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Debugging JavaScript Code

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Sometimes it's not the writing of code, but the management of it that gets to us, that drives us up a wall and back to our favorite video game. Why does it work on this machine, not that one? What do you mean, double-equals (==) is bad and triple-equals (===) is good? Why is running tests such a hassle? How should I package this code for distribution? We are plagued by questions, distracted by questions that do not directly bear on the code we are writing.

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© 2015 John Resig, Russ Ferguson, and John Paxton

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Resig, J., Ferguson, R., Paxton, J. (2015). Debugging JavaScript Code. In: Pro JavaScript Techniques. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6392-0_4

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