Section C.6. Wrap-Up

C.6. Wrap-Up

In this appendix, you learned how to enable the debugger and set breakpoints so that you can examine your code and results while a program executes. This capability enables you to locate and fix logic errors in your programs. You also learned how to continue execution after a program suspends execution at a breakpoint and how to disable and remove breakpoints.

We showed how to use the debugger's Watch and Locals windows to evaluate arithmetic and boolean expressions. We also demonstrated how to modify a variable's value during program execution so that you can see how changes in values affect your results.

You learned how to use the debugger's Step Into command to debug methods called during your program's execution. You saw how the Step Over command can be used to execute a method call without stopping the called method. You used the Step Out command to continue execution until the end of the current method. You also learned that the Continue command continues execution until another breakpoint is found or the program terminates.

Finally, we discussed new features of the Visual Studio 2005 debugger, including Edit and Continue, the Exception Assistant and Just My Code™ debugging.