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Component: Debugging

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Description

Dark doesn't have a great debugging experience right now.

We have no support for breakpoints and step-debugging, and runtime errors are often opaque.
Dark-classic had some almost-excellent debuggability through the use of our Traces, but those aren't yet accessible in dark-next.

Once the baseline editing experience has advanced a bit, we need to circle back here, starting with how Traces fit into the debugging experience.

  • review old #3778

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing old issue #3778 and the existing Dark-classic Traces experience described here. The work is complete when a concrete debugging baseline is defined for dark-next, including how Traces fit into that experience; no implementation files or tests are named.

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Assessment

Tech stack
fsharp
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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