ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies®

20.8. Panes to Ease the Pain

Visual Web Developer has several panes to help you monitor what's occurring with your code. Many programmers don't know how to use them because they're visible only while you run the debugger or use break mode.

• Autos (DebugWindowsAutos): Displays variables in the current statement and the three statements before and after the current statement. (Note: The Autos pane is not available in the Express version of VWD.)

• Locals (DebugWindowsLocals): Acts similar to the Autos pane except that Locals shows the variables that are within the current context.

• Watch (DebugWindowsWatch 1, 2, 3, 4): Monitors up to four variables and expressions. For example, if you type the variable sb into Watch 1, you see the variable sb transition from a Nothing StringBuilder to a full object. Tracking an object with Watch resembles a hot real estate market — the values of the properties are ...