Bughunting : A Four-course Debugging Feast
(2025)

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Pastor Publishing Ltd, 2025
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ISBN/ISSN
9781839389474 MWT18427546, 1839389478 18427546
LANGUAGE
English
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Discover Bughunting: A Four-Course Debugging Feast! Are you ready to transform the way you tackle software defects? Dive into Bughunting, a mouthwatering series of four "courses" designed to make you a debugging master. Each book is packed with practical recipes, real-world examples, and powerful techniques to conquer even the trickiest bugs. Whether you're a junior developer or a seasoned engineer, this feast will satisfy your appetite for reliable, robust code. Book 1 - Recipe for a Heisenbug: Techniques for Tracking Elusive Defects - Unravel the mystery of Heisenbugs-those impossible bugs that vanish when you look at them. - Master deterministic replay, log reduction, and controlled environments to capture fleeting failures. - Follow step-by-step kitchen-style recipes to set up reproducible test cases and isolate erratic behavior. - Gain confidence by learning how to trap non-deterministic issues before they escape into production. Book 2 - Memory Leak Stew: Identifying and Fixing Resource Drains - Dig into the simmering world of memory mismanagement and resource leaks. - Learn to profile allocations, inspect heap usage, and decode garbage-collector outputs. - Apply systematic tools and code reviews to prevent subtle leaks from simmering into system crashes. - Whip up quick fixes and long-term strategies that keep your applications healthy and leak-free. Book 3 - Race Condition Ragout: Synchronization Recipes for Stable Code - Conquer concurrency with iron-clad recipes that tame threads, locks, and atomic operations. - Understand deadlocks, livelocks, and thread starvation-and apply the right seasoning (mutexes, semaphores, lock-free algorithms) to avoid them. - Use formal reasoning and practical examples to guarantee your code behaves predictably under pressure. - Boost performance and maintainability with well-balanced synchronization strategies. Book 4 - Assertion Gumbo: Spicing Up Your Testing Strategies - Spice up your test suites by bundling functional, performance, and integration checks into cohesive "gumbo pots." - Group related assertions, streamline test maintenance, and catch regressions before they spoil the release. - Integrate command-line tools and CI pipelines to automate testing at scale. Example: gumbo test --config assertion_ - Learn from real-world case studies showing how teams improved code quality with "Assertion Gumbo." Why Bughunting? - Comprehensive & Practical: Each book delivers hands-on, bite-sized recipes you can apply immediately. - Real-World Focus: Examples from e-commerce, IoT firmware, multi-threaded services, and more. - Scalable Techniques: From individual developers to large teams-these recipes grow with you. - Mindset Shift: Treat bugs as ingredients to analyze, not enemies to eliminate in panic. Order now and unlock the secrets of debugging mastery!

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