From the author of DDD, the famous data display debugger, now comes the defin-
itive book on debugging. It takes the reader on a systematic tour through the entire
debugging process, starting with problem tracking, testing for debugging, and repro-
ducing problems, all the way to state-of-the-art tools such as generating mock objects
for replaying hard-to-reproduce events, automatically zeroing-in on fault inducing
input, and isolating probable causes for faults.
If you are a seasoned programmer and think you know everything there is to know
about debugging, think again. Zeller’s book is chock-full with advice, insight, and
tools to track down defects in programs, for all levels of experience and any program-
ming language.
The book is lucidly written, explaining the principles of every technique without
boring the reader with minutiae. And best of all, at the end of each chapter it tells
you where to download all those fancy tools. A great book for the software professional
as well as the student interested in the frontiers of automated debugging.
— Walter F. Tichy, Professor
University Karlsruhe, Germany
Although many programmers consider debugging as the most painful par t of software
development, few books are available for computer science students and practitioners
to learn about scientific methods in debugging.
In this book, Andreas Zeller does an excellent job introducing useful debugging tech-
niques and tools invented in both academia and industry. The book is easy to read
and actually very fun as well — don’t overlook all the bug stories included.
I strongly recommend this book to graduate and undergraduate students interested in
software engineering research. It will not only help you discover a new perspective on
debugging, but it will also teach you some fundamental static and dynamic program
analysis techniques in plain language.
— Miryung Kim, Graduate Student
Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
Andreas Zeller’s Why Programs Fail lays an excellent foundation for practitioners,
educators, and researchers alike. Using a disciplined approach based on the scientific
method, Zeller provides deep insights, detailed approaches, and illustrative examples.
— David Notkin, Professor
Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
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wsjuang2015-08-14很不錯的書，寫得很詳盡
