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The Debugger

The Debugger
Click the Bug icon at the top of the screen, and you’ll see the debugger window Once it’s open, you can switch between several tabs: Actors , My Wat...
Control the breakpoint blocks
The breakpoint block allows you to say “Freeze!” to your program. Your actors will stop moving—but more importantly, your code stops running too. Br...
Creating watchers
Looking at a big list of values in the Debugger can be overwhelming. For example, you might only care about an actor’s y position or the value of a ...
Other tricks for squashing bugs
Besides the debugger, try these tricks while debugging: Tynker Workshop highlights each script green as you run it. If your code doesn’t glow green, i...
Code Navigator
Have you ever written so much code that it goes beyond your computer screen’s window? Try the new Code Navigator to help you navigate your longest Tyn...
Get and Set Actor Properties
Working with actor properties is like a Tynker superpower, once you get the hang of it. Here’s how you can use the Actor Properties block, which ret...
Save code in the backpack
Do you want to share code among different projects? Or just need to try a quick experiment? You can use the Backpack feature to save Actors or Scripts...