Just debugging and debugging

Yes, I am debugging the whole day.

PublishedFebruary 13, 2023

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Aashish Panthi

I am a developer from Nepal who loves playing with tech.

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Ruchin Munjal3y ago

Would really like to see the api setup. Curious to know what made you say API in C# sucks? Do you have the api code anywhere to look at? You also mentioned database connection is a nightmare. Which database were you connecting to and also what's your dev env OS? C# used to be a nightmare outside MS ecosystem but in last 6 7 yeare21s it has improved leaps and bound. So just curious to know.

Aashish Panthi3y ago

My development environment is windows and the production environment is linux.

It's my first time making an API, till now I have done simple console programs. I have connected with MongoDB atlas.

Here is the code: https://github.com/aashishpanthi/Expense-tracker

Ruchin Munjal3y ago

Aashish Panthi Thanks for sharing the code. Good job on getting it to deploy as well. If you dont mind me asking, did you consider using [minimal APIs] (https://medium.com/geekculture/minimal-apis-in-net-6-a-complete-guide-beginners-advanced-fd64f4da07f5)instead of full blown MVC API? Also, you had mentioned "if there was something which could resolve the bug before I tested it", well don't have anything to resolve but surely Unit Tests would have helped a bit. Also the code is light on validations and all. Also consider logging. The database connection looks standard implementation so was curious to know your pain areas? What did you dislike the most developing APIs in C#. The initial ceremony? the tooling?

Gold Agbonifo Isaac3y ago

love your writeup! but.. I have a question... How did you add the 'buy me a coffee' to your blog?

Aashish Panthi3y ago

I asked it with Ayodele Samuel Adebayo

Rajesh Khadka3y ago

oops ! 😂

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A developer trying to share programming knowledge and self-growth.

Hi there, wanna know who is writing this blog?

Oh look, it's a frustrated developer. Tired of debugging the whole day now saw an announcement from Hashnode Townhall.

Yes, it's me. And I was frustrated the whole day and still, I am and in this frustration, I don't know if I will be funny or just throw up some garbage about programming. Anything can happen, but before that let me give you an idea of why I am so frustrated.

The context

Look, I have made an API using c#. And before you make a meme out of me for using c# ko make an API. Please let me inform you that I know and I can make a REST API using nodejs and express. So there is a reason why I chose c# for the API. It was my assignment to use c# and make something out of it. Being very lazy and clever, I thought making an API would be very easy to do.

If you have made an API using c#, I feel sorry for you. And you should also feel the same for me😥. Please.

I didn't know heck many things are involved in making a REST API using c#. First of all connect it to a database, which is a nightmare in itself. And second of all, I need to test it out. I wonder if there would be something that would automatically correct my program's bug before I test. Encountering a bug in a code is really painful, trust me😅 And especially when you don't know that is the reason, then it gets juicy.

Debugging

Welcome to the most confusing word of my life after being a developer cause I don't know when I hear this word if I need to be sad or get excited. Debugging is really that pain that you can't get rid of and that you also don't want at the same time. But our loved god just likes to drop it in our career and if it is a coincidence or not, there is literally a gap of 5 minutes between two moments: the bug is resolved, and shit, another one.

Also when the bug is resolved, you really get happiness on another level. And god, this debugging thing really teaches me the things that I never learned in my programming class and not even on youtube from an Indian guy.

My pain 😨

Ok, I can't still get out of it. So, allow me to throw all of my pain here. Somehow, I managed to make the API and but when I tried to host it creating a droplet on digitalocean, I got million other errors. And again when I successfully deployed it, I of course needed a frontend to do the request. GET request worked, but POST didn't. I want to be a kind guy, but the words I got in my mind, I just can't write them up here.

The present pain🥱

Yes, I am still in pain. In fact, the intensity is much higher. Yesterday, I slept in a chill thing my project is done. Yes, I completed the front end and hosted it successfully using netlify. And my friend Rajesh Khadka asked me to provide a URL of my app to try out. I gave him and he told me things are not working well.

Inside of my brain, there was a red alarm that was ringing just like the red alarm⏰ that buzzed on Google Headquarters after the success of chatGPT. So leaving my all other work aside, I jumped right into it. And it is dark now. Meaning it's evening and I am debugging from the morning. Oh hell, I spent more than 10 hours and still I am getting more and more new bugs.

I hate those bugs but to name some

CORS error
API endpoint mismatch error
UI not being refreshed error
If your front end has https, you can't request HTTP. Yes, that's also a bug in my app.
Unknown bug
Unnamed bug

and many more.

Conclusion

I would have written the conclusion but my boy I need to go debug. Who knows I might resolve those things now🤷‍♂️.

Bye

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