

The top pick for JavaScript and web developers, with extensions to support just about any programming language. The following screen shot shows a source code window in the Visual Studio debugger. A standalone source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. You can also set breakpoints by clicking in the left column of the source window. You can step through the source code by choosing one of the Step commands from the Debug menu. When you break in to the target computer, or when code running on the target computer hits a breakpoint, Visual Studio displays source code if it can find the source file. Also, the debugger must be able to access the actual source files. These symbol files show the debugger how the binary instructions correspond to the source lines. To use source debugging, you must have your compiler or linker create symbol files (.pdb files) when the binaries are built. For more information, see Windows Driver Development. Visual Studio 2010 Addin.zip Visual Studio 2012 Addin.zip Visual Studio 2013 Addin.zip Visual Studio Code. To get the integrated environment, first install Microsoft Visual Studio, and then install the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). or install from Visual Studio via Extensions Visual Studio VSIX (2015/2017/2019) or install from Visual Studio via Extensions Visual Studio addin (2010/2012/2013) Included with installer for the 2.x branch. The procedures shown in this topic require that you have the Windows Driver Kit integrated into Visual Studio.

This feature is not available in Windows 10, version 1507 and later versions of the WDK.
