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A total guide to debuggers: what they do, how they work, and how to use them to produce better programs
"Debuggers are the magnifying glass, the microscope, the logic analyzer, the profiler, and the browser with which a program can be examined."–Jonathan B. Rosenberg
Debuggers are an indispensable tool in the development process. In fact, during the course of the average software project, more hours are spent debugging software than in compiling code. Yet, not many programmers really know how to constructively interpret the results they get back from debuggers. And even fewer know what makes these complex suites of algorithms and data structures tick. Now in this extremely accessible guide, Jonathan B. Rosenberg demystifies debuggers for programmers and shows them how to make better use of debuggers in their next projects.
Taking a hands–on, problem–solving approach to a complex subject, Rosenberg explains how debuggers work and why programmers use them. Most importantly, he provides practical discussions of debugger algorithms and procedures for their use, accompanied by many practical examples. The author also discusses a wide variety of systems applications, from Microsoft′s Win32 debug API to a large parallel architecture.
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"Debuggers are the magnifying glass, the microscope, the logic analyzer, the profiler, and the browser with which a program can be examined."–Jonathan B. Rosenberg
Debuggers are an indispensable tool in the development process. In fact, during the course of the average software project, more hours are spent debugging software than in compiling code. Yet, not many programmers really know how to constructively interpret the results they get back from debuggers. And even fewer know what makes these complex suites of algorithms and data structures tick. Now in this extremely accessible guide, Jonathan B. Rosenberg demystifies debuggers for programmers and shows them how to make better use of debuggers in their next projects.
Taking a hands–on, problem–solving approach to a complex subject, Rosenberg explains how debuggers work and why programmers use them. Most importantly, he provides practical discussions of debugger algorithms and procedures for their use, accompanied by many practical examples. The author also discusses a wide variety of systems applications, from Microsoft′s Win32 debug API to a large parallel architecture.
Visit our Web site at: http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/
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Its about concepts, algorithms, pitfalls, design; not source
To set expectations correctly, this book did not set out to show source code for debuggers. Instead it trys to fill a void and describe how debuggers work, what kinds of algorithms are required, what are the tricky things to watch out for and other conceptual level information. Source code for debuggers is long, convoluted and much too detailed for a work on this level.
To set expectations correctly, this book did not set out to show source code for debuggers. Instead it trys to fill a void and describe how debuggers work, what kinds of algorithms are required, what are the tricky things to watch out for and other conceptual level information. Source code for debuggers is long, convoluted and much too detailed for a work on this level.
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Having presented some of the possible varieties of debuggers in Chapter 1, I will focus the rest of this book on the algorithms, data structures, architecture, and inner workings of the most commonly used type of debugger: the symbolic (maps underlying machine representation back to user-created source code), graphical user-interface-based (presents windows or views of different aspects of the underlying application to the user in an interactive,windows-based fashion), application-oriented debugger (focused on user-written applications, not operating system components). Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Having presented some of the possible varieties of debuggers in Chapter 1, I will focus the rest of this book on the algorithms, data structures, architecture, and inner workings of the most commonly used type of debugger: the symbolic (maps underlying machine representation back to user-created source code), graphical user-interface-based (presents windows or views of different aspects of the underlying application to the user in an interactive,windows-based fashion), application-oriented debugger (focused on user-written applications, not operating system components). Read the first page
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