Debugging with Fiddler First Edition

This page is about the first edition of Debugging with Fiddler, published in 2012. The Second Edition was published in 2015.

About the book

This was the first full-length book (330 pages) about the Fiddler Web Debugger. It's written by Eric Lawrence, the developer of Fiddler.

In this book, you'll learn to fully exploit the power of Fiddler to debug traffic from virtually any web-related application, including all browsers and thousands of apps. You'll see how to debug HTTPS traffic, and use Fiddler with popular devices like iPhone/iPod/iPad, Windows Phone, and others. After exploring the hundreds of built-in features, you'll learn to extend Fiddler using the FiddlerScript engine or build your own applications atop the FiddlerCore class library.

Publication Date: June 15, 2012
ISBN: 1475024487
ISBN-13: 978-1475024487
Page Count: 330
7.5" wide x 9.25 tall, Black & White Back cover

1st Edition EBook no longer sold

Get the 2nd Edition instead!

Buy the First Edition Paperback

or from CreateSpace for $17.49 with discount code EPX7CSZG.
or from Amazon.co.uk for ~£10.44

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Download the Code Samples

Download the code from the book here.

Errata

Please view and report errors in the Fiddler book here.

News and Updates

December 8, 2014 -- Work on the Second Edition of the ebook is underway. The new version of the ebook will contain updates and expanded coverage of Fiddler features added over the past two years and a half years.

If you purchased the EBook from Lulu between JUNE 1, 2014 and March 5,2015, simply email me and I will send you a free upgrade to the Second Edition PDF.

August 4, 2014 -- The Chinese translation is available.

May 21, 2013 -- The book has been translated to Japanese by O'Reilly.

June 22, 2012 -- Code samples are now available for download, and Amazon's "Search inside this book" feature is now lit up.

June 21, 2012 -- I submitted the "Search inside this book" files to Amazon on the 16th but the feature still hasn't lit up yet on the Amazon site.

I've also tried to run a few Google ads for the book, but they've rejected this site as ineligible for advertising, an outcome more surprising than anything else.

June 16, 2012 -- That was fast. The paperback is now available from Amazon and Amazon.co.uk. My next step is to get the "Search inside this book" feature lit up for Amazon.

I've also checked out the ebook on the Kindle Fire-- it looks good if you view the pages in landscape mode. It's just a little too small in portrait. Check out the sample below and decide for yourself.

June 15, 2012 -- It's live!

Debugging with Fiddler is now available for purchase in paperback from CreateSpace. It will be available from Amazon and Amazon Europe in 5-7 business days. The Print Edition is $18.99 on CreateSpace; Amazon might be a few dollars less.

The EBook is available for download in DRM-Free PDF format from Lulu; you can read it on any device that supports PDF. From personal experience, I know it looks great on PC and iPad. Your mileage may vary for Kindle Fire and Kindle.

June 13, 2012 -- CreateSpace review passed. Proof copy rush-ordered; general ordering should unlock Friday night. Suggested retail for print edition is $19; don't know how Amazon will price it.

iOS IBook and Kindle ports underway; much more complicated than I hoped. PDF version looks awesome on IPAD but IBooks .ibs format needs a ton of reformatting work. Greyscale Kindles may not work well at all due to limited resolution and formatting of code samples; Kindle Fire PDF looks okay but small.

Table of Contents PDF

You can download a free sample PDF containing the Table of Contents and a few pages to verify that the eBook renders well on your device. Pages with the most complex formatting were selected.

©2015 Eric Lawrence