Debugging

Bugs suck and debugging is hard! Did you take a class on debugging in college? Of course not. You've had to learn debugging by trial and error, with lots of emphasis on the error. Another question: have you read the Microsoft Visual Studio debugger documentation? Again, doubtful. According to the…

This is another DevNugget screencast from Brian Hitney. In the previous screencasts, we looked at setting breakpoints and how to work with advanced breakpoints, filters, and working with multiple threads.  We also took a quick look at tracepoints.  In part 4, we'll look at the watch…

In this screencast Fredrik Normén shows how to debug Silverlight 4 Out Of Browser applications in Visual Studio 2010.

Software Developers Mario Hewardt and Daniel Pravat understand the complexities of debugging applications that run on Windows. In fact, they understand it so well they wrote a book, Advanced Windows Debugging. They will also be presenting their knowledge at the PDC in October during both the…

!Analyze is an automatic root cause analysis tool for software failures. For years, it has provided insight to engineers both inside and outside of Microsoft. It is a key enabling technology behind numerous higher-level feedback systems, including Windows Error Reporting and Watson. !Analyze runs…

New tools are needed to assist Windows developers to take full advantage of the potential of multicore processors. Acumem’s performance debugger, ThreadSpotter is one such tool and is now available for Windows and Visual Studio. Unlike a traditional profiler, which only identifies the sections…

The era of cluster computing and Multicore drives change for Windows Developers, with development shifting to Threads and Parallel. Microsoft and its rich partner’s ecosystem provide solutions to meet the challenges of parallel development and to accelerate the speed and flexibility of Microsoft…

SC08: ZIH Researcher discusses and demos the Marmot MPI debugging, analysis and tracing tool for Windows HPC.

SC08: ZIH Researcher discusses and demos the Marmot MPI debugging, analysis and tracing tool for Windows HPC.

This screencast with Chris Bowen takes an all-demo look at what's new in Visual Studio 2010.  Based on a session given for the Northeast Roadshow ("Visual Studio 2010 - That's a 10-4, Good Buddy!") you'll see many new features, from editing and…