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| Unfortunately, it is difficult to write bug-free programs. A good debugger is very helpful tracking down errors. On the Tardis cluster (public ITET computer rooms) we recommend to use the Data Display Debugger (DDD, a GUI variant for the commandline tool {{{gdb}}}). DDD supports a variety of programming languages: Ada, C, C++, Chill, Fortran, Java, Modula, Pascal, Perl, Python. | It is difficult to write bug-free programs. A good debugger is helpful tracking down errors. On the Tardis cluster (public ITET computer room workstations) we recommend to use DDD (Data Display Debugger). DDD is a graphical user interface ''frontend'' (GUI) for a variety of command line debuggers that accompany the respective programming languages, e.g. the {{{gdb}} debugger that belongs to the gcc/ g++ suite. Thus, debugging Java, Perl and Python with DDD is also supported. |
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| For a current list go to the DDD manual (man ddd). | For a current list of all supported languages, consult the DDD manual (man ddd). |
Debugging
It is difficult to write bug-free programs. A good debugger is helpful tracking down errors. On the Tardis cluster (public ITET computer room workstations) we recommend to use DDD (Data Display Debugger). DDD is a graphical user interface frontend (GUI) for a variety of command line debuggers that accompany the respective programming languages, e.g. the debugger that belongs to the gcc/ g++ suite. Thus, debugging Java, Perl and Python with DDD is also supported.
For a current list of all supported languages, consult the DDD manual (man ddd).