Chapter 20. Profiling, Debugging, and Exception Handling

IN THIS CHAPTER

In this chapter, we discuss the different methods of debugging and optimizing managed .NET applications. The task of troubleshooting and debugging software is a difficult one that begins in the design phase of the software development process. We will look at the different options open to Visual Basic .NET developers for ferreting out runtime and logic problems that may be present in your code. Starting with exception handling, we examine the different varieties of error-handling constructs available in Visual Basic .NET. Then we examine the concepts of instrumentation and tracing ...

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