I don't know why this is such a controversial topic. The debugger is just another tool in the developer's toolbox. I'm a huge proponent of TDD, and when you get code with a high percentage of code coverage, I hardly ever go into a debugger. There are other times when, even when all incidental complexity is removed from a code base, there is enough intrinsic complexity that when things break, its faster to just go and look what is really being returned by a function, or the order of events. A debugger is really good for that.
Heck a debugger is a good tool to learn about a new framework - set some breakpoints in code you don't yet understand and step through it until you understand it. So - my opinion - reducing the functionality of the debugger (moving from DevMode to SDM, for example) is in fact a loss of useful features and a reduction in the power of the tools at my disposal. I can use SDM - but it only covers like 50% of the functionality I use in a JVM debugger. On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 12:29:53 PM UTC-5, Ed wrote: > > @Frank: you are absolutely right, but it's difficult to generalize this, > as it highly depends on your situation. > > On 10 December 2015 at 18:01, Frank <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> If you have to read code for hours to solve a problem without a debugger >> I think you have some bigger problems with your code than some bugs... >> (code structure) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "GWT Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/google-web-toolkit/IfLWnnCf9rM/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
