Debugging (with) your mind

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Examines the cognitive, emotional and mental processes people use when debugging software, treating human thought as the primary debugging tool. Covers how understanding these internal processes can improve one's debugging technique and general programming effectiveness, using psychological and cognitive perspectives rather than specific IDEs or languages.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:44"First actual case of bug being found" 9 September, 1947, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
3. 6:11Debugging is a mental process
4. 9:15Do moods affects programmers' debug performance?
5. 18:31The Insula
6. 22:14lowa Gambling Experiment
7. 25:14We debug our mental model.

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