Debugging: The Nine Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems

When the pressure is on to root out an elusive software or hardware glitch, what’s needed is a cool head courtesy of a set of rules guaranteed to work on any system, in any circumstance. Written in a frank but engaging style, Debugging provides simple, foolproof principles guaranteed to help find any bug quickly. This book makes those shelves of application-specific debugging books (on C++, Perl, Java, etc.) obsolete. It changes the way readers think about debugging, making those pesky problems suddenly much easier to find and fix.

Illustrating the rules with real-life bug-detection war stories, the book shows readers how to:

• Understand the system: how perceiving the “roadmap” can hasten your journey
• Quit thinking and look: when hands-on investigation can’t be avoided
• Isolate critical factors: why changing one element at a time can be an essential tool
• Keep an audit trail: how keeping a record of the debugging process can win the day

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: How Can That Work?

Chapter 2: The Rules—Suitable for Framing

Chapter 3: Understand The System

Chapter 4: Make It Fail

Chapter 5: Quit Thinking and Look

Chapter 6: Divide and Conquer

Chapter 7: Change One Thing At A Time

Chapter 8: Keep An Audit Trail

Chapter 9: Check The Plug

Chapter 10: Get A Fresh View

Chapter 11: If You Didn’t Fix It, It Ain’t Fixed

Chapter 12: All The Rules In One Story

Chapter 13: Easy Exercises For The Reader

Chapter 14: The View From The HelpDesk

Chapter 15: The Bottom Line

About the Author

David J. Agans (Milford, NH) is a recognized expert called in to help with tough debugging problems. He currently runs PointSource, a computer systems consultancy. He has worked with industrial control and monitoring systems, integrated circuit design, handheld PCs, videoconferencing, and countless other systems

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