Microsoft® .NET Kick Start

Debugging Applications

A key highlight of an IDE is that apart from project file management and building solutions, you can debug applications right from within the environment. Debugging applications isn't really a luxury but a requirement when the functionality provided by the application increases and team development starts. Whether you are developing console or Windows applications, Web applications, or Web services, Visual Studio .NET provides extensive debugging capabilities through an integrated debugger. To take a quick look, you can develop a simple application program that could use some debugging. The following listing is of another popular getting-started application—Get the Factorial of a Number.

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