Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit

Chapter 15. Debugging Your Code

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Adding comments to your code

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Identifying the two basic types of errors

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Using the Output window

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Creating a structured error handler

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No one writes perfect code. You’re most certainly familiar with those problems that prevent code from executing properly; they’re called bugs. Because you’re new to Visual C#, your code will probably contain a fair number of bugs. As you gain proficiency, the number of bugs in your code will decrease, but they will never disappear entirely. This book can’t teach you how to debug every possible build or runtime error you might encounter; ...