Debugging Java: Troubleshooting for Programmers - Softcover

Will D. Mitchell; Will David Mitchell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072125624 ISBN 13: 9780072125627

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000

Synopsis

-- Troubleshooting reference for the Java programmer.
-- Author's computer science teaching experience led him to discover the importance of debugging. His research showed that people who learn debugging skills first, master computer languages markedly faster.
-- Stands alone and can be paired with other Debugging titles covering C++, ASP, and other technologies.
-- Filled with solutions to common and rare bugs.
-- Proactive focus helps developers identify bad coding habits and adopt strategies to build clean code.

About this title

About the Author

David Mitchell (Bellevue, NE) while teaching computer science at the University of Nebraska, David's research showed that people who learned debugging skills first, master computer languages markedly faster. He has authored more than a thousand technical manuals and papers since 1971, including five high-tech thriller novels. His popular website for authors is http://weblications.net. Besides being an author and computer scientist, he is a jet pilot, a mathematician, an artist and a musician.

From the Back Cover

Write Error-Free Programs from Development to Deployment

Kill Java bugs dead with the tips, tricks, and advanced troubleshooting techniques in this comprehensive volume. Debugging Java shows you, step-by-step, how to locate and eliminate common and hard-to-find rough spots in your applets and applications. You'll learn how to prevent bugs from hatching in your code, avoid scope creep, reduce deadline pressure using RFA, use text editors and macros to reduce errors, use debugging power tools, and eliminate multi-thread conflicts. Debugging expert Will David Mitchell even shows you how potential design and logic flaws can spark new features! When "it works on my machine" just won't cut it, use the hands-on solutions offered in this resource to exterminate Java bugs for good.

• Learn the architecture of clean Java code and eliminate bad programming habits
• Set effective traps to locate and squash Java bugs
• Find, analyze, and fix object-oriented and procedure-oriented code errors and trouble spots
• Use Risk-Factor Analysis to eliminate bugs caused by deadline pressure
• Implement robust macros to cut errors and save time
• Extend and train the Copy/Paste buffer to avoid typing errors
• Identify and remove conditions that may lead to mutually conflicting threads

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072125624
• ISBN 13: 9780072125627
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500