Production Debugging for .NET Applications

Bibliography

November 2002

Chapter 1: Introduction to Production Debugging for .NET-Framework Applications

• Article Q121366, "PDB and DBG Files–What They Are and How They Work," in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q121366
• Debugging Tools for Windows toolkit from the Microsoft Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/debugging/
• Article Q286350, "HOWTO: Use AutoDump+ to Troubleshoot 'Hangs' and 'Crashes,'" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q286350
• "ASP.NET Process Model" entry in the .NET Framework SDK documentation, which is available from the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/gngrfprocessmodelsection.asp
• Allocation Profiler from the Microsoft .NET Framework Community Web site at http://www.gotdotnet.com/

Chapter 2: Debugging Memory Problems

• "Garbage Collection: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework", by Jeffrey Richter, MSDN Magazine, November 2000. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/bb985010.aspx)
• "Garbage Collection—Part 2: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework", by Jeffrey Richter, MSDN Magazine, December 2000. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/bb985011.aspx)
• Chapter 19, "Automatic Memory Management (Garbage Collection)" in Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming by Jeffrey Richter (Microsoft Press, 2002)
• ".NET Framework General Reference: Memory Performance Counters" on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/gngrfmemoryperformancecounters.asp
• ".NET Framework Developer's Guide: Performance Counters for ASP.NET" on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconperformancecountersforaspnet.asp
• Article Q286350, "HOWTO: Use Autodump+ to Troubleshoot 'Hangs' and Crashes" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q286350
• Article Q323478, "PRB: You Cannot Debug Through a Terminal Server Session" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q323478

Chapter 3: Debugging Contention Problems

• "Thread Pooling" in the .NET Framework Developer's Guide on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconthreadpooling.asp?frame=true
• Article Q317723, "What Are Race Conditions and Deadlocks?" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q317723
• Article Q321792, "ASP.NET Worker Process (Aspnet_wp.exe) Is Recycled Unexpectedly" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321792
• For more information, see article Q325947, "Event ID 1003 with ASP.NET Deadlock" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q325947.
• Article Q323478, "You Cannot Debug Through a Terminal Server Session" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q323478
• "ASP.NET Performance Tips and Best Practices" on the GotDotNet Web site at http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/asp/ ASP.NET Performance Tips and Tricks.aspx
• Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming by Jeffrey Richter (Microsoft Press, 2002)
• "Garbage Collection: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework", by Jeffrey Richter, MSDN Magazine, November 2000. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/bb985010.aspx)
• "Garbage Collection—Part 2: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework", by Jeffrey Richter, MSDN Magazine, December 2000. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/bb985011.aspx)
• "Making An Image Easier To Debug" on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconmakingimageeasiertodebug.asp

Chapter 4: Debugging Unexpected Process Termination

• "COM Threading and Application Architecture in COM+ Applications" available on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncomser/html/comthread.asp
• Article Q286350 "HOWTO: Use Autodump+ to Troubleshoot 'Hangs' and 'Crashes'" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q286350
• Article Q323478, "You Cannot Debug Through a Terminal Server Session" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q323478
• "ASP.NET Performance Tips and Best Practices" on the GotDotNet Web site at http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/asp/ASP.NET Performance Tips and Tricks.aspx
• Q303375, "INFO: XML Web Services and Apartment Objects" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q303375

Appendix

• "COM Threading and Application Architecture in COM+ Applications" on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncomser/html/comthread.asp
• "Thread.ApartmentState Property" on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemThreadingThreadClassApartmentStateTopic.asp
• "STAThreadAttribute Class" on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemSTAThreadAttributeClassTopic.asp
• "MTAThreadAttribute Class" on the MSDN Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemMTAThreadAttributeClassTopic.asp
• Article Q303375, "INFO: XML Web Services and Apartment Objects" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q303375
• Article Q308095, "PRB: Creating STA Components in the Constructor in ASP.NET ASPCOMPAT Mode Negatively Affects Performance" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308095
• "FIX: Various Problems When You Call Transactional COM+ Components from ASP.NET (Q318000)" on the Microsoft Product Support Services Web site at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;318000
• "HOWTO: Set the COM Apartment Type in Managed Threads (Q318402") on the Microsoft Product Support Services Web site at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;318402
• Article Q318000, "FIX: Problems When You Call Transactional COM+ Components" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;318000
• Article Q309330, "BUG: InvalidCastException Calling COM Component Marked as STA" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;309330
• Article Q291837, "INFO: Do Not Make Blocking Calls from an STA Component" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291837