I used to debug frequently when I coded on Win32 GUIs 20 years ago and running the debugger was as simple as pressing F5 instead of F9. Nowadays, with a multitude of languages, setups and editors, I don't even bother. Even setting up JS debugging under VSCode, which supposedly is a core feature, has always been an exercise in frustration every time I've tried it.
Rarely I run gdb when I'm debugging a particularly hairy C issue, but with any other language I don't even bother and add prints everywhere. The JS "debugger" statement is pretty useful, but it's still very awkward compared to the golden standard of Microsoft IDEs from two decades ago.
Don't blame the users, blame the tooling, editor and language developers that never cared for delivering a good debugging experience.
Rarely I run gdb when I'm debugging a particularly hairy C issue, but with any other language I don't even bother and add prints everywhere. The JS "debugger" statement is pretty useful, but it's still very awkward compared to the golden standard of Microsoft IDEs from two decades ago.
Don't blame the users, blame the tooling, editor and language developers that never cared for delivering a good debugging experience.