CS Debugging

Bugs

Programming mistakes that cause errors or make your code work not as expected

Debugging

The process of finding and fixing bugs

Syntax errors

Mistakes in the symbols used

Logical errors

The program doesn’t behave as you intended but the syntax is fine

Debugger

A software tool that allows you to 1) control how the program runs, and 2) display/change values of all variables

Exhaustive testing

Try all possible values

Bounds testing

Try values at/near the values tested by your conditionals. The values that change the control flow of a program

White box testing

You know the code, so make sure you try different values such that you execute every code block

Black box testing

You’re testing a program, but you don’t know the code, and so can’t possibly know all control flow paths