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Mastering Unity Scripting

You're reading from   Mastering Unity Scripting Learn advanced C# tips and techniques to make professional-grade games with Unity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784390655
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Unity C# Refresher FREE CHAPTER 2. Debugging 3. Singletons, Statics, GameObjects, and the World 4. Event-driven Programming 5. Cameras, Rendering, and Scenes 6. Working with Mono 7. Artificial Intelligence 8. Customizing the Unity Editor 9. Working with Textures, Models, and 2D 10. Source Control and Other Tips Index

Chapter 2. Debugging

Debugging is the process of finding, identifying, and fixing bugs (errors or mistakes) in your code, and there are many ways to achieve this. To script effectively, you'll need to be aware of the most common workflows and toolsets available to you for debugging in Unity. Before considering them further, however, it's important to be aware of the general limitations of debugging and what it cannot achieve. Debugging is not a magical cure-all to remove all bugs and guarantee an error-free application. The computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra said, "Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence". The crucial point is that during testing, you might encounter one or more errors. These errors can be identified, tested, and repaired through debugging. Yet, your tests—though perhaps extensive and careful—will never cover every possible case or scenario on every hardware platform under all...

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