Efficiently Debugging Software Code

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• present, by a presentation engine specifically configured by the computing device, a set of modified log files associated with software code to a software debugging user on a display of computing device the software debugging user is utilizing, wherein the set of modified log files are modified, by a parsing engine configured by the computing device, with tags of common events that are in every log file of a set of log files and wherein the set of modified log files are modified, by the parsing engine, with a time skew correction that creates an artificial time line based on an actual system timeline from which all log files in the set of log file will begin;
• responsive to receiving an indication from the software debugging user to tag a portion of a modified log file of the set of modified log files with a tag, tag, by an event tagging incorporation engine specifically configured by the computing device, the portion of the modified log file, wherein the tag of the portion of the modified log file is utilized in debugging the software code;
• and
• propagate, by a change propagation engine specifically configured by the computing device, the tag of the portion of the modified log file to a plurality of other software debugging users who are viewing the modified log file on a display of respective computing device which each of the other software debugging users are utilizing.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• present, by a presentation engine specifically configured by the processor, a set of modified log files associated with software code to a software debugging user on a display of computing device the software debugging user is utilizing, wherein the set of modified log files are modified, by a parsing engine configured by the processor, with tags of common events that are in every log file of a set of log files and wherein the set of modified log files are modified, by the parsing engine, with a time skew correction that creates an artificial time line based on an actual system timeline from which all log files in the set of log file will begin;
• responsive to receiving an indication from the software debugging user to tag a portion of a modified log file of the set of modified log files with a tag, tag, by an event tagging incorporation engine specifically configured by the processor, the portion of the modified log file, wherein the tag of the portion of the modified log file is utilized in debugging the software code;
• and
• propagate, by a change propagation engine specifically configured by the processor, the tag of the portion of the modified log file to a plurality of other software debugging users who are viewing the modified log file on a display of respective computing device which each of the other software debugging users are utilizing.