This blog post is not going to cover the basic topic on how to debug JavaScript code in your browser. We could probably have a full advent calendar covering all the aspects. But I want to introduce a neat little … Read more →
Before we get into some topics in the advent calendar, we need to learn about a browser feature. Therefore, I have changed the order of my planned topics on debugging a bit to have this one earlier. In some of … Read more →
In the very first advent calendar blog post this year, I’ve shown you how to “Getting started with JavaScript debugging“. Today, I want to show some more advanced techniques you can use to debug your code. Different logging types In … Read more →
In the first debugging blog post, we’ve learned about the console.log() method and how it works to debug scalar types or arrays. But there is a nicer way to log arrays or objects in the browser. The console.table() function As … Read more →
It’s that time of the year again. Some of you just celebrated Thanksgiving, while the rest of the world only “celebrated” Black Friday. But I’m speaking about the 24 days before Christmas. Starting in 2015, I’ve set myself the goal … Read more →
This week, I was asked for help setting up Xdebug with PhpStorm on a Linux laptop in combination with Docker. I might write about that in an upcoming blog post, but today, I want to focus on different methods to … Read more →
When developing a plugin or theme, you sometimes want to debug one specific function. This function might be used in a larger context, which makes debugging quite difficult and/or slow. Let’s take the example of a function used in a … Read more →
I regularly maintain about 40 WordPress websites. Updating plugins and themes can cause issue, but updating core usually goes without any issue. Not so this week on a new website I updated for the first time. After the core update … Read more →