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debugging folder action scripts

I write bad ApppleScript code. I know this because I've only been trying for about a week.
I am a little dismayed to see very little in the way of debugging features in Script Editor. I, unluckily, picked a folder action as my first AppleScript project, for which the code sits in an 'on adding folder items' block. When I ran the code, it was very difficult to tell where it was failing. No errors, despite not getting the desired results. I wrapped most of it in an 'on run' block in a new script, and was treated to a bunch of informative error messages when I ran it from Script Editor (instead of having the folder action trigger the 'real' script). At one point, I used the same 'on run' code in the Xcode editor, and was able to take advantage of some of the debugging features there (breakpoints and stepping through the execution).
Is there a better option for debugging folder action scripts?
Forgive me if I have overlooked the obvious.

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Adam Wuellner
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(new to the list, new to applescript, pretty new to macs, in fact)
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