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Drupal Debugging

Debugging is crucial to successful development, and it is challenging too.

Learning Objectives

Debugging Drupal in a structured way. Debugging tools.

Course Content

It's hard to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
-Steve McConnel

1. Best practices

The presence of bug in a code is not a big deal, but how the developer approaches a bug is important.
https://www.thirdandgrove.com/debug-drupal-five-tips

2. Debugging tools

Developer should be aware of the best tools available to debug.
http://ratatosk.net/drupal/tutorials/debugging-drupal.html

3. Points to note

Best thing to note is, read the code.
More points are here.
http://www.slideshare.net/zyxware/debugging-drupal-how-to-debug-your-dru...

Reference

https://buildamodule.com/video/drupal-6-development-and-tools-testing-an...
http://www.zyxware.com/articles/4132/drupal-how-do-i-debug-drupal-live-s...
http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2459/drupal-debugging-tips-print-and-die

Exercise

Exercise on Drupal Debugging

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