I would be interested in seeing how different people debug, too. I am quite certain that I have not used the debugger as deeply as it can and should be used.
Leif On Jan 25, 2008 2:09 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great points Leif. The debugger in Flex Builder is awesome for sure, > better than digging out trace() schlupt. Interestingly, you can see other > developers trace() too as long as you are running the debug player, so don't > trace(password), eh? Run say Finetune.com or Finetune's AIR app and you > can see all sorts of stuff they left in with trace(). Even those oh so > annoying Flash ads leave trace() in. > > This is starting to smell like a good presentation topic! Anyone > interested in hearing more on debugging Flex apps? > > DK > > > On Jan 25, 2008 1:59 PM, Leif Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > After years of being a Flash and Flex developer, my biggest personal > > peeve with trace() has become the clean-up required after debugging using > > trace(). > > You do a Subversion update, throw in a few trace statements, debug and > > BOOM --- so trace statements that you can't find your own statements... all > > because team members have been debugging and failing to remove all their > > trace statements when they finish. Sad thing is that it drives me crazy > > because I am so guilty of it in the past. > > > > I actually like using Flex Builders debugger. Placing break points in > > strategic positions will always get me more information than a bunch of > > traces. > > > > If you would like an alternative external debugger, you may wish to look > > at Xray (http://osflash.org/xray/). It requires a little more setup, > > though. > > > > Leif > > > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2008 10:29 AM, Andy Edmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > There's a nice blog post on debugging methods: > > > http://www.blog.mediaprojekte.de/tutorials/three-ways-to-debug-an-adobe-air-javascript-application/ > > > > > > Had anyone tried the debugging component from > > > http://www.realeyesmedia.com/redbug/ ? > > > > > > After creating about a 5mb per page load memory leak by sloppy event > > > listeners on an HTMLLoader with the Scrutinizer ( > > > http://about.stompernet.com/scrutinizer), the profiling features sound > > > pretty good! > > > > > > -A > > > > > > > > > Douglas Knudsen wrote: > > > > > > Debugging got you down? enter the trace(). For those from a Flash > > > back background, this is old news. Trace() in ActionScript will write to > > > the flashlog.txt file. This occurs ONLY with the debug Flash Player. > > > This is a great non-intrusive way to debug your code as it does not appear > > > in the UI. You can keep the file open in a text editor or even get fancy > > > and run a tail on it. > > > > > > You can navigate to this URL to verify that you have the Flash Debug > > > Player installed > > > http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19245&sliceId=1 > > > > > > > > > This URL lists all the Flash Players to download > > > http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html > > > > > > Some URLs on where to find flashlog.txt and set it up if its not > > > already > > > > > > http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19323&sliceId=2 > > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/client_debug_print.html > > > > > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Book_Parts&file=logging_125_04.html > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > peas > > > > > > -- > > > Douglas Knudsen > > > http://www.cubicleman.com > > > this is my signature, like it? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe > > > in the subject line > > > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe > > > in the subject line > > > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > > the subject line > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
