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Breakpoints Tutorial
Dec 20th, 2012 at 7:54pm
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My way of giving something back for providing the Arduino plug-in`s for Visual Studio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUaQt6rMk1k


  
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Re: Breakpoints Tutorial
Reply #1 - Dec 20th, 2012 at 8:37pm
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Thanks very much, it's really great to see this.

Very interesting to see your take on what is useful for users. It makes me think! 

I would never have shown how to manually copy an example I would have used the Micro Explorer to handle all of that but your way shows new users how everything works which is very useful.

I like the way you demonstrate the switch from old style serial print debug message to breakpoint debugging. and then you start off with a static breakpoint message followed by a variable message. Good idea! 

Demo of the different output windows is nice! You might (or not) find it useful to know that the BUG button on the serial window allows you to additionally combine the "Micro Debug Messages" into the "Micro Trace" and/or the "Serial" window.

Finally great to see an overview of some of the std vs features such as how to see the breakpoint window and good explanation of how to set breakpoint properties.

5 stars from me  Smiley 

Great Job!

ps: Can you add a link or on-screen notice to the video for visualmicro.com so that people know how to get it?
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Reply #2 - Dec 20th, 2012 at 9:44pm
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Glad you like it.

Added a link in the description.
  
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Reply #3 - Dec 20th, 2012 at 10:33pm
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Thanks, I've added it as an initial link on the right hand side of the main vm page. Users now have the option of my 25 min tutorial or your 5 min vid

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Reply #4 - Dec 21st, 2012 at 12:18am
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Its 12 minutes long hehe  Smiley
  
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Reply #5 - Dec 21st, 2012 at 12:50am
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oh, I've changed the text. 

At least it's shorter than mine! I keep meaning to do some short ones  Smiley
  
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Reply #6 - Mar 15th, 2013 at 7:07am
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Hey,
           Great tutorial for newbies like me to VS2012.
One thing that I can't work out is how to show the Project Properties popup?  Some how I closed the one in my screen and I can't for the life of me work out how to show it again so I can enable debugging.  I'm sure it must be something simple but then again I'm trying to get used to it.

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Reply #7 - Mar 15th, 2013 at 3:27pm
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Hi there, yes it's a nice and useful YouTube clip but you can ignore the first part of how to create a project. The clip shows how to manually create a project which is interesting but you will find that Visual Micro will do all that for you.

This forum post is very useful:-
http://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1362340061/0#6

These wiki articles explain a little about opening the project properties window:-
http://www.visualmicro.com/post/2012/05/05/Enable-Arduino-Debugging.aspx
http://www.visualmicro.com/post/2012/05/05/Arduino-Debug-Settings-Explained.aspx
http://www.visualmicro.com/post/2012/08/24/Arduino-Memory-Usage-and-Disassembly-...

Also the http://www.visualmicro.com home page has many getting started and overview docs. All docs need improvement. It's not always easy to see where to invest effort so any feedback will be appreciated.

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Reply #8 - Mar 15th, 2013 at 6:25pm
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There`s a time index in the youtube description if people want to skip ahead. Smiley
  
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