Draft notes for our September meeting

docs/community/meetings/2024-09-12.md

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+# 12 September 2024
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+In this meeting we did a test run through our **Introduction to Debugging** workshop, prior to running this workshop at the SPECTRUM Annual Meeting (23–25 September, 2024).
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+Attendance: 3 in person, 7 online
+
+## Introduction to Debugging workshop
+
+Feedback was generally positive.
+However, attendees noted that the errors in the provided code exercises were simple enough that they could be identified without using a debugger.
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+- We may need code examples that are more complex, to ensure that participants actually need to use a debugger.
+
+    - The final exercise may be sufficiently complex?
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+    - We might also include an SIR-type compartmental model with some logic errors (although these can be hard to hide!).
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+- We can also ask participants to practice using a debugger with a code example **where there is no error**.
+
+Based on her past experiences, Nefel suggested including an example of triggering a breakpoint only when an error occurs (e.g., using a `try` statement in Python and calling `breakpoint()` in an `except` clause).

docs/community/meetings/README.md

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 This section contains summaries of each Community of Practice meeting.
 
+- [12 September 2024](2024-09-12.md): test run of our Introduction to Debugging workshop.
+
 - [8 August 2024](2024-08-08.md): orientation guide planning.
 
 - [11 July 2024](2024-07-11.md): presentation from Nefel Tellioglu.

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+      - "12 September 2024": community/meetings/2024-09-12.md
       - "8 August 2024": community/meetings/2024-08-08.md
       - "11 July 2024": community/meetings/2024-07-11.md
       - "13 June 2024": community/meetings/2024-06-13.md