Kif tiddebugja applikazzjonijiet React Native?

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Debugging React Native jinvolvi tools u tekniki għad-dijanjożi tal-issues — il-**React Native debugger/DevTools**, console logging, **Flipper**, messaġġi ta' żball, u debugging speċifiku għall-platform. Debugging effettiv huwa skill prattiku essenzjali.

## Core debugging tools

```text
✓ CONSOLE.LOG → log values/flow (basic but effective; shows in the Metro terminal/debugger)
✓ DEV MENU (shake device / Cmd+D / Cmd+M) → reload, debug, performance monitor, inspector
✓ REACT DEVTOOLS → inspect the component tree, props, state, hooks
✓ DEBUGGER → set breakpoints, step through JS (Chrome DevTools / Hermes debugger / IDE)
✓ ELEMENT INSPECTOR → inspect/tap UI elements to see their styles/hierarchy
```

## Flipper u tools oħra

```text
→ FLIPPER → a desktop debugging platform: inspect network requests, logs, layout, state,
  databases, performance (a rich debugging tool for RN)
→ Network debugging → inspect API requests/responses (Flipper, or React Query devtools)
→ Error/red screens → React Native shows errors with stack traces; read them carefully
→ Hermes (the JS engine) debugging tools
```

## Issues komuni u approċċi

```text
✓ Read ERROR MESSAGES carefully (red screen stack traces point to the problem)
✓ Isolate the issue (comment out / simplify to find the cause)
✓ Check the JS thread (logs), network (requests), and native logs (Xcode/Android Studio
  Logcat for native-side issues)
✓ Platform-specific bugs → test/debug on BOTH iOS and Android
✓ Performance issues → use the performance monitor / profiler
```

## Għaliex dan hu importanti

Fhem kif tiddebugja applikazzjonijiet React Native huwa skill prattiku essenzjali għax **issues inevitabbilment jinqalgħu** (bugs, żbalji, imġiba mhux mistennija) li għandhom jiġu dijanjożati, għalhekk li taf il-tools u t-tekniki hija meħtieġa għal żvilupp produttiv.

React Native development inevitabbilment jinvolvi debugging, u li tifhem l-tools disponibbli hu essenzjali.

L-**core tools** — `console.log` (logging bażiku imma effettiv), il-**dev menu** (reload, opzjonijiet ta' debugging, inspector), **React DevTools** (inspeċċjoni ta' component tree, props, state, u hooks — essenzjali għal fehim tal-imġiba tal-komponenti), il-**debugger** (breakpoints u stepping through JS), u l-**element inspector** (eżaminazzjoni ta' elementi UI u styles) — jaskru l-ħtiġijiet fundamentali ta' debugging.

Fhem **Flipper** (platform desktop ricos għad-debugging għad-inspeċċjoni ta' network requests, logs, layout, state, u performance) u debugging ta' network huwa valuwuż għad-dijanjożi ta' API u data issues komuni f'apps.

Fhem **issues komuni u approċċi** — qari ta' messaġġi ta' żball u red-screen stack traces bir-reqqa (jindikaw il-problema), isolament ta' issues bl-issimplifikazzjoni, ċeck tal-JS thread, network, u **native logs** (Xcode/Android Studio Logcat għal issues tal-native side — importanti lill-ħafna minħabba li React Native ikollu both JS u native sides), debugging **platform-specific bugs fuq both platforms**, u użu tal-performance monitor għal issues ta' performance — jirrifletti debugging effettiv u sistematiku.

In-natura doppja JS/native ta' React Native u l-aspett cross-platform tagħha jagħmlu l-debugging jeħtieġ għarif speċifiku (ċeck ta' both sides, both platforms).

Għax issues inevitabbilment jinqalgħu f'React Native development u debugging effettiv (użu tal-tools ġusti — DevTools, Flipper, logs, native logs — u approċċi sistematiki, inklużi ċeck ta' both platforms u both il-JS u native sides) hu neċessarju biex jiġu dijanjożati u solvuti, li tifhem kif tiddebugja applikazzjonijiet React Native huwa skill prattiku essenzjali u spiss-applikat — core competency għal żvilupp produttiv ta' React Native li jittraspożizzjoni bugs inevitabbli f'problemi solvubbli, meħtieġ għal xogħol reali ta' React Native.