Debugging ni kipengele muhimu sana cha kufuatilia makosa, kuboresha performance, na kuhakikisha code yako inafanya kazi ipasavyo. Hapa tutapitia mbinu na tools bora kwa PHP na JavaScript.

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🧠 1. KUFAMU DHANA YA DEBUGGING

Debugging ni mchakato wa kubaini, kufuatilia, na kurekebisha makosa (errors/bugs) kwenye code.
Mbinu za debugging zinahakikisha code yako ni reliable, maintainable, na performant.

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⚙️ 2. DEBUGGING TOOLS KWA PHP
2.1 Xdebug

PHP extension ya debugging

Huunganisha IDE yako (VSCode, PhpStorm) na PHP

Features: step debugging, breakpoints, stack traces, profiling

Installation example (Ubuntu):

sudo apt install php-xdebug


Enable in php.ini:

zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.start_with_request=yes

2.2 PHP Built-in Functions

var_dump($var) – Onyesha structure ya variable

print_r($var) – Print readable array/object

debug_backtrace() – Angalia call stack

error_log("Message") – Rekodi errors kwenye log

Mfano:

$user = ['name'=>'Faustine','role'=>'Admin'];
var_dump($user);
error_log("User data accessed: " . print_r($user, true));

2.3 Logging & Profiling

Monolog – Advanced logging library kwa PHP

XHProf / Tideways – Profiler kwa PHP performance

⚙️ 3. DEBUGGING TOOLS KWA JAVASCRIPT
3.1 Browser Developer Tools

Available kwa Chrome, Firefox, Edge

Features:

Console (errors, logs)

Network tab (requests, responses)

Sources tab (breakpoints, step debugging)

Performance tab (profiling scripts)

Mfano wa console log:

let user = {name: "Faustine", role: "Admin"};
console.log("User object:", user);
console.table([user]);

3.2 Node.js Debugging

Run Node script with --inspect:

node --inspect index.js


Connect with Chrome DevTools or VSCode debugger

3.3 JavaScript Linters & Tools

ESLint – Detect errors, enforce code style

Prettier – Auto format code for readability

Jest – Unit testing and debugging

🧩 4. BEST PRACTICES KWA DEBUGGING

✅ Use breakpoints instead of scattering var_dump() everywhere
✅ Always disable debug output in production
✅ Use logging for persistent record of errors
✅ Profile performance before optimizing
✅ Combine PHP and JS debugging tools for full-stack projects

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