Debugging C/C++

Contents:

• Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Learning Outcomes
• Things about C/C++
  • Datatypes: Static and strong(ish) typing
  • Pointers
  • Macros
  • Misplaced semicolon
  • Virtual functions and inheritance
  • Returning by Reference or Pointer
  • Exception in a Destructor
  • Using a freed pointer or old reference
• Errors and Exceptions
  • Manual error handling in C
  • C++ Exceptions
• Finding Memory Issues
  • Valgrind
  • drMemory
• Debugging
  • gdb
  • Debugging in Visual Studio Code
• Exercises
  • Exercise 1: A segfault
  • Exercise 2: Divide by Zero (C++)
  • Exercise 3: The double pendulum (C)