NOTE: This page is referenced from README.md. to describe source-code profiler tools which count the number of times each function or method was executed, and also the amount of memory used.
Such tools for developers usually specialize on a particular programming languge and IDE:
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JProfiler for Java from ej-technologies.com
Profilers are also offered by proprietary APM (Application Performance Monitoring) tool vendors:
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Dynatrace
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NewRelic
Debugging is looking for logical errors in programming code rather than resources that the program consumes, which what profilers measure.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rOT-H_3WGQ Debugging Tips and Tricks in Visual Studio 2013 by Daniel.Moth@microsoft.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0nj3PR3S5g Debugger Tips and Tricks for .NET Developers with Visual Studio 2015 presented at Microsoft Build
An example of troubleshooting is analyzing dump files Windows automatically saves after a "blue screen of death" occurs after a crash; whereas profiling is analyzing programming code while it executes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsZafL2-hWU HOW TO USE WINDBG BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH MEMORY DMP FILE by Husham Memar
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https://dev.windows.com/en-us/downloads Downloads and tools for Windows 10 is included within Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 1, Pro, and Enterprise editions. Clicking on Enterprise downloads VSToolsForWindows1E.exe.
Within Archives at https://dev.windows.com/en-us/downloads/sdk-archive
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/desktop/bg162891 Windows Software Development Kit for Windows 8.1 installs a choice of several components:
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Windows Software Development Kit
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Windows Performance Toolkit
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Debugging Tools for Windows
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Application Verifier for Windows
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.NET Framework 4.5.1 Software Development Kit
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Windows App Certification Kit
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MSI Tools
Blue screen memory dumps are stored in C:\Windows\Minidumps
- .symfix to setup symbols from Microsoft's servers.
- .bugcheck to display codes
- .hh for help
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https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2014/06/java-performance-tuning-tools/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIm5YxHLiro Using Microsoft's WinDbg to Debug Magic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rGS5fYGtJ4 Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting by Daniel Pearson at Microsoft Tech Days 2012.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9RRxwl3uw Windows Performance Deep Dive Troubleshooting May 19, 2014 shows how to use the free Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT), Windows Assessment Services (WAS) part of the Assessment and Deployment Toolkit (ADK) on Windows Vista, 7, 8.