SAHASRA TECHNOLOGIES
Beginner to intermediate curriculum · Debugging SkillsDebugging Skills
Debugging is treated as a core developer skill: read the error, reproduce it, find the location, inspect state, fix, test and verify.
- Duration
- 10–14 focused classes + integrated practice
- Per class
- 75–90 minutes
Curriculum PDF: save the complete Debugging Skills syllabus for offline reference.
Learning objective
Use a repeatable investigation process instead of guessing or immediately rewriting code.
Recommended class plan
10–14 focused classes + integrated practice · 75–90 minutes per class
1 focused class + debugging inside every project week
Technologies
- C# or Python
- SQL
- HTTP
- Browser applications
Tools
- Visual Studio Debugger
- VS Code Debugger
- Browser DevTools
- Postman
- Swagger
- SSMS
- Logs
Curriculum modules
Basic Foundations → Practical Skills → Guided Application
- 1
Error Thinking
Compiler, runtime and logical errors; reading messages and creating a reliable reproduction.
- 2
Code Debugging
Breakpoints, Step Into/Over/Out, variables, Watch, Call Stack and logs.
- 3
Web & API Debugging
Browser console, Network, requests, responses, status codes, Postman and Swagger.
- 4
Database & Full-Flow Debugging
SQL basics and tracing a failure through frontend, API, Dapper and database.
Beginner topics
Start Here and Build Comfort
- Read error messages
- Reproduce a problem
- Breakpoints
- Step controls
- Variables and Watch
- Logs
Intermediate topics
Progress After the Basics Are Clear
- Call Stack
- Network inspection
- API status analysis
- SQL debugging basics
- Cross-layer debugging
- Regression verification
Practical learning
Practise, Submit, Build and Explain
Practical exercises
- Classify errors
- Debug a wrong calculation
- Investigate a 400/500 response
- Find an incorrect SQL filter
Assignments
- Write a debugging report
- Fix a multi-layer seeded bug
- Create a regression checklist
Mini projects
- Broken Full-Stack Feature Lab
Industry habits throughout the track
Terminology, Debugging and Responsible AI
Industry terminology
- Compiler error
- Runtime error
- Logical error
- Breakpoint
- Call Stack
- Log
- Reproduce
- Regression
Debugging exercises
- Read → understand → locate → reproduce → debug → fix → test → verify
- Explain the root cause before changing code
AI learning exercises
- Ask AI to guide investigation step by step
- Do not allow an immediate full rewrite
- Compare AI hypotheses with debugger evidence
Topics intentionally excluded
Advanced Topics Come Later
Quality fundamentals are more valuable than an overloaded syllabus. These topics are outside this track:
- Production forensics
- Advanced profilers
- Distributed tracing architecture
- Kernel-level debugging
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