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Title: Debugging Applications by John Robbins ISBN: 0-7356-0886-5 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 26 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It's about time!
Comment: I guess the title says it all. I've been waiting for a book to that demystifies the debugging process, and this is the one that does. With this book, John Robbins' teaches you a part of software development that is key to career success and he does it with a writing style that makes the subject matter easy to digest.
I've always enjoyed John's MSJ BugSlayer columns, and now he's once again taken his vast development background and shared it with his readers. He shows you how debuggers work and then goes on show you how to effectively use them in your day-to-day work.
If you are a serious Windows developer, you should read this book.
Great job, John!
Rating: 5
Summary: Do you aspire to be a serious developer? If so, read this bk
Comment: John Robbins did a great job on this book. I was very impressed both on the depth and breadth of the issues treated.
At first, I though on skipping the chapter on Visual Basic debugging, since I am strictly a VC++ developer, but I am glad I did not. Even that chapter gave me insights that I can use on my day to day, for example, when he runs the VB compiler while in the debugger and is able to see how VB uses the C compiler's code generation (second pass).
Some great insights and lots of good example on how to resolve problems and how to use all the capabilities of the debugger to ones best advantage.
It will teach you what to do when the debugger gets you to a source line that before that line, everything is working properly, after that line the world has turned upside down. It will teach you enough X86 assembly to make you dangerous and be able to read between the (source) lines in the process. Even if you thought you knew it already.
Could it be improved ? Yes, can't it always ? Coverage on tracking memory leaks could be expanded, for example, to cover MFC's shortcomings when reporting them, but this book is a close to perfection as I have seen them.
And it is a great read too. His style is easy to follow, even though some of the subjects are deep and complex, but John transfers the knowledge so easily, it is amazing.
Once I completed my first read, I really felt like I had just finished listening to a very good rendition of a Beethoven or Mozart simphony.
Every developer that aspire to be a serious developer should read it and reread it.
And thank you, John Robbins. I will be buying every book you write.
Rating: 5
Summary: Out of Print !(Huge Shame)
Comment: This book is the final word on windows debugging. Not surprising since it comes from one of the authors of the award winning software: "Bounds Checker"
I really enjoyed the chapter on x86 assembly. It covers what needs to be known to read through assembly code when the debugger tosses it at you.
Trying to list all the good stuff in the book will take more time than I can devote right now. What I don't understand is why the book is now out of print. I'm sure some people out there still want to stick to native code and these people deserve to have this book. I'm happy I got mine before it went under.
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Title: Debugging Applications for Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Windows by John Robbins ISBN: 0735615365 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 12 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Debugging Windows Programs: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques for Visual C++ Programmers by Everett N. McKay, Everett N. McKay, Mike Woodring ISBN: 020170238X Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Debugging: The Nine Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems by David J. Agans ISBN: 0814471684 Publisher: AMACOM Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Design (2nd Edition) by Scott Meyers ISBN: 0201924889 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 02 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows by Jeffrey Richter ISBN: 1572319968 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 23 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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