Debugging Visual Basic: Troubleshooting for Programmers [Paperback]

David Jung (Author), Jeff Kent (Author)

Book Description

Series: Debugging | Publication Date: August 2, 2000

-- Written by recognized VB expert David Jung, provides VB programmers of all skill levels with a hands-on resource that teaches how to create error-free code, reduce the time and effort spent figuring out logic problems, and how to proactively troubleshoot applications.
-- Detailed analysis of handling across all VB environments, including VB 6, building Office and Windows CE applications with VB.
-- Techniques for fine-turning COM/COM+/ and DCOM components
-- 24x7 - Boxed elements that focus on specific coding techniques for writing applications that don't break
-- Design Tip - Logical or optimization technique for building solid code
-- Error Watch - Warnings and cautions against common or easy-to-make programming errors

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

A great problem-solving reference for VB programmers. --David Mendlen, Product Planner, Visual Basic/Visual InterDev, Microsoft Corporation

Fix buggy programs and prevent pesky errors from slipping into your Visual Basic applications with the techniques, tricks, and expert advice in this unique resource. Debugging Visual Basic is packed with concise explanations, examples, and real-world solutions that will have you writing clean code in no time! You'll find all the information you need to stamp out common and little-known bugs using the compiler, error-handling statements, Win32 APIs, ActiveX Data Object, user interface design, and self-registering COM objects. In addition, you will find discussions on best practices for every stage of a successful product release such as joint application development sessions, code reviews, and testing and defect tracking. The valuable appendix will have you fully up-to-date on some of the latest third-party debugging and application deployment tools for Visual Basic. Use the knowledge and insight in this handbook to prevent every programmer's worst nightmare--downtime, lost revenue, and unhappy clients.

Learn software design strategies and methodologies for rapid application development

Optimize VB code, automation using VBA, and Internet applications

Avoid logical and syntactical problems with error-handling statements, objects, and methods

Automate troubleshooting using conditional compilation and compiler options

Fine-tune COM, DCOM and COM+ components

Learn techniques for using Win32 APIs, ActiveX Data Object, and ActiveX Controls

Develop techniques for WebClass, and DHTML application debugging

Deploy your applications and components using the Package and Deployment Wizard and Windows Installer

Product Details

• Paperback: 414 pages
• Publisher: Osborne Publishing (August 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072125187
• ISBN-13: 978-0072125184
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,541,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of good information on debugging, March 9, 2002

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This review is from: Debugging Visual Basic: Troubleshooting for Programmers (Paperback)

This book is one of those books that might be good enough only because the subject it deals with is rare. I have not worked very much with Visual Basic to say how useful it is. From my experience with Access VBA I thought it dealt nicely with debugging tools and error handlers. I wanted to get a better feeling of debugging before going into other VBA books that reports indicate to be full of bugs. The book is nice in that it briefly touches on subjects like ADO. It seems like it will make a good reference. I really can't complain much since I paid one buck for the book. The only negative criticism that I can say to the authors is that the word open in Spanish is not abir, but abrir.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book., November 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Debugging Visual Basic: Troubleshooting for Programmers (Paperback)

David Jung and Jeff Kent have done it again! This book is a MUST have for any serious (or at least kinda serious) VB programmer or anyone who just has an interest in learning how to make their programs run better -- easier and faster. The book is easy to understand and written for someone WITHOUT a PhD. This book is the perfect companion to the Jung/Kent Visual Basic programming book. You gotta buy it!