What is dynamic analysis?

While static analysis is done on the code, its complementary version, dynamic analysis, is done on the program while it is running. This approach involves analyzing the code during execution, rather than just inspecting the source code, or performing static analysis, which examines code without executing it. Dynamic analysis provides insights into how a program behaves in real-world scenarios and helps identify issues that might not be apparent through static analysis alone.

If you have ever done some unit testing or some debugging, well, you did some kind of dynamic analysis. But there is much more to this. Dynamic program analysis involves collecting diverse insights about a program’s behavior, which includes understanding variables’ value assignments, the sequence and timing of function calls, data structure manipulations and modifications, memory allocation and usage, utilization of system resources, and the detection of encountered errors...