VisualGDB

Visual Studio power for your project

Harness the power of the Visual Studio debugger when developing:

• Embedded firmware (ARM, MSP430, PowerPC and more)
• Native Android libraries
• Linux applications and drivers
• MacOS KEXTs
• Linux-based embedded modules such as Raspberry PI
• Any other applications that use GDB

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Start debugging in seconds

Debug any app without creating a project with Quick Debug:

• Select a GDB executable and an application
• Enter any advanced GDB commands interactively
• Enjoy Visual Studio productivity
• Easily step through auto-downloaded source code
• Eliminate annoying routine with reusable quick debug presets

Native Android Apps made easy

The Android Edition makes NDK-based development easy:

• Create new NDK-based apps with a 3-step wizard
• Clone NDK samples to experiment with them
• Build, deploy and debug Android apps from Visual Studio
• Debug the native code with the Visual Studio debugger
• Import NDK code from Eclipse ADT projects

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Full integration of GCC and GDB

• Make Visual Studio projects for your GCC targets
• Automatically import GNU make projects
• Support Debug/Release configurations out-of-the-box
• Save time with IntelliSense when developing embedded apps
• Enjoy Visual Studio debugging experience while using GDB
• Use the latest GCC with our pre-built embedded toolchains.

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Use a remote machine as a back-end

• Use any Linux/MacOS machine as a host for GCC/GDB
• Enjoy the mapped error/warning messages
• Synchronize source files automatically
• Import remote include dirs to use with IntelliSense
• Run GDB remotely with our ultra-low-latency build server

Stay in full control

• Customize GDB command line
• Customize GDB startup commands
• Send arbitrary commands to GDB at any moment
• Customize source path mapping on-the-fly
• Look under the hood - see all interaction with GDB

Automate complex build scenarios

• Make custom build actions executed at arbitrary machines
• Schedule custom source transfers
• Receive files back from build machines
• Specify how to interrupt inferior execution
• Define different scenarios for different project configurations
• Start/prepare GDB yourself and tell VisualGDB to take control