Super Debugger

Dev tools

debugger

SHOW HN2013

75points
28comments
#334of 1,739 in 2013
Top 20%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.

Design: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful alongside other iOS debugging tools

    From 2 comments
    • Well I'm adding this to my current PonyDebugger, Charles Proxy & OHHTTPStubs debugging stack. Great job!
      jpsim on HN
    • Very interesting! I just started building a CLI for one of my apps to aid in debugging; this means I can scrap that dead-end work. Forked, will check it out.
      scrumper on HN
  • Saves reinventing debugging wheels

    From 1 comment
    • Fair question. Superdb does what I want: interactive state examination without breakpoints. I hadn't got very far with mine at all, and it was intimately bound up with the design…
      scrumper on HN

Objections

  • Project page is too sparse and scroll-heavy for developers

    From 1 comment
    • "Personality" is one thing, but this is just awful. I'm a developer, looking at the page to find out about a potentially useful tool. I'm not a graphic design student looking for…
      misnome on HN

Requests

  • Contributions such as an object column browser

    From 1 comment
    • And feel free to contribute changes back. So far there's the shell, but I think many different tools could be built on this. I'd love to see someone do a column browser for…
      jbrennan on HN
  • Keep live tweaks in sync with the Xcode project file

    From 1 comment
    • Although I haven't attempted it, I'm guessing that example would also be possible with Super Debugger. It would require a different interface, but I think it's possible. >One…
      jbrennan on HN

Questions

  • Whether the approach suits Interface Builder-heavy projects

    From 2 comments
    • This is cool. I have been building an app in RubyMotion and the REPL has been pretty useful. That said, at least for me, the REPL is a bit overhyped. In most cases the stuff you…
      gfodor on HN
    • I'm so tired of all the IB hate. IB is a tool, and it should be used when appropriate. Sure you can't do everything in it, but for 80% of even "complex" views, things can be done…
      andrewroycarter on HN

Alternatives named

  • PonyDebugger

    From 1 comment
    • Well I'm adding this to my current PonyDebugger, Charles Proxy & OHHTTPStubs debugging stack. Great job!
      jpsim on HN
  • RubyMotion REPL

    From 1 comment
    • This is cool. I have been building an app in RubyMotion and the REPL has been pretty useful. That said, at least for me, the REPL is a bit overhyped. In most cases the stuff you…
      gfodor on HN
  • Charles Proxy and OHHTTPStubs

    From 1 comment
    • Well I'm adding this to my current PonyDebugger, Charles Proxy & OHHTTPStubs debugging stack. Great job!
      jpsim on HN

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