to dig deeper and find more information about the issue before starting to debug a non-trivial issue. For example: is this a new problem? If so, starting when? Is this only visible to ...

If you have ever tried to debug optimized code, you probably realized that it can be a frustrating experience. Without optimizations, your debugger is a reliable assistant, precisely following every ...