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D

data, importance of saving, 364

data races, 426, 427-431, 430

Dataquest study, 10-11

Dbgclr debugger, 157-158

Dean, James, 275-276

Debug class, and tracing and instrumentation, 211-212

Debug configuration, Visual Studio

code optimization and, 147

described, 81

solution build configuration and, 132

DEBUG keyword, 280-281

Debug Setting in TimeServer's Web.config (code), 244

debug symbols

debug symbol files

importance of, 116

locating, 83-84

search paths, 131

management of, 140-143

symbol server, 142-143

symbols for applications, 140

symbols for framework SDK, 141

symbols for Windows , 140-141

DEBUG verb, 280-281

DebuggableAttribute class, 79

DebuggerStepthroughAttribute, 253

Debugging Applications (Microsoft Press, 2000), 19-20

debugging scaffold , 23

debugging, strategic issues. See VB .NET strategic debugging issues

debugging tools, 153-181. See also tracing and instrumentation; Visual Studio .NET debugger; Visual Studio .NET debugger, using

ADepends, 170-171

Cordbg, 153-157

commands, 155-156

use of, 153-155

Dbgclr, 157-158

Ildasm, 158-166

code, 159-166

from the command line, 158

within Visual Studio, 158

memorable bugs , 178-181

performance monitoring, 166-170

basics of, 166-167

testing string performance, 167-170

PermView, 171-177

basics of, 171-173

from the command line, 173

permissions, 173-177

within Visual Studio, 173

summary, 178

DebugMode Property, 234, 235, 236

Decimal datatype, 66, 67

DefaultTraceListener, 194-195

Deliberate Excel bug, 30

deployed Web services, debugging, 253-254

design, and tracing and instrumentation diagnosis, 187

Detail XML node, 258

developers

catching and swallowing System.Exception and, 377

confusion between compilers and, 53-55

debugging developer psychology. See also E&C

psychological factors, 25-28

error handling requirements of, 366-368

exceptions and, 361-362

diagnosis, tracing and instrumentation

application development team, 185

application end users, 184

application support team, 184-185

diagnostic categories, 185-187

diamonds ( ‹ ), and breakpoint state, 107

Disassembly windows

IDE debugging and, 117-118

Visual Studio debugging and, 76, 77

distributed debugging, 75

distributed systems, debugging, 459-484

distributed applications basics, 459-466

failure and, 459-464

leaky abstractions and, 466

message semantics and, 465-466

state and, 464-465

distributed systems, defined, 459

HeartbeatMonitor, 474-481

debugging, 477-481

installing, 475-477

introduction to, 474-475

How Good Are You?, 483-484

monitoring distributed applications, 481-482

remote debugging basics, 466-467

remote debugging preparation, 468-474

full remote debugging installation, 471-472

installation, 469-470

native remote debugging installation, 470-471

remote debugging restrictions, 472-474

summary, 483

distributed transactions, 462

Division By Zero (code), 59-61

DLL Hell, 322

DoSort function, 225, 226

Double Trouble (code), 67

doubles

ambiguous overloading and, 35

floating-point Double variables , 65-66, 67

dumpbin utility, 83-84

dynamic binding, defined, 51

dynamic link libraries (DLLs). See class libraries