Version 3.0 of Softwire, the graphical application-development package for Visual Basic, offers several new features, the most notable of which is probably its visual debugger. With earlier versions ...

Microsoft is on the verge of making available for download a new experimental Visual Studio Power Tool, known as the Debugger Canvas, via its Dev Labs site. (There was a placeholder post announcing ...

Often, people ask questions about the differences between debugging and bug tracking. These two seem like they should be ...

Visual Studio provides a rich set of tools for finding bugs, though most developers aren't aware or don't take advantage of all of them. Bugs occur at two stages in a code's life: during development ...

Premature optimization may be the root of all evil, but these tools will make sure your code is clear, clean and secure. Testing your application before shipping is an important part of the ...

Classic Visual Basic refuses to die. There's just something about Dims and Subs that programmers won't let go of. The granddaddy of rapid application development (RAD) tools -- known for its ...