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Googling the Error Message
The document discusses debugging errors in code. It recommends first looking at the code and stack trace for clues, then searching online for the error message. If the problem remains unsolved, it advises posting on forums like StackOverflow, providing thorough technical context and details of attempts to solve it yourself. Finally, it emphasizes debugging independently before seeking outside help.
Googling the Error Message
- 1. FIXING GOOGLING THE ERRORMESSAGE Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 2. BREAKIN G THE UNDERSTANDING THE ERROR TomLous - @tomlous
- 3. UNDERSTANDING THE ERROR WE’VEALL EXPERIENCED ERRORS AND EXCEPTIONS IN OUR CODE Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 4. UNDERSTANDING THE ERROR SEEMSOVERWHELMING FOR BEGINNERS ▸ BUT THE CLUE IS MOST OF THE TIME IN THE STACK TRACE Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 5. UNDERSTANDING THE ERROR SOMETIMESIT’S LESS OBVIOUS ▸not (always) repeatable ▸warning instead of error ▸inside async thread ▸works on my machine ▸events leading to message are unclear Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 6. FIXING THE ERROR STEPSTO TAKE ▸Look at the code ▸Debug the code ▸Have someone else look at the code ▸Write tests ▸Go online and search Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 7. FIXING THE ERROR GOOGLEIS YOUR FRIEND ▸only the relevant message ▸use “ “ to search for the exact message ▸remove local info Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 8. FIXING THE ERROR GOOGLEIS NOT ALWAYS YOUR FRIEND OR Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 9. FIXING THE ERROR …NOT EVEN WHEN THERE IS 1 HIT Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 10. SHARE THE PROBLEM POSTYOUR PROBLEM ▸Any Tech Community Forum, like: ▸StackOverflow.com Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 11. STACKOVERFLOW.COM WHAT IS IT? ▸Q&Asite for programmers ▸Built & run by the community Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 12. STACKOVERFLOW.COM SEARCH FIRST ▸Was asimilar question posted before? ▸Avoid basic questions Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 13. STACKOVERFLOW.COM DO YOUR OWNWORK ▸Don’t ask the community to do your work for you Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 14. STACKOVERFLOW.COM DO YOUR OWNWORK (2) ▸Don’t just dump your problem Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 15. STACKOVERFLOW.COM PROVIDE CONTEXT ▸Don’t justask questions out of the blue Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 16. STACKOVERFLOW.COM WRITE THE PERFECTQUESTION ▸Imagine you’re trying to answer the question ▸Provide a good title: should be a question. ▸Give technical context ▸What language / platform / framework & versions ▸Give operational context: ▸What should happen, what happend, what did you already try? ▸Formulate your problem statement ▸Give sample code & data ▸Check spelling, grammar & formatting Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 17. FINALLY CONCLUSION ▸Write code yourself,everyone started as a beginner ▸Failure is always an option. Make many mistakes as fast as possible ▸Try to solve it yourself first, if all else fails ask community for help Tom Lous - @tomlous
- 18. FINALLY BUT MOST OFALL ▸HAVE FUN! Tom Lous - @tomlous