If the data you work with is complex and hard to understand, it's easy to get stuck on them when debugging. Add helper variables to make data much simpler to use and comprehend. Debuggers offer ...

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 ...

PowerShell scripters have a few choices in the editor they can use to write code. Options range from the PowerShell Integrated Script Environment, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Notepad++ and more ...

July 2024 version of the popular code editor also allows users to configure which browser to use for opening links and brings more control to extension updates. Microsoft has released Visual Studio ...

Programming is a constant game of mental Jenga: one line of code stacked upon another, building a tower of code you hope is robust enough not to come crashing down. But it always does, as code never ...

Last week's post provided some tips and tricks for debugging scripts. This week's provides some even better ones! In last week’s posting, I mentioned the -x and -v options that can be used on the ...

I had a hard time finding my first tutorial this morning, since I walked over to the convention center first only to find it wasn't there. The convention center is connected to the Hyatt so you don't ...

In this tip, I'd like to show a simple technique that allows switching between multiple versions of the code at runtime. Often, when I'm testing a new solution, I'd like to run an old version and make ...

If you are used to coding with almost any modern tool except the Arduino IDE, you are probably accustomed to having on-chip debugging. Sometimes having that visibility inside the code makes all the ...