Paper Info
Title
wshdbg - a debugger for CGI applications
Abstract
This contribution discusses wshdbg, an interactive, remote debugger for CGI applications written in pure or derived Tcl-based environments such as websh. The discussion covers a short overview of the websh environment and an analysis of current techniques and impediments of CGI debugging. The debugger presented consists of a client-server architecture, where the server is running on the same host as the Web browser, while the client is included in the CGI application that needs to be debugged. The resulting environment does not provide the level of sophistication known from typical source level debuggers, yet it presents a significant step forward compared to typical CGI debugging techniques which rely on tracing the execution by many log or debug messages. The system has been in operational use in the last two years and proved to be a great help in debugging large Web-based applications, allowing high-level software engineering for Web applications on nearly the same level as it is being done in traditional software development.
Year
Venue
Keywords
1998
Tcl/Tk Conference
typical source level debuggers,high-level software engineering,resulting environment,typical cgi debugging technique,web browser,cgi debugging,web application,remote debugger,tcl-based environment,cgi application
Field
DocType
Citations 
Architecture,Debugger,Computer science,Web application,Sophistication,Tracing,Software development,Operating system,Debugging
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrej Vckovski1276.70