Debugging and Error Handling (Windows)

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Debugging and Error Handling

Debuggers are applications that enable developers to observe and correct programming errors. The error detection and handling functions enable developers to create robust code.

The following are debugging and error handling technologies.

Technology	Description
Basic Debugging	Provides the basic debugging functions in Windows. They can be used to create a simple debugger.
Debug Help Library	Provides debugging support routines. They can be used to work with portable executable (PE) images.
Error Handling	Enables you to receive and display error information for your application.
Event Logging	Records errors and events in the event log. Users can view the event log using the Event Viewer.
Structured Exception Handling	Enables complete control over the handling of hardware and software exceptions. In addition, termination handling ensures that whenever a guarded body of code is executed, a specified block of termination code is also executed.
Wait Chain Traversal	Enables debuggers to diagnose application hangs and deadlocks.
Windows Error Reporting	Enables users to notify Microsoft of application faults, kernel faults, and unresponsive applications.

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Windows Debuggings

Christophe Pichaud ... krunch35768 | Edit | Show History

As a Windows Developer, debugging is a piece of requirement in software development.

MS Press provides some book.

PluralSight/Mike Woodring provides some toolkits and guidelines.

The best known contributor is Matt Pietrek which comes from Numega and its Bound Checker product. Check out MSJ and MSDN Article. Dive into the StackWalk API and more...