Advanced Debugging Methods

This text presents practice and tools for debugging computer programs. Although debugging has been addressed in numerous research papers, many of its methods have yet to be explored in a book-length format. This book helps to fill this gap by presenting an overview of existing debugging tools with motivating examples and case studies, as well as presenting state-of-the-art debugging methods. The book should be of use to software developers looking for tools to be applied in cutting edge practice; system architects looking at the relationship between software design and debugging; tools and programming language researchers looking for new ideas in run-time tool implementation as well as detailed descriptions of advanced implementations; and university professors and graduate students who will use this book as supplementary reading for graduate courses in programming tools, language implementation, and advanced object-oriented systems. It is also a reference of currently existing debugging methodologies as well as a springboard for research to simplify the difficult task of debugging and to facilitate the development of more robust software systems.