NetBeans™ IDE Field Guide: Developing Desktop, Web, Enterprise, and Mobile Applications, Second Edition

Chapter 7. Debugging Java Applications

• Starting a Debugging Session

• Debugger Windows

• Attaching the Debugger to a Running Application

• Starting the Debugger Outside of the Project’s Main Class

• Stepping through Code

• Setting Breakpoints

• Managing Breakpoints

• Customizing Breakpoint Behavior

• Monitoring Variables and Expressions

• Backing up from a Method to Its Call

• Monitoring and Controlling Execution of Threads

• Fixing Code During a Debugging Session

• Viewing Multiple Debugger Windows Simultaneously

NETBEANS IDE PROVIDES A RICH ENVIRONMENT for troubleshooting and optimizing your applications. Built-in debugging support allows you to step through your code incrementally and monitor aspects of the running application, such as values of variables, the current sequence ...