Re: [xsl] Do you run your XSLT code from a debugger? What debugger do you use?

["Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  Do you run your XSLT code from a debugger? If so, what debugger do you
use?

Extremely rarely - almost never.

If most important processing is done within an XPath expression, then an
XSLT debugger is of little help.

Does someone offer an XPath debugger?

Thanks,
Dimitre

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 7:10 AM Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> From John Carmack:
>
> A debugger is how you get a view into a system that's too complicated to
> understand.
>
> "I can understand the system just by reading the code and thinking about
> it."
>
> That's an insane statement. You can't even read all the code on a big
> system. You have to do experiments on it. Adding debug statements,
> recompiling, and re-running it is an incredibly inefficient way of doing
> things. Yes, you can always get things done even if you're working with
> stone knives and bear skins, but it's amazing what you can do with much
> better tools.
>
> When I'm working on code I'm always running it from the debugger. The
> first thing I do after writing code is set a breakpoint and step through
> the code and see if it's actually doing what I expected it to do. Other
> people say , "Oh I do that in my head." Well, your head is a faulty
> interpreter. The debugger is a kind of companion. It's like you're coding
> in an interactive way with another being.
>
> -       John Carmack (https://youtu.be/I845O57ZSy4?t=3512)
>
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> Do you run your XSLT code from a debugger? If so, what debugger do you use?
>
> /Roger