Description
On today's episode, Aurooba manufactures a little bug in her code and then Brian helps debug what's going on. As they debug the code, they discuss the high level approach to debugging, some helpful WordPress tools to make finding problems easier, and discuss the role coding standards can have in helping you debug better.
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Query Monitor – https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/Using either option or options in ACF – https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/get_field/#get-a-value-from-different-objectsThe code from this episode – https://github.com/viewSourcePodcast/viewSource-blocks/blob/debug-episode/functions.phpBrian's website – https://www.briancoords.comAurooba's website – https://aurooba.comviewSource Newsletter – https://viewsource.fm/subscribe
(00:00) - Introduction
(02:55) - How do you debug?
(08:16) - Live debugging a little problem
(09:10) - Giving context for the bug
(11:13) - Using Query Monitor
(14:48) - Talking through the problem
(16:51) - Adding conditionals appropriately
(19:09) - Debugging a functional logic error
(19:44) - Let's var_dump()!
(25:50) - Thinking about what should happen
(32:37) - Providing code feedback
(33:54) - Being more verbose in your code
(34:24) - Naming variables better
(35:43) - Choosing the right kind of conditionals
(37:34) - Conclusion
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