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Rethink your use of Windows debugging and tracing tools—and learn how to make them a key part of test-driven software development. Led by a member of the Windows Fundamentals Team at Microsoft, you’ll apply expert debugging and tracing techniques—and sharpen your C++ and C# code analysis skills—through practical examples and common scenarios. Learn why experienced developers use debuggers in every step of the development process, and not just when bugs appear. Discover how to: Go behind the scenes to examine how powerful Windows debuggers work Catch bugs early in the development cycle with static and runtime analysis tools Gain practical strategies to tackle the most common code defects Apply expert tricks to handle user-mode and kernel-mode debugging tasks Implement postmortem techniques such as JIT and dump debugging Debug the concurrency and security aspects of your software Use debuggers to analyse interactions between your code and the operating system Analyse software behavior with Xperf and the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) framework

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Author:   Tarik Soulami
Publisher:   Microsoft Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Microsoft Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.010kg
ISBN:  

9780735662780

ISBN 10:   0735662789
Pages:   600
Publication Date:   15 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Part 1: A Bit of Background Chapter 1: Software Development in Windows Part 2: Debugging for Fun and Profit Chapter 2: Getting Started Chapter 3: How Windows Debuggers Work Chapter 4: Postmortem Debugging Chapter 5: Beyond the Basics Chapter 6: Code Analysis Tools Chapter 7: Expert Debugging Tricks Chapter 8: Common Debugging Scenarios, Part 1 Chapter 9: Common Debugging Scenarios, Part 2 Chapter 10: Debugging System Internals Part 3: Observing and Analyzing Software Behavior Chapter 11: Introducing Xperf Chapter 12: Inside ETW Chapter 13: Common Tracing Scenarios WinDbg User-Mode Debugging Quick Start WinDbg Kernel-Mode Debugging Quick Start

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Tarik Soulami is a principal development lead on the Windows Fundamentals Team at Microsoft.

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