Episode 29: Start With Logging: A Whirlwind Tour of the Many Worlds of Debugging with Amal Hussein

Show Notes

[00:03:13] Amal tells us her background story and Tessa asks about her interests with debugging and why she is so passionate about it.

[00:07:22] Amal tells us her journey to debugging, how she got better at it, and if she was trying to teach somebody who’s new to debugging where they would start.

[00:11:26] Ari and Ben share debugging stories and Amal shares some advice.

[00:22:29] Tessa tells us experiences she’s had with Vue and getting bugs and it’s been a common experience across Vue, Angular, Angular JS, and React, so she wants to know when you get into this kind of situation what would you do there?

[00:26:48] Amal talks more about the profiling part.

[00:32:30] For all the beginners out there in terms of performance for the front end, Amal shares a tip for starting out.

[00:37:15] Ari asks Amal how do you break that habit in an organization of just assuming that because a bug manifests in the UI that it’s a UI problem?

[00:42:08] In regard to logging, Amal tells us her thoughts on the application monitoring tools, like Sentry.

[00:46:25] Having good Handshakes between the errors is discussed more in depth.

[00:53:48] Amal gives us a quick hit list of when, how, and why you would debug, and best practices for debugging. She mentions console.trace and minds are blown!

[00:00:00] Amal tells us where you can find her on the internet.

Picks of the week:
[00:57:15] Ben has two picks: A show called, When I See You Again (Netflix) and Diablo 3 (PC / Mac / Switch / PS4 / XBOX.
[00:58:27] Ari has two picks: A show called, An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (Netflix) and HelloFresh.
[00:59:22] Amal has two picks: A show called, Indian Matchmaking (Netflix) and The Web.
[01:01:39] Tessa has two picks: A show called, Crash Landing on You (Netflix) and Phoenix Wright: Ace Academy-Spirit of Justice (iOS, Android, N3DS).

Resources mentioned:
Amal Hussein Twitter
Amal Hussein GitHub
Pino-GitHub
Sentry
Console.trace
When I See You Again - Netflix
Diablo 3 (PC / Mac / Switch / PS4 / XBOX
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn - Netflix
HelloFresh
Indian Matchmaking - Netflix
The Web
사랑의 불시착 (Crash Landing on You) - Netflix
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice (iOS, Android, N3DS)

Special Guest: Amal Hussein.

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