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Wes Bos

Wes Bos

XL5G3 Full Stack JavaScript Developer. Creator of really good web development courses. BBQ enthusiast.

Scott Tolinski

Scott Tolinski

Web Developer, NX2V1, Creator of Level Up Tuts, Bboy, Robotops Crew and Youtuber

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Jun 12th, 2019

Debugging Tools + Tips

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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about debugging β€” tools, techniques, and the mindset needed to debug a problem and get through it as quickly as possible.

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Show Notes

1:41 - Tools

21:49 - Network requests

  • Doesn't take place in your site/dom, so might not always have all info in your console, debugger
  • Network tab in dev tools shows you all requests going in and out of your app
  • Filters by type, sees length in request
  • Sees headers, responses and more
  • Failed requests will be red

26:50 - Debugging mindset

  • Check different browsers
  • Check the docs/examples
  • Isolate when possible
  • "What has changed?"
  • Get minimal working code
  • Rubber Duck Debug
  • Step back and re-think

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