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Hassan ElDesouky

Software Engineer at Apple

Mar 29, 2022

How Debuggers Work

In the last couple of days, I've been wondering how debuggers work and how can I implement a small debugger. I tried to watch some videos and read a few articles to understand better how they work. Then decided to write some notes on what I found. In...

hassaneldesouky.hashnode.dev7 min read

#computer-science #debug #compiler #software-development #programming

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Syed Qasim Abbas

Exploring Software Development Like a Student

Well, debugging is a process of software testing

Diego Ballesteros (Relatable Code)

Senior Software Developer (Relatable Code)

Great article! Was always curious about how debuggers worked under the hood.

Another small thanks for listing the resources as well.

Jorge Romero

That was something else!

I got the broad panorama of debugging. It will be useful for when I do some research on my own. Thanks! Hassan ElDesouky

Up until now I was a "console.log()" programmer XD

Monica Matthews

Getting better in tech each day

Great write-up. 👏 Thanks for sharing.