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iOS Debugging Fundamentals

Nothing is more frustrating than haphazardly hoping to find the cause of bugs in your apps. Become strategic in your iOS debugging efforts! Combine problem solving skills and Xcode’s debugging tools to maximize your bug fixing potential.

Beginner
1h 25m
(27)

Created by Andrew Bancroft

Last Updated Dec 23, 2019

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iOS Debugging Fundamentals

Nothing is more frustrating than haphazardly hoping to find the cause of bugs in your apps. Become strategic in your iOS debugging efforts! Combine problem solving skills and Xcode’s debugging tools to maximize your bug fixing potential.

Beginner
1h 25m
(27)

Created by Andrew Bancroft

Last Updated Dec 23, 2019

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Bugs are bound to happen. Getting rid of them is an essential skill if you want to keep your sanity when building apps. In this course, iOS Debugging Fundamentals, you will learn a set of thinking skills to couple with the fundamental tools that Xcode provides you for finding and fixing flaws in your apps. First, you will learn to approach debugging situations with a set of principles for strategic problem solving. Next, you will discover how to configure breakpoints and inspect view hierarchies effectively. Finally, you will explore how to interpret a backtrace, glean valuable information from the Xcode debug area and console, locate changes in your codebase and simulate conditions that happen in the wild. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to strategically and methodically reason about probable causes of defects that you experience at runtime.

iOS Debugging Fundamentals
Beginner
1h 25m
(27)
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Andrew Bancroft
12 courses 4.6 author rating 248 ratings

Andrew Bancroft is a born learner, passionate about discovery and about sharing what he’s learned with others. He has embraced Swift for iOS development since day zero, and loves empowering developers to succeed at building iOS apps with Swift.

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