Debugging
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Core Java
Why debugging in production is so tempting?
Debugging in Production Why debugging in production is so tempting? In one of my first jobs, one of the tasks…
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Core Java
Supercharged jstack: How to Debug Your Servers at 100mph
A guide for using jstack to debug live Java production servers jstack is like U2 – it’s been with us since the…
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Core Java
Write an auto-debugger to catch Exceptions during test execution
Previously I have stated that there are some exceptions you would always want to keep an debugger breakpoint on for.…
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Enterprise Java
Hunting a Random Bug – A True Story
A few weeks ago, I finished a bug hunt for the RapidFTR open source project, which took me three evenings.…
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Software Development
Fixing Bugs that can’t be Reproduced
There are bugs that can’t be reproduced, or at least not easily: intermittent and transient errors; bugs that disappear when…
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Software Development
Bug Fixing – to Estimate, or not to Estimate, that is the question
According to Steve McConnell in Code Complete (data from 1975-1992) most bugs don’t take long to fix. About 85% of…
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Software Development
Fixing Bugs – if you can’t reproduce them, you can’t fix them
‘Generally, if you can’t reproduce it, it’s almost impossible to fix’. Anonymous programmer, Practices of Software Maintenance, Janice Singer Fixing…
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Core Java
Debugging the JVM
In some (rare) cases you might find yourself in the situation that you managed to crash the JVM itself. I…
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DevOps
How to solve production problems
At my job, I’m finding that a large percentage of the questions that come to my desk are “Hey this…
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