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DebugStudio Alpha

DebugStudio Alpha

Jakub Bielawa

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DebugStudio is an extension which enriches the debugging experience when using the Visual Studio Debugger. It offers a set of useful features that make debugging easier and faster.
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This is an alpha version that comes with an incomplete set of features and has some known issues.

List of features:

  • Add Many Breakpoints
  • Always Enabled Breakpoints
  • Display Hit Count Inline
  • Set Hit Count Limit
  • Focus On Usage
  • Enable Or Disable Many Breakpoints
  • Highlighted Null Values
  • Highlighted Boolean Values
  • Hit If CALLER Contains
  • Create Data Breakpoint On Variable
  • Play Sound On Breakpoint Hit And Continue Execution
  • Execute Shell Command On Breakpoint Hit
  • Step Into First Control Flow Change

Overview of the features:

Add Many Breakpoints

Select many lines of code and hit F9 - a breakpoint on every line selected will be added.

Always Enabled Breakpoints

Make some breakpoints always enabled to make sure they cannot be disabled.

Display Hit Count Inline

See hit counts of all breakpoints hit inline.

Set Hit Count Limit

Disable a breakpoint when its hit count reaches a specified value.

Focus On Usage

Make lines containing usage of a variable stand out to be able to find bugs easier.

Now you can use this feature also during design time.

Enable Or Disable Many Breakpoints

Select many lines of code and hit Ctrl + F9 - breakpoints in these lines should be enabled/disabled.

Highlighted Null Values

See which objects are null as you debug.

Highlighted Boolean Values

See which booleans are true and which are false.

Hit If CALLER Contains

Hit a breakpoint only if the previous function's name contains or doesn't contain specified string.

Create Data Breakpoint On Variable

Quickly and easily create a data breakpoint on a specified variable.

This feature works only with C++.

Play Sound On Breakpoint Hit And Continue Execution

Make Visual Studio play a sound when a specific breakpoint gets hit.

playSoundOnHit.gif

Execute Shell Command On Breakpoint Hit

Now you can tell Visual Studio to execute a shell command every time a chosen breakpoint gets hit.

executeShellCommandOnHit.gif

Step Into First Control Flow Change

Step through your code until a function gets called or returns.

stepIntoFirstControlFlowChange.gif

You can configure the extension in the Options window:

You can turn every feature on and off one by one or all at once.

Known issues:

  • Display Hit Count Inline - sometimes hit count is not visible when there is a little space before the line of code available
  • Null Objects Display and Boolean Values Display can slow down Visual Studio when the Autos window is active or the Watch window is active and not empty

Changes:

Version 0.5.1 - 2/7/2018

  • Added new feature: Step Into First Control Flow Change
  • Improved logging

Version 0.5 - 2/2/2018

  • Added new feature: Play Sound On Breakpoint Hit And Continue Execution
  • Added new feature: Execute Shell Command On Breakpoint Hit
  • Added basic logging to "DebugStudio" output window
  • Fixed issue with Null Objects Display and Boolean Values Display making Visual Studio crash sporadically

Version 0.4.9.2 - 1/25/2018

  • Fixed issue with Null Objects Display and Boolean Values Display not being displayed at all

Version 0.4.9.1 - 5/28/2017

  • Improved Null Objects Display and Boolean Values Display performance

Version 0.4.9 - 5/22/2017

  • Added Visual Studio 2017 support

Version 0.4.8.1 - 9/9/2016

  • Fixed a bug occurring on evaluating variables with a name consisting only of one character

Version 0.4.8 - 8/23/2016

  • Added enabling/disabling all features in the Options window
  • Added Focus On Usage during design time
  • Improved performance for Null Objects Display and Boolean Values Display

Version 0.4.7 - 4/4/2016

  • Added About window
  • Added Options window
  • Fixed performance issue on editing large files
  • Fixed issue with updating the hit count display on stepping through code
  • Fixed issue with creating breakpoints by clicking LMB on a margin

Version 0.4.5.7 - 2/2/2016

  • Fixed bug in Focus On Usage
  • Decreased the memory usage

Version 0.4.5.5 - 1/31/2016

  • Fixed many bugs
  • Decreased the memory usage
  • Added function name auto complete for Hit if $CALLER contains window

Version 0.4.4 - 1/9/2016

  • Fixed a bug: Null Objects Display and Boolean Values Display do not disappear after exiting the debug mode in Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013

Version 0.4.3.8 - 12/16/2015

  • Performance improvement

Version 0.4.3.7 - 12/15/2015

  • Added additional checks for inapropriate values to improve stability of the extension

Version 0.4.3.6 - 12/11/2015

  • Fixed bug occurring on using the Watch window

Version 0.4.3.5 - 12/10/2015

  • Performance improvement

Version 0.4.3.4 - 12/9/2015

  • Performance improvement

Version 0.4.3.3 - 12/4/2015

  • Fixed another bug in Boolean Values Display

Version 0.4.3.2 - 12/3/2015

  • Fixed bug in Boolean Values Display

Version 0.4.3.1 - 11/28/2015

  • Improved performance

Version 0.4.3 - 11/26/2015

  • Added Create Data Breakpoint On Variable feature

Version 0.4.2.4 - 11/22/2015

  • Fixed a little bug occurring in Boolean Values Display and Null Objects Display

Version 0.4.2.3 - 11/20/2015

  • Added Boolean Values Display feature
  • Added Hit If $CALLER Contains feature
  • Fixed several bugs in existing features
  • Minor optimizations

Version 0.3.5.1 - 10/30/2015

  • Fixed bug in Focus On Usage
  • Fixed bug in Null Objects Display

Version 0.3.5 - 10/28/2015

  • Added Enable/Disable Many Breakpoints feature
  • Added Null Objects Display feature
  • Fixed minor bugs in existing features

Version 0.3.2 - 10/3/2015

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013
  • Fixed bug occurring on adding a breakpoint

Version 0.3.1.1 - 9/18/2015

  • Fixed bug in Focus On Usage

Version 0.3.1 - 9/18/2015

  • Minor changes in existing features

Version 0.3 - 9/16/2015

  • Initial release

I hope you will find DebugStudio useful and give it a try :)

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