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Debugging Applications for MicrosoftВ® .NET and Microsoft WindowsВ® (Pro-Developer)

ISBN: 0735615365
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 177

Authors: John Robbins

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Debugging Applications for Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Windows
• Introduction
• How to Read This Book and What s New in the Second Edition
• System Requirements
• What Comes with This Book s Sample Files?
• Feedback
• Microsoft Press Support Information
• Part I: The Gestalt of Debugging
• Chapter 1: Bugs - Where They Come From and How You Solve Them
• Prerequisites to Debugging
• The Debugging Process
• Summary
• Chapter 2: Getting Started Debugging
• Track Changes Until You Throw Away the Project
• Schedule Time for Building Debugging Systems
• Frequent Builds and Smoke Tests Are Mandatory
• Build the Installation Program Immediately
• QA Must Test with Debug Builds
• Install the Operating System Symbols and Set Up a Symbol Store
• Summary
• Chapter 3: Debugging During Coding
• Assert, Assert, Assert, and Assert
• Trace, Trace, Trace, and Trace
• Comment, Comment, Comment, and Comment
• Trust Yourself, but Verify (Unit Testing)
• Summary
• Part II: Power Debugging
• Chapter 4: Operating System Debugging Support and How Win32 Debuggers Work
• Types of Windows Debuggers
• Windows Operating System Support for Debuggees
• MinDBG: A Simple Win32 Debugger
• WDBG: A Real Debugger
• So You Want to Write Your Own Debugger
• What s Next for WDBG?
• Summary
• Chapter 5: Advanced Debugger Usage with Visual Studio .NET
• Advanced Breakpoints and How to Use Them
• The Watch Window
• Summary
• Chapter 6: Advanced .NET Debugging with Visual Studio .NET
• Advanced Breakpoints for .NET Programs
• The Watch Window
• Tips and Tricks
• ILDASM and Microsoft Intermediate Language
• Summary
• Chapter 7: Advanced Native Code Techniques with Visual Studio .NET
• Advanced Breakpoints for Native Applications
• The Watch Window
• Remote Debugging
• Tips and Tricks
• x86 Assembly Language
• Summary
• Chapter 8: Advanced Native Code Techniques with WinDBG
• Before You Begin
• The Basics
• Debugging Situations
• General Debugging with the Command Window
• The Magical Extensions
• Dealing with Dump Files
• Son of Strike (SOS)
• Summary
• Part III: Power Tools and Techniques for .NET
• Chapter 9: Extending the Visual Studio .NET IDE
• Extending with Macros
• CommenTater: The Cure for the Common Potato?
• Introduction to Add-Ins
• The SuperSaver Add-In
• The SettingsMaster Add-In
• Summary
• Chapter 10: Managed Exception Monitoring
• Introduction to the Profiling API
• ProfilerLib
• ExceptionMon
• Exception Usage in .NET
• Summary
• Chapter 11: Flow Tracing
• Hooking Functions in the Profiling API
• Using FlowTrace
• FlowTrace Implementation Highlights
• What s Next for FlowTrace
• Summary
• Part IV: Power Tools and Techniques for Native Code
• Chapter 12: Finding Source and Line Information with Just a Crash Address
• Creating and Reading a MAP File
• Using CrashFinder
• What s Next for CrashFinder?
• Summary
• Chapter 13: Crash Handlers
• Structured Exception Handling vs. C Exception Handling
• The SetUnhandledExceptionFilter API Function
• Using the CrashHandler API
• Translating EXCEPTION_POINTERS Structures
• Minidumps
• Summary
• Chapter 14: Debugging Windows Services and DLLs That Load into Services
• Service Basics
• Debugging Services
• Summary
• Chapter 15: Multithreaded Deadlocks
• Multithreading Tips and Tricks
• DeadlockDetection Requirements
• High-Level Design Issues with DeadlockDetection
• Using DeadlockDetection
• Implementing DeadlockDetection
• What s Next for DeadlockDetection?
• Summary
• Chapter 16: Automated Testing
• The Bane of Unit Testing: User Interfaces
• Tester Requirements
• Using Tester
• Implementing Tester
• What s Next for Tester?
• Summary
• Chapter 17: The Debug C Run-Time Library and Memory Management
• Features of the Debug C Run-Time Library
• Using the Debug C Run-Time Library
• Choosing the Right C Run-Time Library for Your Application
• Using MemDumperValidator
• Implementing MemDumperValidator
• Using MemStress
• Operating System Heaps
• Tricks for Hunting Down Memory Problems
• Killer Switches
• Summary
• Chapter 18: FastTrace: A High-Performance Tracing Tool for Server Applications
• The Fundamental Problem and Its Solution
• Using FastTrace
• FastTrace Implementation
• Summary
• Chapter 19: Smoothing the Working Set
• Working Set Tuning
• Using SWS
• Implementing SWS
• What s Next for SWS?
• Summary
• Part V: Appendixes
• Appendix A: Reading Dr. Watson Logs
• Dr. Watson Logs
• Appendix B: Resources for .NET and Windows Developers
• Books
• Software Tools
• Web Sites
• Index
• Index_A
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X
• Index_Y
• Index_Z
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Code Examples
• List of Sidebars
• CD Content