Advanced .NET Debugging

by Mario Hewardt, Patrick Dessud (Foreword by)

“Mario Hewardt’s Advanced .NET Debugging is an excellent resource for both beginner and experienced developers working with .NET. The book is also packed with many debugging tips and discussions of CLR internals, which will benefit developers architecting software.” –Jeffrey Richter, consultant, trainer, and author at Wintellect “Mario has done it again. His Advanced Windows Debugging (coauthored with Daniel Pravat) is an invaluable resource for native code debugging, and Advanced .NET Debugging achieves the same quality, clarity, and breadth to make it just as invaluable for .NET debugging.” –Mark Russinovich, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Corporation The Only Complete, Practical Guide to Fixing the Toughest .NET Bugs Advanced .NET Debugging is the first focused, pragmatic guide to tracking down today’s most complex and challenging .NET application bugs. It is the only book to focus entirely on using powerful native debugging tools, including WinDBG, NTSD, and CDB, to debug .NET applications. Using these tools, author Mario Hewardt explains how to identify the real root causes of problems—far more quickly than you ever could with other debuggers. Hewardt first introduces the key concepts needed to successfully use .NET’s native debuggers. Next, he turns to sophisticated debugging techniques, using real-world examples that demonstrate many common C# programming errors. This book enables you to A companion web site ( ) contains all sample code, examples, and bonus content.

Genres: Programming, Technology

542 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[OG Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is not as relevant as it once was, but it was a very significant book in my early career with .NET.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprehensive introduction to low level .NET debugging - when you need to fire up WinDbg to check out the state of the managed heap, or debug a crash dump from the field you'll find this book invaluable. I wish it had been available when I started figuring out how to use SOS.

[Stefan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Albeit a bit dated it's still a fabulous book covering internals of .net and most common debugging techniques. Can't even count how many times I have referred to it. A must have for a developer utilising .net stack.

[Gert-Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely helpful book when tackling complex debugging problems on Windows. I've learned many techniques from this book and was able to successfully apply them.