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Keep in mind that when it comes to software tools, I'm not a biased observer. As you can see from my biography, I worked at NuMega for four years, and I was a member of the teams that developed some of the leading tools in the marketplace. I use those tools all the time. The list of tool vendors here is for your reference and not an implied endorsement of any company or product. The tools listed are geared toward debugging and automated testing.

• Compuware NuMega (www.numega.com)

• BoundsChecker

Automatic run-time error detection and diagnosis for Visual C++, Borland Delphi, and Borland C++ Builder programs for all Windows operating systems

• TrueTime

Automatic performance analysis for Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Java programs for all Windows operating systems

• TrueCoverage

Automatic code-coverage analysis for Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Java programs for all Windows operating systems

• CodeReview

Automatic source code analysis for Visual Basic programs for all Windows operating systems

• SmartCheck

Automatic run-time error detection and diagnosis for Visual Basic programs for all Windows operating systems

• FailSafe

Automatic error handling and recovery for Visual Basic programs for all Windows operating systems

• JCheck

Visual thread and event analysis for Java programs for all Windows operating systems

• SoftICE

Advanced Windows debugger for debugging both user-mode and kernel-mode programs for all Windows operating systems

• Rational Software (www.rational.com)

• Purify

Automatic run-time error detection and diagnosis for Visual C++ programs on Windows NT and Windows 2000 only

• PureCoverage

Automatic code-coverage analysis for Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Java programs for Windows NT and Windows 2000 only

• Quantify

Automatic performance analysis for Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Java programs for Windows NT and Windows 2000 only

• Rational Robot

Regression-testing tool for all Windows operating systems

• Visual Test

Regression-testing tool for all Windows operating systems

• Mutek Software (www.mutek.com)

• BugTrapper

Error trapping and postmortem debugging for Visual C++ and Visual Basic on all Windows operating systems