Debugging Program

In this chapter we will look at ways to find errors in our code, including the Eclipse Debugger.

Objectives

• Add System.out.println() statements in code to write data to the screen, for help in isolating bugs.
• Use the Eclipse Debugger to stop programs and examine variable values.

Topics

• What is Debugging?
• Commenting Out Code
• Manual Output in Code
• Making Debugging Print Statements Conditional
• Tools to Debug Programs
• Debugging in Eclipse
• The Debug Perspective
• Breakpoints
• Examining Variables
• Controlling Program Execution
• Labs

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