Understanding the different windows in Visual Studio’s debugger is essential for efficient debugging. Read on to learn some of the most commonly used debug windows of Visual Studio.
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The Cost of Bugs
Software defects and bugs cost $60 billion a year in the US. Check out this infographic to get a few other statistics on the impact of defects in your applications.
Browser Debugging Tools to Help Debug ASP.Net Applications
ASP.Net web forms, as the webpages are officially known, can become cumbersome to handle when they grow richer. The first line of defense, in such cases, is offered by the Browser Debugging Tools. Read on to find out more about such tools and how they help.
Writing a More Robust Debugger Visualizer in WPF
In this new installment, you'll discover how to write an even more robust version of a debugger visualizer using WIndows Presentation Foundation (WPF). You'll learn how to visualize additional data types as well as how to change the value of variables.
Writing a Debugger Visualizer in WPF: Part 1
There are lots of good examples of creating a debugger visualizer for Visual Studio, but one thing that this is common is that all of them are written using Windows form. It is, however, possible to make a debugger visualizer in WPF, and thus display data in a much more sophisticated way using modern technology.
Code Contracts in .NET
This article introduces code contracts that specify statements in .NET programs that must prove valid.
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