A debugger facilitates controlled program execution and helps you find errors in your code. You can use the debugger to stop program execution and view variable contents. You can also execute one line of code at a time.

To use the CodeWarrior debugger with your software, you must configure your project to produce special information. This debugging information (also known as symbolics files) contains data that the debugger needs to display and control statements, variables, objects, and data types in your source code. Thus, the debugger uses symbolics files to control your program.

In addition to its own debugger, the IDE supports third-party debuggers on some platforms. Refer to the CodeWarrior targeting documentation for more information.

See "Debugging Source Code" for information on the CodeWarrior debugger.