Inside Windows Debugging

✍ Scribed by Tarik Soulami

• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 588
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Through a combination of best practices and common debugging and programming techniques—several of which are not currently documented in other books—this book shows developers why the system works the way it does and not simply what it does or how it does it.During the course of this book, readers Learn how to use debuggers as an integral part of the development process iterations Leverage the power of debuggers to learn system internals and mechanics Dissect software behavior on Windows using tracing and debugging tools Apply the above strategies to enhance knowledge of a few key fundamental topics in Windows.

✦ Table of Contents

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