Debugging in Go

Course details

Get hands-on experience debugging Go programs using Delve, the Go debugger. The course is meant for developers who are already experienced and comfortable writing Go programs who want to be able to debug those programs when something goes wrong. Instructor Derek Parker first helps you master usage of Delve at the command line and within Visual Studio Code, and then shows you how to build on that in order to debug increasingly complex problems. Take this course to gain practical knowledge of Delve and how to use a debugger effectively for root cause analysis.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Adding Delve to your development toolbox
02 - Working with the exercise files and GitHub Codespaces

1. Starting the Debugger

03 - Exec - Debug precompiled binaries
04 - Debug - Sit back, relax, and debug
05 - Attach - Debug a running binary
06 - Test - Debugging test code

2. Manipulating and Viewing the Program State

07 - Controlling program execution
08 - Setting breakpoints, tracepoints, and watchpoints
09 - Goroutines and threads
10 - Viewing program memory

3. Basic Root Cause Analysis

11 - Introducing a program with a bug
12 - Finding a bug with Delve
13 - Fixing a bug by manipulating state in the debugger

4. Debugging an Unresponsive Program

14 - Starting a program, observing the output
15 - Attaching the debugger to a running program
16 - Finding the root cause

5. Program Tracing

17 - What is tracing
18 - Using strace
19 - Tracing with Delve

Conclusion

20 - Continue on this journey into debugging

Debugging in Go

Authors

Derek Parker