I keep reading about questions regarding debugging software, what is this software and what exactly does it do. I have a debugging program for another database manager program, and when you start debug, it executes each line of code one at a time and tells if the line of code is true or false, so you can isolate a coding issue. Is this what Arduino's debug software does, or something else.
Hi @rbryce1
Yes, that is approximately what the Arduino IDE 2.x integrated sketch debugger (as well as other debuggers) does.
You can learn more from this tutorial:
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Yes, a debugger would allow you to single-step your code.
Also:
- Step into/out of/over functions
- Set breakpoints
- Manually halt (break) execution, and start again
- Examine & modify memory (including registers)
This wasn't available in Arduino IDE 1; it's one of the New Things in IDE 2
It is pretty much de rigueur in any other microcontroller "IDE".
Thanks, will be looking into this more.
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