Desk Checking

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Desk Checking

• Looking at a program as if you are the computer
• Step through program line by line
• Keep track of all constants, variables and output
  values
• Ensures program is doing what its supposed to.
• Great way to understand code youre not familiar
  with
• Helps teach programming basics
• But even developers desk check!

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Desk Checking Loops
real real real int int int
Computer Screen
peach plum pear apple banana i
pear 2.0
3.0
0.5
0.0
0
12
0
pear 8.0
1
-2.0
8
2.0
pear 12.0
-22.0
8.0
-2
2
-220.0
12.0
-44
3
pear 16.0
-1980.0
16.0
-660
4
plum -1980.0
-7920