Episode

Defrag Tools #183 - WinDbg Preview Part 2

Defrag Tools

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Chad Beeder is joined by Nickolay Ratchev and Tim Misiak to show off some features of WinDbg Preview, a new version of the WinDbg tool.

Also see our previous episode, if you missed it: Defrag Tools #182 - WinDbg Preview Part 1

Related Links:

WinDbg Preview (download from Microsoft Store)
Documentation for WinDbg Preview (Dev Center)
Announcement blog post

Timeline:

[00:00] Welcome and introductions
[00:42] Recent targets - every debugging session is saved for easy access next time
[01:44] New features of the locals window and watch window: Use LINQ expressions
[03:22] Model window allows different views (i.e. grid)
[04:05] Demo: Use a NatVis script to modify how data is shown in the Model window. JavaScript supported as well.
[06:00] New interactions between windows, new features in Command window... better copy & paste
[08:15] Right-click to search on MSDN
[08:58] Use the Feedback Hub for bug reports and feature requests!