Try these effective open source debugging tools!

BANGALORE, INDIA: Open source, as we know provides many alternatives apart from the conventional, not so attractive and even expensive solutions/answers. One of these alternatives is the Open Source debugging tools that people can use effectively to make their systems ( both physical and virtual) more secure and thus more efficient.

As open source provides the best environment for testing and effective evaluation, optimal debugging can be achieved in a hassle-free and intuitive manner. Thus, in order to enable people to familiarize themselves with using Open Source for debugging, we provide a list of the most effective open source tools through which anybody can debug and thereby make their systems more secure and ambiguity free.

Take a look at the below mentioned open source debugging tools:

Open Source Debugging tools for Java: Since Java is a "Universal Development environment", it would highly be appropriate to cater predominately to the Java developer community. Take a look at the list of Open Source Debugging tools for the Java platform.

1) Curl: This tools is basically run on the CLI ( Command Line Interface) and can be used over multiple operating system platforms. It is used for data transfer with the URL syntax. Protocols supported here are DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, Telnet and TFTP. Even various SSL certificates are supported by Curl.

Curl, like other open source programs is available in a wide range of versions all of which provide their own intuitive functionality to users. The latest and the most recent Curl version is the Curl 7.27.0.

2) Eclipse memory Analyzer: You can effectively detect memory leaks and can free up tons of memory from being wasted unnecessarily The Eclipse Memory Analyzer is a Java heap Analyzer that helps you do this intuitively.
The Eclipse Memory Analyzer can be used to analyze productive heap dumps with hundreds of millions of objects, quickly calculate the retained sizes of objects, see who is preventing the Garbage Collector from collecting objects, run a report to automatically extract leak suspects.

3) Visual VM 1.3.4: It is another Java debugger that can be used to address various Java memory issues. VisualVM is a visual tool integrating several command line JDK tools and lightweight profiling capabilities. Designed for both production and development time use, it further enhances the capability of monitoring and performance analysis for the Java SE platform.

This tool caters to a variety of communities such as :
1) For Java Application Users: Java Application users can use create detailed reports whenever a bug is detected. This report will be a detailed description of the bug and thus will give all relevant information to users and thus educate users so as to prevent future bugs from invading the system.
2) For Application Developers: They can browse dumps of heaps and monitor profiles as well.
3) System Administrator: They can use the Visual VM 1.3.4 even over networks to monitor, detect and manage various Java applications across this network.

4) fs_usage: It is a Mac O.S.X utility and can be used to monitor file system activity. You can use the fs_usage along with various attributes as well. By specifying attributes, you get extra functionality and thus an even more efficient debugging platform.

5) Eavesdrop: use this to monitor network traffic activity. It is one of the best MAC Open Source debugging tools.

Thus, the above are some of the best open source debugging tools that you can download for your respective platform
and use intuitively. These take the entire concept of debugging to a whole new level altogether. So try these today.