ReviewThorsten Grötker, Ulrich Holtmann, Holger Keding, and Markus Wloka speak directly to the entrenched developer, give straight-forward advice on solving debugging problems and come up with solutions real fast. Whether it is solving memory problems, debugging parallel programs, or dealing with problems induced by your very tool chain – this book offers ?rst aid that is tried and proven. When dealing with today’s programs, especially those written in C and C++, we’ll still sp (more…)
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This manual describes how to use Valgrind, an award-winning suite of tools for debugging and profiling GNU/Linux programs. Valgrind detects memory and threading bugs automatically, avoiding hours of frustrating bug-hunting and making your programs more stable. You can also perform detailed profiling, to speed up your programs and reduce their memory usage. The Valgrind distribution provides five tools for debugging and profiling: Memcheck (a memory error detector), Cachegri (more…)
Empower your students to be successful system and network administrators! This text is designed for a course exclusively in Linux shell script programming.
About the Author
Todd Meadors is a certified networking instructor at DeKalb Technical College and author of Lab Manual for Network+ Guide to Networks (CT, 2000).
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There’s a lot to be said for going back to basics. Not only does this Bible give you a quick refresher on the structure of open-source Linux software, it also shows you how to bypass the hefty graphical user interface on Linux systems and start interacting the fast and efficient waywith command lines and automated scripts. You’ll learn how to manage files on the filesystem, start and stop programs, use databases, even do Web programmingwithout a GUIwith this one-stop resource.
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There’s a lot to be said for going back to basics. Not only does this Bible give you a quick refresher on the structure of open-source Linux software, it also shows you how to bypass the hefty graphical user interface on Linux systems and start interacting the fast and efficient waywith command lines and automated scripts. You’ll learn how to manage files on the filesystem, start and stop programs, use databases, even do Web programmingwithout a GUIwith this one-stop resource.
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“A great resource for intermediate to experienced shell programmers.” — WebDevReviews”Far above anything else available
This is the book that every other publisher tries to imitate.” — LinuxWorld, January 2005″Good examples of what can be done, and how to go about it.” — Major Keary Book News, 2004 No. 9″If you already know how to write rudimentary Unix scripts, here are some tools that’ll really float your boat.” — Epinions.com”a quite comprehensive explanation of shel (more…)
The GNU Debugger allows you to see what is going on “inside” a program while it executes – or what a program was doing at the moment it crashed. GDB supports C, C++, Java, Fortran and Assembly among other languages; it is also designed to work closely with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The GNU Debugger Program has four special features that helps you catch bugs in the act: * It starts your program for you, specifying anything that might affect it’s behavior. * Makes (more…)
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“I’m sure this book will be of great assistance to anyone doing any serious development work in any of the supported languages.” – John Collins, news@UK, September 2005
Many Linux and Unix developers are familiar with the GNU debugger (GBD), the invaluable open source tool for testing, fixing, and retesting software. And since GDB can be ported to Windows, Microsoft developers and others who use this platform can also take advantage of this amazing free software that a (more…)
Debugging is crucial to successful software development, but even many experienced programmers find it challenging. Sophisticated debugging tools are available, yet it may be difficult to determine which features are useful in which situations. The Art of Debugging is your guide to making the debugging process more efficient and effective. The Art of Debugging illustrates the use three of the most popular debugging tools on Linux/Unix platforms: GDB, DDD, and Eclipse. The text-comman (more…)
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Useful for anyone who builds Windows Web applications, Debugging ASP: Troubleshooting for Programmers offers invaluable advice on fixing (and avoiding) a handful of common problems with Active Server Pages (ASPs). Traditional debugging actually is only a small part of the package. This book is a solid guide to deploying ASP Web applications on both development and production servers. “Experience is the best teacher,” the old maxim goes, and the approac (more…)