The Forte Developer debugger also makes developers more productive by enabling them to view programs and visualize data. Data can be updated on demand at specified breakpoints or time intervals. Back to Top Fix and Continue Having found an error, developers need to be able to correct it without disrupting a debugging session. The Fix and Continue feature automatically compiles source code changes and modifies the executing process to confirm the fix worked as desired. This rapid turn-around eliminates the often lengthy link phase and the amount of time taken to restart the debugger and create the debugging session, thus greatly increasing developer productivity.
Developers can quickly rebuild applications after a source code change has been made.
To speed the linking process, ild incorporates additional space into the initial build. During subsequent builds, newly changed information is stored in the extra space. If sufficient space exists, a complete new link is generated. While these operations are transparent to the developer, subsequent builds are noticeably faster than the original. Developers need a solution to automate and accelerate much of this code development.