| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Brief Table of Contents; Contents in Detail; Preface; 1: Some Preliminaries for Beginners and Pros; 2: Stopping to Take a Look Around; 3: Inspecting and Setting Variables; 4: When a Program Crashes; 5: Debugging in a Multiple-Activities Context; 6: Special Topics; 7: Other Tools; 8: Using GDB/DDD/Eclipse for Other Languages; Index. |
| Summary |
The Art of Debugging illustrates the use of three of the most popular debugging tools on Linux/Unix platforms: GDB, DDD, and Eclipse. In addition to offering specific advice for debugging with each tool, authors Norm Matloff and Pete Salzman cover general strategies for improving the process of finding and fixing coding errors, including how to inspect variables and data structures, understand segmentation faults and core dumps, and figure out why your program crashes or throws exceptions. You'll also learn how to use features like catchpoints, convenience variables, and artificial arrays and. |
| Subject |
Debugging in computer science.
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Computer software -- Quality control.
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Débogage. |
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Logiciels -- Qualité -- Contrôle. |
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Debugging in computer science. |
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Computer software -- Quality control. |
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Computer software -- Quality control |
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Debugging in computer science |
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Debugging |
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Software. |
| Added Author |
Salzman, Peter Jay.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Matloff, Norman S. Art of debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse. San Francisco : No Starch Press, ©2008 9781593271749 (DLC) 2003017566 (OCoLC)52819661 |
| ISBN |
9781593272319 (electronic bk.) |
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1593272316 (electronic bk.) |
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