The Debugging Book: Introduction to Debugging

In this book, we want to explore _debugging_ - the art and science of fixing bugs in computer software. In particular, we want to explore techniques that _automatically_ answer questions like: Where is the bug? When does it occur? And how can we repair it? But before we start automating the debugging process, we first need to understand what this process is. In this chapter, we introduce basic concepts of systematic software debugging and the debugging process, and at the same time get acquainted with Python and interactive notebooks.