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Message: <blockquote data-quote="x-pert" data-source="post: 2271938" data-attributes="member: 837"> b) How is debugging approached in a simple programming environment where the programmer has only the standard output facilities of the programming language to use for this purpose?If the programmer has only the standard output facility, then he can't go through coding line by line rught? So all he can do is just use a simple set oftest data and check whether he gets the expected output. e.g. If the program is suppose to add 2 numbers and show the result, then the programmer can input several numbers and check whether the expected is happening or not. That is called black box testing in simple terms. (for more Google black box testing)c) What extra facilities to assist in debugging might be provided in a more extensive development environment? Well on the the other hand, in a more extensive environment, he can access the source code and do white box testing. (again google please bro)Or else he can use some automated tools to check whether the program is running perfectly. White box testing, regression testing etc. can do. And he can access all the versions of the software to trace the route cause of the 'bug' There are tools like CVS for that.Those are the things I can think of on top of my head for the moment...</blockquote>

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