JDebugTool Graphical Java Debugger

debugtools.com™ LLC is the maker of the JDebugTool® graphical Java™ debugger:

• A standalone Java debugger.
• Built on top of the standard JPDA (Java Platform Debugger Architecture).
• Is itself written in Java.
• Features an intuitive and graphical Java Swing GUI.
• Context-sensitive Help Viewer.

JDebugTool is featured in Sun's Swing Sightings 11.

News: JDebugTool 4.1 - May 10, 2008

Programmers spend a lot of time debugging:

• On some projects, debugging occupies as much as 50 percent of the total development time. For many programmers, debugging is the hardest part of programming.¹

You need good debugging tools:

• Debugging tools are powerful aids to software development. Find them and use them.¹

Track down bugs faster with JDebugTool:

• Line and method breakpoints.
• Breakpoint Groups.
• Local and Remote debugging.
• Run, Attach and Listen.
• User friendly GUI.
• Multi-Thread debugging.
• Display and traverse stack backtraces.
• Data Tool Tips.
• Hot Swap classes and Pop stack frames.
• Save settings in Projects.
• Display variables in current scope.
• Drill down into object references.
• Modify primitive variables.
• Display loaded classes.
• Display toString() results.
• Catch thrown Exceptions.
• Display Chained Exceptions.
• Evaluate simple Expressions including Method Calls.
• Stop on Thread Start and Death events.
• Stop on Class Load and Unload events.
• Stop on Method Entry and Exit events.
• Stop on Field Watchpoint events.
• Navigate source code structure.
• Launch External Text Editor.
• More features

Two important principles of debugging:

• If you don't see the bug where you're looking, perhaps you're looking in the wrong place.¹

• The place where you find bugs may not be the right place to put a fix in.... I'd do some digging and find the root cause.²

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