Debugging - Tips& Tricks 

Breakpoints: 

• F10 - Step Over (execute, for example, a method at a time)
• F11 - Step Into (the debugger will go inside the method)
• Shift - F11 - Step Out (wthin the current method, the execution will complete and will pause at the next statement from where it called)
• F5 - continue
• Ctrl + Shit + F10 - Set Next Statement (set execution path to a new line) - option available on the right click, also
• Ctrl + * - Show Next Statement
• Conditional breakpoint - set a condition on the breakpoint when you want it to be reach (Right click on breakpoint -> Condition...)
• Run a Macro
• Labeling in Break Point (new feature of VS 2010) - in Breakpoint tabs or on breakpoint in code - right click on breakpoint -> Edit Labels...
• Import/Export Breakpoints (From Breakpoint tab) - there are saved in XML format
• Breakpoint Filter
• Last session breakpoint value (VS2010)

DebuggerDisplayAttribute Class 

• Determines how a class or field is displayed in the debugger variable windows.
  [DebuggerDisplay("Count = {Count}")] class Stat { public int Count {get; set; } }
• [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)] - the following DebuggerBrowsableAttribute prevents the property following it // from appearing in the debug window for the class.

Output Window:

• Use Debug class:
• Write, WriteLine, WriteIf and WriteLineIf methods.

Highlighting References [C# 4.0]

• When you click a symbol in source code, all instances of that symbol are highlighted in the document. To move to the next or previous highlighted symbol, you can use CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW or CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW. For more information, see How to: Use Reference Highlighting.
  

Watch Windows:

• Local (Ctrl-Alt-V, L)
• Autos (Ctrl-Alt-V, A)
• Watch (Ctrl+D, W)
• Immediate Window (Ctrl-Alt-I)
• Call Stack
• Breakpoints window (Ctrl-Alt-B)
• Ctrl-Shift-F9 - Clear all breakpoints in the project
  
• Ctrl-F9 - Enable/Disable a breakpoint
• Quick Watch Dialog (Ctrl-Alt-Q)
• Treads Window
• Main tread has a green rectangle
• Processes Dialog (Ctrl-Alt-P)
• Modules
• IntelliTrace Window
• Call Hierarchy window (VS 2010)
• Call Hierarchy (available in C# and C++) enables you to navigate through your code by displaying all calls to and from a selected method, property, or constructor.