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.

About the Author

Tarik Soulami, a principal development lead on the Windows Fundamentals Team, has more than 10 years of experience designing and developing system-level software at Microsoft. Before joining the Windows team, Tarik spent several years on the Common Language Runtime (CLR) Team, where he helped shape early releases of the Microsoft® .NET framework

Table of Contents:
Part I A Bit of Background · Chapter 1 Software Development in Windows Part II 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 III Observing and Analyzing Software Behavior · Chapter 11 Introducing Xperf · Chapter 12 Inside ETW · Chapter 13 Common Tracing Scenarios · Chapter 14 Windows Debugging User-Mode Debugging Quick Start · Chapter 15 Windows Debugging Kernel-Mode Debugging Quick Start