Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446 EAN: 9780735622029 ISBN: 0735622027 Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: November 08, 2006 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 180162 Studio: Microsoft Press
Product DescriptionTraditionally, tools for performance tuning, testing applications, and debugging code have been expensive, hard to learn, and difficult to use. While previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio® have included debuggers and other code-improvement tools, Visual Studio 2005 presents developers with robust and useful tools and processes to help ensure top-quality code. In this guide, an expert on improving code, John Robbins, steps back from the expert-level information that characterized his previous debugging books to present hands-on, practical advice for working developers on how to use the debugging, testing, and tuning features in Visual Studio 2005. In addition to an overview of the science of debugging and expertly-guided instruction, this guide also features solutions to common, real-world development problems. Developers of all skill levels will be able to use this book to help improve their understanding of debugging, debugging tools, tuning, and testing! , including how to effectively employ Test Explorer, the Enterprise Performance Tool, and WinDbg.
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Rating: - If you work in .Net 2.0 or higher - use this book!
I bought this book over a year ago, with about 8 other books, and had ignored it. I picked this off my shelf last week, while on a support call, and took it with me while on a short personal trip.
I learned so much from this little book about the improvements in .Net 2.0 for debugging, and how to use the tools in visual studio - in extremely productive ways, I would recommend you buy this book immediately and use it for the rest of your programming career!
Rating: - Very good book
This is a great debugging book. It is very analytic, detailed and extremely useful for simple developers, as well as for people who are debugging specialists. I am not giving 5 stars for the simple reason that it requires extensive setup in order to follow all the examples. In fact, setting up a VPC with all components necessary for using Source Server took me 2 days. IMHO it would have been great if a CD with a VPC image was available for download to save us from the pain.
Rating: - Filled with information
I'd like to second the initial review: this is an excellent book. It covers the important topics about debugging, from project level issues (setting symbols and source servers) to code level issues (how to spot handle leaks with WinDBG). The book is engaging and easy to understand. It may even make you like debugging!
Some highlights include the great coverage of Visual studio and WinDBG. I use it regularly to look up a command or a tip-and-trick.
Rating: - An Excellent Source of Tips, Tricks, and How-To's
As somebody who debugs applications for a living, I found this an outstanding resource to both refresh my memory, give me new tips and tricks, and provide a frame of reference for sharing this knowledge with others.
If you do not already have a symbol server set up for your organization, then you should order this book today for the simple step-by-step instructions for how to do this. This is an absolute requirement for success, yet for some reason seems to be consistently overlooked and considered ... Read More
- If you work in .Net 2.0 or higher - use this book!
- Very good book
