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Debugging S

Step by step debugging.

The problem

This exercise is an intro into debugging. It focuses on the step over and step into tools in Eclipse.
Step into enters the next method at the line of code currently being executed. to debug it, while step over executes the next method without entering it in the user interface.

Participants and props

Step by Step Debugging was created in Flash, using 18 frames and screenshots of Eclipse to show where each step over and step into will lead.
Anyone can download the file and go through the exercise on their computer.

The flash file [1]

Made by David Long, Dustin Geckler, and Parker Beaman

The script

Run the flash file. After hitting debug, you are able to choose step over or step into to examine the code further and find the errors.