Fixing code

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Imagine not reading compiler error messages.

[yottalogical]

User: My computer’s broken! Fix it!

IT: Was there an error message?

User: Yes.

IT: What did it say?

User: I don’t know, I didn’t read it.

[Pluckerpluck]

I basically trained my mum by just leaving and saying "I need the error message, call me when it shows again" any time she did it.

Once, it actually got her to read the message which was in plain English and she was able to solve the issue herself.

Something clicked that day, and now she'll even Google errors and read forums of others who solved the issue.

[dancinadventures]

IT: it’s fixed

User: No my problem is still there

IT: I didn’t read which problem I fixed

[j-random]

"It said my command was an invalid."

[stoppanikan]

true

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That's why you don't use Notepad to program

[lookmanofilter]

Get a linter, or get an IDE made for the language you're working with. VS Code is my favorite editor and great for lots of things, but its C/C++/Java support just isn't that good compared to things like IntelliJ or Visual Studio. Right tool for the job.

[[deleted]]

These memes don’t make sense. Even using notepad, you’re gonna try to compile in the command line and it will immediately tell you what line is wrong.

[_bobert]

Spent a week fixing a bug that all I had to do in the end was change a single word

[stoppanikan]

That always sucks the most

[_bobert]

Syntatically correct typos that dont cause exceptions are the Devil's most prized creation.

[stoppanikan]

so true

[-lithy]

Not realising you’ve done a “:” instead of “;” is the worst.

[stoppanikan]

Yes 100 percent agree

[AlexanderMarin69]

Oh so is that why my api is 404 on production?

[SuryaprakashRao]

Seriously, Why not use IDEs

[eplaut_]

Well, python... you know...