Debug and Test (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

This page links to Help on widely used Visual Basic debugging tasks. To view other categories of popular tasks covered in Help, see How Do I in Visual Basic Express.

In Visual Basic Express

Visual Basic Express includes tools for debugging your application. Visual Basic makes it easy with Edit and Continue.

• Finding the Errors: Introduction to Visual Basic Debugging
  Learn about fixing program errors through a technique called debugging.

• Know Your Bugs: Three Kinds of Programming Errors
  Learn about the different types of errors that can occur when you write a program.

• Finding and Getting Rid of Compiler Errors
  Demonstrates how to find and fix compiler errors.

• It Doesn't Work! Finding and Eliminating Run-Time Errors
  Explains how to fix and find run-time errors.

• What? It Wasn't Supposed To Do That! Finding Logic Errors
  Learn how to fix your program so that it does what you intended.

• What To Do When Something Goes Wrong: Handling Errors
  Demonstrates how to write code that handles errors in your programs. You will also learn about the various types of errors.

In MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions

These are some of the more in-depth topics that the Library offers to help you debug and test your applications. To use these links, you have to have the MSDN Library for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions installed or have access to MSDN Online library.

• Debugging Your Visual Basic Application
  Provides links to documentation for the debugging features that are included in Visual Studio.

• Walkthrough: Debugging a Windows Form
  Demonstrates debugging on Windows Forms.

• Walkthrough: Debugging an XML Web Service
  Demonstrates debugging a Web Service.

• Debugging Preparation: XML Web Service Projects
  Demonstrates debugging a deployed and running Web service from Visual Studio.

• Debugging WCF Services
  Provides links to topics that describe how to debug a WCF service.

Other Resources

These Web sites are excellent resources for finding more information, seeing what other Express users are doing, and staying involved with the Visual Basic Express community as it grows.

• Visual Basic Developer Center
  Central location for information about Visual Basic. Includes case studies, new tools, and other downloads.

• Beginner Developer Learning Center
  Central location for learning materials for the beginner developer. Includes video tutorials, articles, the How-To Reference Library, and Kid's Corner.

• Coding4Fun
  Includes lots of articles and coding tips for the Visual Basic Express developer.

• Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Center
  Provides extra help for developers who want to upgrade Visual Basic 6.0 applications.

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