Debugging

What is Debugging?

It is a systematic process of spotting and fixing the number of bugs, or defects, in a piece of software so that the software is behaving as expected. Debugging is harder for complex systems in particular when various subsystems are tightly coupled as changes in one system or interface may cause bugs to emerge in another.

Debugging is a developer activity and effective debugging is very important before testing begins to increase the quality of the system. Debugging will not give confidence that the system meets its requirements completely but testing gives confidence.