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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Debugger

jinhwa yoo
jinhwa yoo
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Posted by jinhwa yoo
jinhwa yoo
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To pause code execution I place a timeout in the gutter.

I don't know what it is....

1 Answer

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
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Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
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Hi jinhwa,

The word you're looking for here is breakpoint. A breakpoint makes executed code stop at a line that we indicate (we place a breakpoint in the gutter area, for that specific line.)

Hope this helps!

(Source: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/local-development-environments/advanced-tooling/using-the-debugger, 47 seconds in.)