CHAPTER 18

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Tracing, Logging, and API Documentation

When an application is being developed, there are two things everyone expects it to provide, but almost nobody likes doing the work that providing them entails. We’re speaking of the implementation of tracing and logging features and the documentation of the application. Tracing and logging give the ability to write status or error logs or monitor the application state at runtime. Documentation of an application is mandatory, as the user needs guidance on how to work with an application. All these requirements exist independently of the type of application being developed. Documentation in the ...

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