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title: Debugging
description: |
  How to find and fix common compilation and runtime problems in apps.
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  - Logging
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When writing apps, everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes a simple typo or omission
can lead to all kinds of mysterious behavior or crashes. The guides in this
section are aimed at trying to help developers identify and fix a variety of
issues that can arise when writing C code (compile-time) or running the compiled
app on Pebble (runtime).

There are also a few strategies outlined here, such as app logging and other
features of the `pebble` {% guide_link tools-and-resources/pebble-tool %} that
can indicate the source of a problem in the vast majority of cases.


## Contents

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