Debugging Tutorial 1 – Introduction: Conditional Breakpoints

Oct 20, 20216 min read

In this series I’ll walk you through the process of debugging applications and finding issues within them. As we debug we’ll cover the techniques important for most developers. I will cover the following debuggers: IntelliJ/IDEA – with Java/Kotlin P...

Debugging Tutorial 1 – Introduction: Conditional Breakpoints

PSA:The Risks of Remote JDWP Debugging

Oct 13, 20216 min read

When I teach or lecture and mention security I always love the analogy of security as an Onion. This is a common cliché yet it’s still a powerful analogy for people who are new to the concepts. The equivalent analogy I would pick for remote debugging...

PSA:The Risks of Remote JDWP Debugging

Understanding Stack Traces and Debugging them Further

Sep 30, 20217 min read

Recently a junior developer sent me an obfuscated stack trace and was pretty surprised when I instantly knew the problem and pointed him at the necessary change. To be fair, I had the advantage of being the person who put that bug there in the first ...

Understanding Stack Traces and Debugging them Further

The Debugger Checklist – Part II

Sep 23, 202110 min read

In the Debuggers Checklist Part I , I introduced some of the high level concepts and reviewed some of the common things you can do. In this part we'll get down to the process. Again, it's important to stress that this is boiled down and concentrated...

The Debugger Checklist – Part II

The Debugger Checklist – Part I

Sep 15, 20215 min read

I’m a disorganized person by nature. When I follow a process it’s by habit and intuition. But when a debugging problem keeps me up at night and gets me to that state of mind where a career of raising sheep in New Zealand seems like an attractive opti...

The Debugger Checklist – Part I

Debug World – Why Write this Blog?

Sep 13, 20218 min read

I started programming professionally when I was 16. It’s not that I was a child prodigy. Just lucked into something I really liked at a time when no one knew anything about programming. As a result in my early 20s I was pretty cocky about my developm...

Debug World – Why Write this Blog?