I find this book fairly small and practical. No abstract theories. Uses c++ java etc for illustrations.
Covers unix, windows, web app.
=== debugging memory allocators
–P170
memory leaks
uninitialized variable access
varialbe access after deallocation
–p199
Microsoft VC++ has a debuging mem allocator built in. Try http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5ewb1h3(v=vs.90).aspx
Electric Fence
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–P201 DTrace – included in Mac OS X
–P202 WireShark, similar to tcpdump
–P203 firebug – client-side debugging
edit DOM
full javascript debugging
–P188 rewrites – pitfalls
–A chapter on reproducing bugs — quite practical
