For Professionals
Fast and Frictionless Timeline Debugging
Get a bird’s eye view of how your code behaves across time, before diving into the details
For Students
Watch how your code behaves as you write it.
WhiteBox compiles, runs & debugs the code you’re working on to give
instant feedback side-by-side with your favourite editor.
You aren’t a computer
It takes so long to get feedback from conventional tools that you resort to mentally debugging your code.
Unfortunately humans are bad at simulating code in their head so even experienced programmers frequently make errors.
WhiteBox makes it fast and frictionless to see how your code actually runs, so you can keep your mental model up-to-date.
WhiteBox as a Debugger
Track your steps
Inspect code ranges
See the stack
Watch back in time
What is WhiteBox's JIT Workflow?
The function you're working on is automatically compiled and inspected in the background
Compare the return values and internal behaviour for different parameters
Instantly see the state of the data wherever your cursor is in the code
Dig into any data's history of changes: see where & how the values changed
Buy the Beta Now
Get personal access to the beta for WhiteBox now via itch.io.
For enterprise or educational use, contact us to request a demo.
Conference Demos
See how WhiteBox looks in-use in these demo given to the Handmade Seattle conference.
https://media.handmade-seattle.com/whitebox-systems/
https://media.handmade-seattle.com/whitebox-systems-2021/
Podcast Appearance
WhiteBox’s developer, Andrew Reece, was on the Handmade Network Podcast with Ryan Fleury to discuss:
- WhiteBox
- the importance of rapid feedback
- design guided by an understanding of both human & computer capabilities
- the future of software dev tools.
Testimonials
“WhiteBox delivers hope for a future where better software is written, and coding isn’t such a mess. Where it’s more enjoyable because you have a better understanding of the code you’re working with and don’t have to spend as much time debugging.”
“Using WhiteBox is like having a conversation with the computer.”
“With WhiteBox, you can literally just put your cursor where you want to inspect, and instantly see the state of any data that is there at that point in time.”
“WhiteBox makes it quickly apparent when the user/developer’s simplified mental model doesn’t match what the instructions are doing.”
Compatibility
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Languages | Systems languages that compile to EXE + PDB:
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