20. Using Instruments
Instruments is Apple’s front end (and a few more things as well) to DTrace, a dynamic tracing system that records debugging and performance information about a running program. If you’ve never used it before, Instruments will revolutionize the way you profile and debug your applications. Once you’ve let it spoil you, you’ll wonder how you ever managed to make it out of the dark ages of leaks, zombies, and performance sinks.
An Overview of DTrace
DTrace lets you trace your application as it runs. Tracing is logging information about a running computer program for debugging and performance analysis; it is used mainly by developers. Contrast this with “high-level logging,” which is used by end users and system administrators ...
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