An award-winning guide to faster and easier debugging is now updated with the latest tools and techniques. It demystifies one of the toughest aspects of software programming, showing clearly how to discover what caused software failures, and fix them with minimal muss and fuss.

Why Programs Fail is about bugs in computer programs, how to find them, how to reproduce them, and how to fix them in such a way that they do not occur anymore. This is the first comprehensive book on systematic debugging and covers a wide range of tools and techniques ranging from hands-on observation to fully automated diagnoses, and includes instructions for building automated debuggers. This discussion is built upon a solid theory of how failures occur, rather than relying on seat-of-the-pants techniques, which are of little help with large software systems or to those learning to program. The author, Andreas Zeller, is well known in the programming community for creating the GNU Data Display Debugger (DDD), a tool that visualizes the data structures of a program while it is running. Winner of a 2006 Jolt Productivity Award for Technical Books Shows how to reproduce software failures faithfully, how to isolate what is important about the failure, and to discover what caused it Describes how to fix the program in the best possible way, and shows how to create your own automated debugging tools Includes exercises and extensive references for further study

State governments in the past decade have had to take on the problem of health care, with mixed results. This collection of 11 essays (of which two are an introduction and conclusion) by academics and policy makers consider the many issues that concern health care in the US and their effects at the state level, including managed care, health insurance expansion, mental health care, public health administration, and bureaucratic reactions to health policy. Hackey teaches health policy and management at Providence College in Rhode Island; Rochefort teaches political science and public administration at Northeastern U. in Boston. c. Book News Inc.

Teaches readers how to test and analyze software to achieve an acceptable level of quality at an acceptable cost Readers will be able to minimize software failures, increase quality, and effectively manage costs Covers techniques that are suitable for near-term application, with sufficient technical background to indicate how and when to apply them Provides balanced coverage of software testing & analysis approaches By incorporating modern topics and strategies, this book will be the standard software-testing textbook

A preparatory text for the CompTia Linux+ (Exam# XK0-001). The purpose of this textbook is to prepare the reader to successfully complete the latest CompTIA Linux+ Certification Exam, which requires that the person seeking certification possess a working knowledge of Planning and Implementation, Installation, Configuration, Administration, Systems Maintenance, and Troubleshooting. These specific areas of required knowledge are provided inside the front cover of this book. It is suitable for readers and students in computer engineering technology, electrical engineering technology, networking technology and telecommunications technology programs, corporations, and government agencies. Linux has become popular over a relatively short period of time. There are literally thousands of programmers who have an active role in developing Linux, with hundreds of ongoing projects using Linux and various hardware for many purposes. This product is a blended educational and training solution that combines a printed text, a lab experience and an online web-based curriculum that can be delivered anytime and anywhere there is an internet connection. Students are provided with ample resource information in the text as well as from the online course. The online course includes hundreds of FLASH animations and graphics that allow a level of engagement not possible by using a text alone. It includes an online component that allows students to take the tests electronically. Once the student completes the exam it is graded; the grades are stored in the instructor's electronic gradebook and the student is provided with a "Personalized Feedback" that leads them to the points missed on the exam. This feature helps students and teachers ensure that the appropriate level of proficiency is reached for each objective. The Cisco Learning Institute is a 501 C3 not-for-profit corporation dedicated to helping teachers and students use technology to enhance the learning experience. It has developed a variety of e-learning tools over the past five years for the purpose of authoring and delivering e-learning course material. The Cisco Networking Academy Program is a worldwide deployment of e-learning courses in the IT area with over 12,000 sites and 500,000 students currently taking courses, translating into the largest e-learning deployment in the world. The content delivery tools developed by the Cisco Learning Institute called Virtuoso deliver the content to the students and teachers in this extraordinarily successful program, and now the benefit of those tools is available to teachers and students preparing for CompTIA certification exams. The products developed by Cisco Learning Institute for Prentice Hall are all powered by Virtuoso.