Interestingly, it seems to have been primarily a Linux project at some point, but this released version only has Windows support. I'd also like to know what this release means for the project's future.
> What's after that?
>
> Tons of stuff. Tons and tons and tons of stuff.
> Debuggers have not substantially evolved since the first Turbo Debugger in 1988!
> For example, we have had GUI debuggers for 20 years now, and we can't see bitmaps! We can't hear sound buffers. We can't view vertex arrays.
> We can't graph values over time. We can't even load a debugging session from yesterday and review it! We have a long way to go.
> Debugging is desperate need of updating, and we see as a long term project. We'll be adding visualizers, new debugging workflows (step through code on multiple platforms at the same time for example), and new features for a long time.
Time Travel Debugging provided by WinDbgX doesn't count? Or are they talking about all of the commands executed, etc. along with that?
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualCP...
There's also a recent extension called Image Preview for path references:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/working-with-ima...
This is a problem that extends beyond this submission and talk of debuggers. It's basically insurmountable for anyone who didn't use Google Reader to know what the experience is using it looked and felt like (and in a few months when it will no longer be possible to use Google Podcasts, there'll be another casualty).
Reading your comment, all I know is that Xcode lets you "view bitmaps in the debugger", but that's a pretty varied range of possibilities for someone who hasn't actually seen it.
Folks who are looking to have an impact would do well to document their setups and show how they actually get work done, lest we end up in a future where people don't know how to run a Python program[1] because nobody was ever explicit about it, instead relying on tacit familiarity.
1. <https://corecursive.com/brain-injury-with-jason-mcdonald/>
The answer even has a comment saying:
> Ages coding in Xcode and I never knew about this feature! This is awesome!!! Thanks a lot
We really have a problem in this industry about documenting institutional knowledge huh?
I kinda miss Lauterbach...