The .NET SDK Debugger

The Microsoft .NET SDK debugger is a tool provided by the .NET framework SDK to debug programs written in all the languages the framework supports. It is very similar to the VS .NET debugger Microsoft provides with Visual Studio .NET.

→ To learn more about VS .NET, see “Introducing Visual Studio .NET,” p. 18

However, the VS .NET debugger has added functionality that enables it to perform tasks the SDK debugger cannot perform. The differences between the .NET SDK debugger and the VS .NET debugger are listed in Table 16.1.

Table 16.1. The Differences Between the .NET SDK Debugger and the VS .NET Debugger
.NET SDK Debugger VS .NET Debugger
Does not support debugging of programs in native code. Supports debugging of Programs. ...

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