Debugging Visual C++ Windows: Choose the Best Debugging Tools/Debug the Entire Software Cycle [With *]

by Keith Bugg

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879305452
• ISBN13: 9780879305451
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: CMP Books
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

straight forward explainations on debugging windows programs

This is the first book I've found that explains Windows debugging in plain English. And although there are some things I didn't like about the book, it is at least very easy to read and follow.The book does a good job in explaining the overall debugging environment, beginning with the software design phase. There are plenty of good nuggets of information on this subject-- no project manager should be without this. The book does a very good job of dicussing how to use existing tools to discover bugs, and then how to handle them. For example, there is a information on using the GetLastError() function, which I personally had never used. This gives you a text message for a generic error code, making debugging a lot easier to understand.Other topics I found useful were how to use the debugging tools that ship with Visual C++, plus those from 3rd. party vendors. I found this very helpful in selecting which tools we should use for our projects. Also, known compiler bugs are covered; I wish the book would have covered more of these, but you can't have everything. I heartily recommend this one.