Debugging and Profiling C++ applications on Windows

This course gives an introduction to various tools which help developers and testers in finding bugs and performance issues in C++ applications on Windows. The tools presented cover a wide range of problems, from general-purpose debugging and CPU profiling to Windows-specific high-level analyzers.

We offer two types of in-person training: Scheduled, for individuals from diverse companies and In-Company for teams. Some on-line options may also be available. Contact us for more information.

Course Contents:

This training focuses on tooling available to developers working with Microsoft Windows on the desktop.

The following tools will be covered:

Debugging:

• general purpose debuggers: Visual Studio, CDB
• memory error detectors: Application Verifier, AddressSanitizers
• thread error detectors: ThreadSanitizer
• tracing: Dependency Walker, Process Monitor, API Monitor
• OpenGL: apitrace

Profiling:

• CPU: Intel VTune Amplifier XE, Visual Studio, Windows Performance Analyzer
• heap memory: Visual Studio, Windows Performance Analyzer
• OpenGL: apitrace, NVidia nSight

Testing:

• static code analysis: clang analyzer, Coverity
• code coverage: gcov

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