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<node id="996832" title="Re: When my script doesn't work, I ..." created="2012-10-02 06:20:27" updated="2012-10-02 06:20:27">
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Anique</author>
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Debug until I drop&lt;br&gt;
(includes writing  &lt;code&gt;say 'Checkpoint 1';&lt;/code&gt; every other line - increasing the number of course)&lt;br&gt;
Go home about five minutes before the office closes&lt;br&gt;
Get back to work next morning (after dreaming about bugs)&lt;br&gt;
Look at code for a few minutes&lt;br&gt;
Find the obvious bug (often assignment instead of comparison, or using the wrong variable name)&lt;br&gt;
Smack myself&lt;br&gt;
Do happy dance that everything works now&lt;br&gt;
Further development&lt;br&gt;
Create bug&lt;br&gt;
restart cycle...&lt;br&gt;</field>
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