This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, root cause analysis, debugging, crash and hang dump analysis, software trace and log analysis written in June 2017 - November 2018. It is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 - 10.
Compared to the volume 10, the volume 11 features:
- 8 new crash dump analysis patterns with selected downloadable example memory dumps
- 15 new software trace and log analysis patterns
- Introduction to diagnostic operads
- Summary of mathematical concepts in software diagnostics and software data analysis
- Introduction to software diagnostics engineering
- Introduction to narrachain
- Introduction to diagnostics-driven development
- Principles of integral diamathics
- Introduction to meso-problem solving using meso-patterns
- Introduction to Lego log analysis
- Introduction to artificial chemistry approach to software trace and log analysis
- WinDbg notes
- Updated C++17 source code of some previously published tools
- Selected entries from the debugging dictionary
- List of recommended modern C++ books
- List of recommended books about algorithms
- Author's current CV
- Author's past resume written in WinDbg and GDB style
This volume also includes articles from the former Crash Dump Analysis blog not previously available in print form.
The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows and Linux platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.