Visual Studio Debugging

Question 1

What is visual studio debugger

Answer 1

visual studio has an Integrated debugger, makes it easy to debug programs

Question 2

What does VS debugger supports

Answer 2

Break points,
Conditional breakpoints,
Stepping,
Stack trace,
Variable display,
Variable watch.

Question 3

Breakpoints

Answer 3

• can be set on any executable line of a program
• when the code is being debugged and just before it hits the line on which a breakpoint has been set execution will be paused.
• While paused:
• you can examine the state of all the variables,
• you can use the run controls at the top of the window to step the program ahead

Question 4

Breakpoint Types

Answer 4

function breakpoint
- stops when a function is called

data breakpoint
- Allows you to set the address of a variable and a number of bytes after it
- Triggered when that memory is changed.