SupportIf you like DeZog please consider supporting it. DeZog - The Z80 DebuggerThe objective of this project is to provide a development environment for Z80 assembler programs that offers similar features to those found in high-level programming languages, such as Eclipse, Visual Studio, or XCode. This includes functionalities like
Additionally it offers some ZX Next specific capabilities like displaying sprites. DeZog facilitates the debugging of Z80 assembler programs using Visual Studio Code (vscode) as the development environment. This tool can be used to build programs, step through sources, use labels, watches, memory views, and other useful features. Additionally, it can be used to reverse engineer old Z80 programs, such as ZX Spectrum, ZX81 or MAME arcade games, by debugging and creating commented list files of the program. DeZog needs a "Remote" to execute the Z80 binaries. You can either use the built-in Z80/ZX simulator or connect to ZEsarUX, CSpect or MAME via a socket connection for more advanced projects. Note: DeZog itself does not include any support for building from assembler sources. For this you need a build task and an assembler. For an example look into one of the 2 example projects:
GallerySprites:
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InstallationPrerequisitesIn order to use DeZog you need at least vscode (Linux, macOS or Windows). If you are writing pure Z80 programs, simple ZX Spectrum or ZX81 programs this might already be sufficient as you can use the internal Z80 Simulator. For more demanding projects you have the choice to install a real emulator. These are the options:
Note: The version numbers given here are versions that I have used myself. Newer versions probably also work, but I can't judge that myself. The different DeZog/emulator configurations have different advantages. But which one you choose mainly depends on your personal preference. The table here shows a comparison of the features. If you own a ZX Next you also have the option to debug your SW directly on the Next. DeZogTo use DeZog in Visual Studio Code, simply install the "DeZog" extension (maziac.dezog) from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. Although not required, there are several other helpful extensions available, including:
All of these extensions can be easily installed directly from the marketplace. UsagePlease refer to the 'Usage of DeZog' documentation. You can also access the documentation from within vscode/DeZog. Enter "dezog: Show the DeZog Help page" in the command palette (F1 key) or reveal the "DeZog Help" from the debugging sidebar. ContributionIf you would like to help extending the DeZog functionality in one of the following areas you are very welcome:
You can create a pull request so I can add your sources to the official release. Most probably I will first move them to a new feature branch for testing. Please note that all your contributions/sources should be under MIT license. If you would like to contact me beforehand you can create a new issue in github and we can discuss. Licenses
AcknowledgementsI would like to express my gratitude to the following individuals for their invaluable support:
TutorialsPlease note that the tutorials listed here are normally not updated when a new DeZog version arrives. Especially for changes in the 'launch.json' it might happen that some properties (names) have changed/removed/added. If you are writing a tutorial please let me know, I'm happy to list it here. Any contributions are very welcome. The tutorials that I'm aware of are listed here by date. A Man in his Techno ShedDate: Apr-2022, DeZog 2.7, ZX Next The most recent and only tutorialtutorial for DeZog 2.x, by A MAN IN HIS TECHNO SHED. It shows debugging with a ZX Next and DeZog. Patricia CurtisDate: Sep-2020, DeZog 1.4, CSpect A great tutorial by Patricia Curtis describing the setup with sjasmplus, CSpect and DeZog. Retro Coder TVDate: Sep-2020, DeZog 1.4, Internal Z80 Simulator, ZEsarUX, CSpect A quite lengthy tutorial. But as a YouTube video it shows a 'live' DeZog setup. By Retro Coder TV. L BREAK into program, 0:1Date: Aug-2020, DeZog 1.4 (with a few updates for 2.0), ZEsarUX And here is another shorter tutorial by Dean Belfield (L BREAK into program, 0:1). Daren MayDate: May-2020, DeZog v1.2, CSpect An excellent tutorial by Daren May which shows how to setup DeZog with CSpect on Windows. Although it was made for Windows you can easily apply it to macOS or Linux. Please note: Daren creates an SD card image that is loaded when CSpect is started. For many projects this is not necessary as you can transfer .nex and .sna files directly from DeZog to CSpect. Cesar Wagener MorianaDate: Dec-2019, DeZog 0.9 (Z80 Debug), ZEsarUX Here is an older (but still great) tutorial from Cesar Wagener Moriana. He documented how he put all things together. It describes how to setup an integrated development environment for ZEsarUX with DeZog. It deals with setting up
and is available in English, Spain and German here. Please note: The tutorial is a bit outdated, it uses 'z80-debug'. This was the former name of the project. It has been renamed to 'dezog'. This means especially that in the launch.json files you need to change 'z80-debug' to 'dezog'. Nevertheless Cesar (W. M.) also shows how to setup the system under Windows and explains a few features of z80-debug/DeZog so that it is a great advice to get you started. ForkThe ZX81 Debugger by Sebastien Andrivet is a specialized version of DeZog for the ZX81. Since v3.5 DeZog is capable to support ZX81 development in the internal simulator as well. However, Sebastien's DeZog fork in general is easier to setup as it contains the complete development environment for the ZX81 (assembler, syntax highlighting, sample code). |