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Mastering Debugging: Techniques for Efficient Code Diagnosis

Want to learn how to code? Get hands-on with debugging techniques, trace bugs, troubleshoot environments, and confidently build in-demand skills to diagnose code efficiently. Fun and immersive learning awaits!

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This course covers debugging and the different techniques that help developers efficiently trace bugs in programming. It also includes guidelines and tips for software developers who must debug applications in production environments. You’ll start with introductory concepts of bugs and their life cycle. Next, you’ll cover the basic debugging techniques such as tracing code paths, reproducing the issue, logging, and knowing what to chase. In the next section, you’ll learn debugging techniques for multithreaded applications and the art of finding bugs in crashes and hangs. By the end of the course, you’ll gain knowledge about scaling issues, troubleshooting environments, monitoring, and building debuggable systems. After completing this course, you’ll have detailed knowledge of debugging and its different techniques. It will also help you enhance your debugging skills, which are applied throughout the life cycle of software development.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

An understanding of debugging and its strategies for efficient code diagnosis

Working knowledge of debugging techniques, including logging, code reading, and monitoring

Hands-on experience finding bugs in multithreaded applications

The ability to find bugs related to crashes and hangs

Familiarity with debugging concepts, including bug triage, code path tracing, bottom-up approach

An understanding of building debuggable systems

An understanding of debugging and its strategies for efficient code diagnosis

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Debugging

Concurrency

Content

39 Lessons10 Quizzes

Introduction to Debugging

3 Lessons

Get familiar with crucial debugging techniques, practical methods, and diagnostic tools.

Motivation

Course Overview

Course Management System

Bugs Life Cycle

5 Lessons

Unpack the core of the bug life cycle, from causes and triage to classification.

What Causes Bugs in Code?

Bug Triage

From Symptoms to Bug Classification

Triage Bugs for Student Management Services

Quiz: Bugs Life Cycle

Basic Debugging

7 Lessons

Uncover fundamental debugging techniques, tracing code paths, issue reproduction, logging practices, and effective bug identification.

General Debugging Techniques

Knowing What to Chase

Quiz: Basic Debugging

Multithreaded Debugging

3 Lessons

Break down the steps to debug multithreaded code, manage shared resources, and understand memory models.

Multithreaded Debugging

When Code Lies: Memory Models

Quiz: Multithreaded Debugging

Code Reading

1 Lessons

Take a look at efficient code reading techniques for debugging and code comprehension.

Code Reading

Crashes and Hangs

4 Lessons

See how it works to debug crashes and hangs in programs.

Resource Leaks

5 Lessons

Master the steps to diagnose and manage memory and resource leaks efficiently.

Memory Leaks

Other Resource Leaks

A Bottom-Up Approach to Go after Leaks

More Tools and Features for Debugging Leaks

Quiz: Resource Leaks

Debugging Distributed Systems

5 Lessons

Learn how to use advanced debugging techniques for distributed systems, logs, metrics, and tracing.

Distributed Systems

Logging for Distributed Systems

Metrics

Distributed Tracing

Quiz: Debugging Distributed Systems

Scaling Issues

2 Lessons

Look at techniques for diagnosing and resolving software scaling issues.

Scaling Issues

Debugging Scaling Issues

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Troubleshooting Environments

2 Lessons

Work your way through effective strategies for diagnosing and addressing environmental issues.

Troubleshooting Environments

Tools and Product Features to Troubleshoot Environments

11.

Principles for Proactive Product Maintainability

1 Lessons

Find out about proactive strategies for enhancing software product maintainability amidst tight deadlines.

Principles for Proactive Product Maintainability

12.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Reinforce the adaptability, maintainability, and critical importance of mastering debugging in software engineering.

Final Thoughts

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Siddharth Sambamoorthy

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