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Video Description
Bugs are inevitable, but finding them doesn't have to be painful! Learn essential debugging techniques that will save you hours of frustration.
What you'll learn:
- Reading error messages (they're trying to help you!)
- Common C# error messages decoded
- Console.WriteLine debugging - the classic approach
- Strategic placement of debug output
- Setting breakpoints in VS Code
- Step through, step over, step into explained
- Watch windows and variable inspection
- Conditional breakpoints for tricky bugs
- The systematic bug-finding process
- Why your breakpoint might not be hitting
Key debugging wisdom:
- Error messages point you to the problem
- Start with the simplest debugging technique
- Breakpoints let you watch your code execute
- Debugging is how you truly learn what your code does
Common mistakes we'll fix:
- NullReferenceException (the #1 C# error)
- "Does not exist in the current context"
- Index out of bounds
- Build vs runtime errors
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Chapters
- 0:00 What We'll Cover
- 0:29 Debugging Is Detective Work
- 0:44 The Error Message Is Your Friend
- 1:14 Common Error Messages Decoded
- 2:04 Console.WriteLine: The Classic Debug
- 3:13 Strategic Console.WriteLine Placement
- 3:55 Breakpoints: Pause Your Code
- 4:10 Set a breakpoint
- 4:42 The Breakpoint is Set
- 4:46 Run the app
- 4:57 Debug Tools
- 5:19 Debugging “Moves”
- 6:11 The Debug Controls
- 6:48 Conditional Breakpoints
- 7:30 The Bug-Finding Process
- 8:29 Why doesn't my breakpoint hit?
- 9:42 Debugging Is Learning
- 9:57 Key Takeaways
- 10:38 Next Up: Garbage Collection
Video Info
- Duration: 11:08
- Published: October 28, 2025
