Debugging Applications for MicrosoftВ® .NET and Microsoft WindowsВ® (Pro-Developer)

These are the only three development sites I have in my Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites folder:

• MSDN Online (msdn.microsoft.com)

MSDN is the first place to start for Windows information. MSDN Online can be accessed at this address, as well as through the Microsoft-endorsed magazines Microsoft Systems Journal (MSJ) and Microsoft Internet Developer (MIND). Keep in mind that MSDN is partly a marketing organization, so sometimes a little hype creeps into various pieces.

• Sysinternals (http://www.sysinternals.com/)

Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell have some of the best debugging utilities around: Regmon, Filemon, DebugView, HandleEx, and many more. Many utilities come with full source code, and all are free! I check Mark and Bryce's site at least once a week so that I can keep my competitive edge.

• MVPS.org (www.mvps.org)

This is the Web site for the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) newsgroup contributors. MVPs are developers and users who are experts in a particular area and assist in the various newsgroups with answering questions about Microsoft technologies and products. This site has great FAQs and links. I always read the newsgroup postings of Felix Kasza, Tomas Restrepo, and Karl E. Peterson.

Here are some other sites you might be interested in perusing

• CodeGuru (www.codeguru.com)

Primarily a Visual C++ information site

• Experts Exchange (www.experts-exchange.com)

A technical information exchange site that covers many Windows topics

• Dr. Dobb's Journal Microprocessor Resources (www.x86.org)

Everything you ever wanted to know about the x86 family of processors

• Various mailing list archives (discuss.microsoft.com/archives)

Archives of some useful mailing lists, such as ATL and DCOM