Debugging Servlets

Use print statements; run server on desktop

Integrated debugger in IDE

Look at the HTML source

Return error pages to the client

Plan ahead for missing/malformed data

Use the log file

log("message") or log("message", Throwable)

Look at the request data separately

See EchoServer at archive.corewebprogramming.com

Look at the response data separately

See WebClient at archive.corewebprogramming.com 

Stop and restart the server

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