The Art of Debugging with GDB DDD and Eclipse 1st Edition by Norman Matloff, Peter Jay Salzman ISBN 978-1593272319 1593272319

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ISBN 10:  1593272319

ISBN 13: 978-1593272319

Author: Norman Matloff, Peter Jay Salzman

Debugging is crucial to successful software development, but even many experienced programmers find it challenging. Sophisticated debugging tools are available, yet it may be difficult to determine which features are useful in which situations. The Art of Debugging is your guide to making the debugging process more efficient and effective.

The Art of Debugging illustrates the use three of the most popular debugging tools on Linux/Unix platforms: GDB, DDD, and Eclipse. The text-command based GDB (the GNU Project Debugger) is included with most distributions. DDD is a popular GUI front end for GDB, while Eclipse provides a complete integrated development environment.

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
–Know why your program crashes or throws exceptions
–Use features like catchpoints, convenience variables, and artificial arrays
–Avoid common debugging pitfalls

Real world examples of coding errors help to clarify the authors’ guiding principles, and coverage of complex topics like thread, client-server, GUI, and parallel programming debugging will make you even more proficient. You’ll also learn how to prevent errors in the first place with text editors, compilers, error reporting, and static code checkers.

Whether you dread the thought of debugging your programs or simply want to improve your current debugging efforts, you’ll find a valuable ally in The Art of Debugging.

Table of contents: 

1. SOME PRELIMINARIES FOR BEGINNERS AND PROS

Programming Language Focus

The Principles of Debugging

Text-Based vs. GUI-Based Debugging Tools, and a Compromise Between Them

Main Debugger Operations

Online Help

Introductory Debugging Session

Use of Startup Files

2. STOPPING TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND

Overview of Breakpoints

Keeping Track of Breakpoints

Setting Breakpoints

Extended GDB Example

Persistence of Breakpoints

Deleting and Disabling Breakpoints

More on Viewing Breakpoint Attributes

Resuming Execution

Conditional Breakpoints

Breakpoint Command Lists

Watchpoints

3. INSPECTING AND SETTING VARIABLES

Advanced Inspection and Setting of Variables

Setting Variables from Within GDB/DDD/Eclipse

GDB’s Own Variables

4. WHEN A PROGRAM CRASHES

Core Files

Extended Example

5. DEBUGGING IN A MULTIPLE-ACTIVITIES CONTEXT

Debugging Threaded Code

Debugging Parallel Applications

Extended Example

6. SPECIAL TOPICS

Debugging GUI Programs

7. OTHER TOOLS

Making Good Use of the Compiler

Error Reporting in C

Better Living with strace and Itrace

Static Code Checkers: lint and Friends

Debugging Dynamically Allocated Memory

8. USING GDB/DDD/ECLIPSE FOR OTHER LANGUAGES

Perl

Python

Debugging SWIG Code

Assembly Language

COLOPHON

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