Find the Bug: A Book of Incorrect Programs 1st Edition

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Presents bugged programs in C, Java, Python, Perl, and x86 assembly language, with explained solutions. This book includes language overviews to help you debug 50 examples. It shows how to look past the surface of code to uncover its hidden internal logic. It also offers practical guidance on analyzing programs.

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50 exercises to help you find bugs faster -- with less aggravation!

Bug hunting is an art, and you need to be a master. Get Find the Bug, and you'll become one. Long-time Microsoft programmer Adam Barr presents 50 programs, each with exactly one bug. Your assignment: find it. As you do, Barr will teach you how to "think like your processor"... anticipating exactly how code will behave, even without running it. You'll learn better ways to read code, understand it -- and above all, improve it. Whether you're building new systems or maintaining someone else's, you'll find bugs earlier, faster, with less frustration... and write cleaner code to begin with.

Presents "bugged" programs in C, Java, Python, Perl, and x86 assembly language, with carefully explained solutions
Includes language overviews to help you debug all 50 examples, even if you don't know the language
Shows how to look past the "surface" of code to uncover its hidden internal logic
Offers practical guidance on analyzing programs, including specific inputs to test
Presents a wide range of realistic bugs, with no phony "gotchas"
Draws on the types of coding and debugging challenges Microsoft uses to interview new programmers
An indispensable resource for working programmers, maintainers, testers, quality specialists, and everyone involved in code reviews

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Find the Bug: A Book of Incorrect Programs Author Bio

ADAM BARR lives in Redmond, WA, and works at Microsoft Corporation as a Program Manager on Windows Server. For ten years, he was a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Corporation, where he worked on products ranging from Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP to Microsoft Interactive Television and Softimage Digital Studio. He has exceptional experience in C programming and Windows NT kernel development and debugging. He is author of Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: What I Learned in Ten Years as a Microsoft Programmer.

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (October 16, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321223918
ISBN-13: 978-0321223913
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 1 x 8.9 inches
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Great "out of the box" thinking...

ByThomas DuffHALL OF FAMEVINE VOICEon October 31, 2004

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If you're a programmer who has to look at code that others have written, you'll appreciate this book... Find The Bug by Adam Barr (Addison-Wesley).

Chapter list: Bug Classification; Tips on Walking Through Code; C; Python; Java; Perl; x86 Assembly Language; Classification of Bugs; Index of Bugs by Type; References; Index

This is a excellent text to help you improve your skills on reading code and mentally debugging it. There are 10 short program or routines for each of the five languages. Your goal is to walk through the code and figure out what is the hidden error in it. There are three or four suggestions if you need help thinking it through, a couple of direct hints to focus your thoughts, and a complete explanation at the end. Even though you may not be familiar with some of the languages, Barr gives you a basic coverage of the fundamentals at the beginning of the chapter so that you can see if you are able to spot the error. Add to all that some good information on how best to walk through code, and you end up with a book that should be part of every developer's training. If you're part of a development group that does code walkthroughs, this would be an excellent guide to help everyone become more effective during the process.

A good way to step outside your normal thought processes and improve your skills... good stuff.

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Great read!

ByJC Cannonon November 1, 2004

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Adam Barr steps you through code analysis in a logical fashion, guiding you around some obvious and not so obvious pitfalls. His writing style makes it easy to understand his concepts. Adam's selection of languages benefits programmers of all backgrounds. I especially enjoyed looking through the Python examples. The language summary at the beginning of each chapter is a great idea to acquaint newcomers to a language. Experienced programmers as well as hobbyists will find great value in the examples. Not only will you become a better debugger, you will become a better programmer.

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Interesting brain teasers for coders

ByJack D. Herringtonon January 9, 2005

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This book has a set of bugs to work through in C, Java, Perl, Python, and Assembler. The bugs range from rudimentary syntax mistakes to more complex and subtle bugs. Hints are given to help you along the way. These will definitely give you brain a spin. Much link the C lint bugs in that have been printed in Dr. Dobbs for years. If you enjoy logic puzzles and bug hunting you will like this book.

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Five Stars

ByLucifer92_on May 6, 2015

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This book seems new and cheap.

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what a waste of money

ByValeriy Vorotyntsevon November 2, 2008

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Don't buy this book; save a tree!

It says nothing about actually useful practices, like unit-testing. No thrilling bug hunting stories, just a collection of boring examples, written in "for dummies" style that made me want to close the book immediately.

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Marginally fun

ByR. Florianon January 15, 2009

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Pro's: Great variety, level of challenge, and good ideas.
Cons: Sometimes lessons are very obscure without being practical. Assembly language is the devil.

I read it several times to make sure I understood it, and what it was trying to show.

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Great Book

BySulaiman Alhasawion October 18, 2004

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I am a programmer . I find this book helpfull. A must have for security specialists.

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