Debugging in FirstSpirit
This chapter covers a few FirstSpirit tools that help debug errors in templates as well as support the development of templates.
- How can errors be avoided?
- How can I find out if there are errors (that are not obvious) in the templates?
- How can I find the cause of the error?
- How can I find out why a preview is taking so long?
A key starting point in any case is to use the FirstSpirit online documentation. This can be called from the tabs of the different template types using F1, among other ways. This initiates a search in the online documentation for the highlighted locations in the code.
Syntax highlighting in template sets
To improve the structure and thus clarity in long blocks of code and stack traces and to avoid errors up front when working with variables and instructions, the template set tabs feature syntax highlighting for:
For more tools for developers, see the Basics chapter.