Episode 52: Learning the Dark Arts of Debugging from Scott Walker




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Summary: Have you always wanted to learn more about debugging your software? Or just really want to know what your software is doing especially when it has bugs? We have a treat for you. In this episode, Keith and Woody sat down with Scott Walker to get some tips and tricks for setting up a debugging environment first and then how to use the tools properly to fix those nasty errors your customers and users keep having. Thanks to our guest this episode Scott Walker is a Team Lead with TDCI Inc. in Columbus OH. Scott is currently leads a team of developers responsible for the development of the BuyDesign Channel Sales online quoting solution. In the past he has been responsible for third level customer support as well as research. Scott has been working with .NET since the first release candidate version and has been involved in development of enterprise level web and desktop applications for the law enforcement, banking, and manufacturing industries. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer who has recently developed a strong interest in Ruby and iPhone development in his spare time. When not at work Scott can be found spending time with his wife and two young children, or spreading the good word on Production Debugging at conferences and user groups in the Midwest region.   Scott can be found on Twitter at http://twitter.com/pragma_tech Scott can be contacted via his blog: http://pragma-tech.blogspot.com/ Show Notes Scott’s Debugging Bookmarks WinDbg On Wikipedia Debugging Tools for Windows Microsoft Symbol Server How to connect TFS 2010 to Symbol Server ADPlus PerfMon Microsoft Source Server Download Show