Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft® Visual C#™ .NET in 24 Hours

Summary

In this hour, you learned the basics for debugging applications. You learned how adding useful and plentiful comments to your procedures makes debugging easier. However, no matter how good your comments are, you'll still have bugs.

You learned about the two basic types of errors: build errors and runtime errors (exceptions). Build errors are easier to troubleshoot because the compiler tells you exactly what line contains a build error and generally provides useful information about the error. Exceptions, on the other hand, can crash your application if not handled properly. You learned how to track down exceptions using break points, the Command window, and the Output window. Finally, you learned how to make your applications more robust ...