Xdebug Update: January 2021
Another monthly update where I explain what happened with Xdebug development in this past month. These will be published on the first Tuesday after the 5th of each month.
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In January, I worked on Xdebug for about 60 hours, with funding being around 35 hours. I worked mostly on the following things:
Releases
The start of the month saw the release of Xdebug 3.0.2 which addresses further issues that are present in Xdebug 3.0. Xdebug 3.0.2 mainly addresses issues related to triggering features in Xdebug through Xdebug's new modes, and a few issues related to code coverage were fixed too. Expect another bug fix release in February, as I am intending to make one release per month.
Now that the GitHub repository of the VS Code Plugin has been moved to the Xdebug organisation, there is going to be progress here too.
DBGp Client and DBGp Proxy
I have had some expert reviews of the Go code for DBGp Client and DBGp Proxy, by JetBrains developers working on their GoLand IDE. Once I have reviewed and integrated their comments I am intending to release the source code of these two tools under an open source license.
Documentation
I spent some time adding anchors throughout the documentation to make it easier to link to specific sections. The upgrade guide now also has a Japanese translation. Xdebug.org's code has been updated to allow for translations of the documentation, although I do not have any plans to translate the rest of it at the moment. The main issue with having translations of the documentation that the translations also need updating when the original in English changes.
As part of Xdebug's documentation efforts I created another video in my series on Xdebug 3. This new video explains Xdebug 3's diagnostics features to help finding issues with Xdebug's configuration and settings.
The next video that I am going to release will deal with how to trigger Xdebug's features, such as single step debugging, profiling, and tracing.
Xdebug Cloud
The Xdebug Cloud now has a design, created by Simon Collison. With the design in place, I am currently putting the dots on the i's related to signing up and billing. I expect to launch Xdebug Cloud for beta customers during this month.
If you want to be kept up to date with Xdebug Cloud, please sign up to the mailinglist, which I will use to send out an update not more than once a month.
Business Supporter Scheme and Funding
In January, no new supporters signed up.
If you, or your company, would also like to support Xdebug, head over to the support page!
Besides business support, I also maintain a Patreon page and a profile on GitHub sponsors.
Life Line
Created 9 benches and 9 picnic_tables; Updated 3 benches
Updated a restaurant
Updated a restaurant
I walked 4.2km in 1h20m37s
Updated a restaurant
I walked 2.0km in 21m39s
On the lookout.
A Common Reed Warbler perched on a reed branch.
#photography #Birds #BirdPhotogaphy #nature
I walked 1.7km in 29m22s
@beasts Is your ns1 doing OK? I am getting warning from monitoring that it is timing out and having different results than ns2.
Updated a restaurant
I walked 8.5km in 1h50m50s
I consider myself a decent photographer, but then you find out about the likes of Angel Fux (https://www.angelfux.com/portfolio), and I would like to crawl into a hole.
Better alignment from multiple GPS tracks for QE II Garden (and removed duplicated node)
After two busy days doing elections stuff, I spent yesterday looking at birds, in a nature reserve to relax and recharge.
I saw some cracking birds, with these being my favourite shots.
#BirdPhotography #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #London
I walked 8.0km in 1h26m01s
Updated a restaurant
Updated 3 bird_hides; Confirmed 2 informations and a toilet
I walked 7.0km in 3h10m47s
This map was mostly red yesterday.
I'm glad we managed to win all the wards we've targeted.
However, no overall control, and two parties with the same amount of seats in second place.
I walked 2.2km in 41m46s
I walked 1.9km in 19m17s
I've spend most of my time outside polling telling today, taking down poll card numbers so we don't need to chase people up to go vote.
I have made several observations:
Updated a restaurant
I walked 12.1km in 2h3m04s
I walked 1.1km in 9m46s
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