Mathematica debugging tools

Question

I am using Mathematica to model a spectral graphs and I keep encountering bugs. What tools does Mathematica provide to debug? The documentation was quite unhelpful.

I set break points using print statements:

Initialize of matrix, Calculation of eigenvalues, Assignment of graph. Output.

Answer 1

You can

Trace documentation

Tutorial introduction to Trace

You can give Trace directions on what to include and what not to in output.

Almost always click on the orange "Details and Options" in documentation to see the information you need to successfully use the function.

Learning how to interpret the form of the output from Trace can take some work.