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rubber duck debugging

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Also known as rubber ducking

debugging method, in which a programmer explains code, line-by-line, to an inanimate object ("rubber duck") or to another person, until the incongruity between what the code should do and actually does becomes apparent

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Instance of
technique
Subclass of
Q845566
Named after
rubber duck
Image
Rubber duck assisting with debugging.jpg
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Commons category
Rubber duck debugging
described by source
The Pragmatic Programmer
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