Software Debugging

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8 weeks long
selfpaced

Overview

In this class you will learn how to debug programs systematically, how to automate the debugging process and build several automated debugging tools in Python.

Syllabus

  • How Debuggers work
    • Theory: Scientific method and its application to debugging.,Fun fact: First bug in the history of computer science.,Practice: Building a simple tracer.
  • Asserting Expectations
    • Theory: Assertions in testing and in debugging.,Fun fact: The most expensive bug in history.,Practice: Improving the tracer.
  • Simplifying Failures
    • Theory: Strategy of simplifying failures. Binary search. Delta debugging principle.,Fun fact: Mozilla bugathon.,Practice: Building a delta debugger.
  • Tracking Origins
    • Theory: Cause-effect chain. Deduction. Dependencies. Slices.,Fun fact: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.,Practice: Improving the delta debugger.
  • Reproducing Failures
    • Theory: Types of bugs (Bohr bug, Heisenbug, Mandelbug, Schrodinbug). Systematic reproduction process.,Fun fact: Mad laptop bug.,Practice: Building a statistic debugging tool.
  • Learning from Mistakes
    • Theory: Bug database management. Classifying bugs. Bug maps. Learning from mistakes.,Fun fact: Programmer with the most buggy code.,Practice: Improving your tools and practicing on a real world bug database.

Taught by

Andreas Zeller

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