Slideshow EDBUG

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Debugging Your Visual FoxPro Applications Rod
Paddock President, Dash Point Software, Inc.
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About Me

• rpaddock_at_dashpoint.com
• http//www.dashpoint.com
• Bibliography
• VFP 6 Enterprise Development
• VB 6 Hands-on Web Development
• FoxTalk Magazine
• Microsoft MVP

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What we will cover today...

• Testing and Debugging Techniques
• Bug Prevention
• Using The Coverage Profiler

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Bug Prevention

• Prevention is Best Bet
• What can you do ?
• Assertions
• Pseudo Strong Typing with Access and Assign
  Methods
• Test All Conditions
• IF/ENDIF
• CASE/OTHERWISE

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Testing and Debugging Techniques

• Dont Put Bugs In.
• Assertions
• Strong Typing
• Testing Possible Combinations
• Run All Code
• Why Not All Branches ?

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Assertion Demo
DEMO
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Access and Assign Demo
DEMO
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Coverage Profiler

• What is the Coverage Profiler ?
• Examines Log Files
• Allows you to monitor lines of code run and not
  run.

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Coverage Profiler Demo
DEMO
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Q A

• Thank-you for attending!!