The details of how a debugger works will depend on what you are debugging, and what the OS is. For native debugging on Windows you can find some details on MSDN: Win32 Debugging API. The user tells the debugger which process to attach to, either by name or by process ID. If it is a name then the debugger will look up the process ID, and initiate the debug session via a system call; under ...
I know I can start a process in code with Process.Start(). Is it also possible to attach the debugger to that process? Not from code per se , but just a way to do it?
How do I attach a process to the debugger in Visual Studio?
A debugger is a program that can examine the state of your program while your program is running. The technical means it uses for doing this are not necessary for understanding the basics of using a debugger. You can use a debugger to halt the execution of your program when it reaches a particular place in your code, and then examine the values of the variables in the program. You can use a ...
What is a debugger and how can it help me diagnose problems?
When debugging in chrome, the scripts are always paused in the debugger even if there are no break points set, and if the the pause is un-paused, it again pauses itself. What can be done?
It is the Javascript Debugger enabled. When you put a breakpoint on js code anywhere in your project the VS ide asks you to enable the debugger and that's the change that bring back the problem. Disable the JS debugger and you have again a (semi)functional debug environment. Of course this is not a solution.