This page contains information and tips on debugging in OpenSim source code.

In Visual Studio:

To avoid building the entire test suite and just run a particular program/test case, do the following:

The program will start running after all relevant dependencies were built, and the program will pause at the breakpoints.

If you are writing a plugin follow Debugging a plugin in Visual Studio.

Tips

Right clicking on breakpoints allow you add properties to them (action when hit, pause condition etc).
You can right click particular line in the program and click "Set Next Statement" and the program will execute the line next.