WhiteBox

Devlog

• WhiteBox v0.122.0
  October 11, 2023 by Andrew Reece

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  #debugger, #programming-tool, #software-development, #repl

  WhiteBox v0.122.0 (fullscreen viewing recommended) New Features Add watch expressions for the timeline, with feedback messages and underlines for parse errors Add call stacks to timeline (including ar... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.116.0
  July 20, 2023 by Andrew Reece

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  #debugger, #programming-tool, #repl, #software-development

  WhiteBox v0.116.0 Highlights Inspect data for code while it’s running Inline timeline data graphs Faster but less detailed “black box only” recording option Greatly improved C++ support 10x Edit... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.99.0
  December 03, 2022 by Andrew Reece

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  See the devlog for the latest v0.116 release here WhiteBox v0.99.0 Demo/trailer created for - and originally presented at - Handmade Seattle 2022 Features Window docking (& self-contained/popout windo... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.96.2 patch
  August 31, 2022 by Andrew Reece#patch

  Late-night patch: WhiteBox v0.96.2 Fix regression where valid heap data isn’t shown (and improve testing for this!) Fix database issue when deleting profiles... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.96
  August 28, 2022 by Andrew Reece

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  #release

  WhiteBox v0.96.0 has just been released! The most obvious new features are in how it handles compiler flags, but there are major improvements and/or fixes to breaking issues in just about every part o... Continue reading
• WhiteBox at Imperial College London
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#university, #education

  I’m excited to share how we’ve introduced WhiteBox to the students at Imperial College London! A major goal for WhiteBox is to improve the learning process: faster feedback => more chances to expl... Continue reading

  
• WhiteBox v0.91
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#release

  WhiteBox v0.91.0 and v0.91.1 were released without much fanfare. They add a few QoL improvements: welcome screen with plugin installation help easier bug reporting: menu items to copy system info & op... Continue reading

  
• WhiteBox v0.89
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#release

  WhiteBox v0.89.0 Features Add access to all global symbols (functions, variables) from the function caller call setup/utility functions initialize globals call functions that in turn call the function... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.84
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#release

  WhiteBox v0.84.1 Features Sublime Text plugin Visual Studio plugin VSCode plugin Inaccessible memory handling (e.g. after VirtualProtect ) Improvements Reworked data recording to be faster & simpler (... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.80
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#release

  WhiteBox v0.80.0 Features Experimental feature “function history” available if WhiteBox is opened with the --function-history flag Timeline scope highlighting & folding Neovim plugin support User... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.78
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#release

  WhiteBox v0.78 Additions There is now a readme file (in both PDF and HTML) Plugins Added plugin for Emacs Changes WhiteBox will now autoclose when disconnected, e.g. if you close your editor Add more... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.77
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#release

  WhiteBox v0.77.2 New Features Multidimensional arrays now show up as nested instead of 1 extra-long dimension Improvements Speedup from minimizing IR rebuilds Now being released on itch.io Fixes Funct... Continue reading
• WhiteBox v0.76
  August 27, 2022 by Andrew Reece#release

  WhiteBox v0.76.0 New Features Linux Support Rearchitecture Internal DAG build dependency system Lifetime system User action system Strings & other basic data structures Temporary allocations Plugin co... Continue reading
• WhiteBox DevLog 2 - GUI, data trees and graphing values over time
  February 12, 2020 by Andrew Reece

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  This is a quick explanation of the new GUI features for WhiteBox. an actual GUI! familiar debugger-like data tree graph and tree-based exploration of variable changes over a function. Let me know what... Continue reading
• WhiteBox Devlog 1 - live reloading, variables and return values
  November 12, 2019 by Andrew Reece

  In this video I talk about some of the core per-function data acquisition. The tool live reloads a given function and shows the value of all variables at every point in it. This works with functions i... Continue reading