CppCon 2015: Greg Law " Give me 15 minutes & I'll change your view of GDB"

What it is

Greg Law's 15-minute CppCon 2015 lightning talk shows what GDB can do beyond basic use, including its text user interface and reverse debugging.

Recommended as a fast, brilliant introduction to GDB's TUI mode and lesser-known features, useful for anyone who has only used IDE debuggers.

“this brilliant short talk (15min) about gdb's TUI.”
Short talk on gdb's TUI mode
zython, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “GDB 8.1 Released”
“The learning curve is a tad steep, but this video is pretty good”
Intro to using gdb for reading large C codebases
daniel-levin, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is the best practice for reading large pieces of C code?”
“For a quick overview of what you're missing out on checkout”
Quick overview of what a good debugger offers over IDEs
flukus, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “Why Vi Rocks”
“As someone who wasn't very familiar with GDB, I learned a lot from seeing it used by someone skilled.”
Seeing gdb used by a skilled person
slavik81, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Debugging with GDB”
“there is a quick talk about it and other niceties that you may not know about”
Quick talk on GDB TUI mode and other lesser-known features
skywal_l, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Hacked GDB Dashboard Puts It All on Display”
“anybody who wants to do the same thing with C should definitely check out GDB and its TUI mode”
Introduces GDB and its TUI mode
shortrounddev2, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “You Only Need a Tablet for Computer Science”

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Topics: gdb, debugging, tui mode, reverse debugging, c++