Debugging Applications for MicrosoftВ® .NET and Microsoft WindowsВ® (Pro-Developer)
Debugging Applications for MicrosoftВ® .NET and Microsoft WindowsВ® (Pro-Developer)
ISBN: 0735615365
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 177
Pages: 177
Authors: John Robbins
- 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
Debugging Applications for MicrosoftВ® .NET and Microsoft WindowsВ® (Pro-Developer)
ISBN: 0735615365
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 177
Pages: 177
Authors: John Robbins