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Log design approach
Logging was always a nightmare for me! Now I have to implement it again for a proxy system.
In this proxy application, some systems ask proxy system to call some other services.
What I have to log is
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STAF/STAX and python alternative
We are looking into replacing some homegrown pieces and the candidates are:
STAF (http://staf.sourceforge.net/)
anything mature in python
My colleague Kevin has looked into STAF so I am ...
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Is it fine to use logs in the Helper Methods?
I have been doubting for a long time whether or not to have a logger in methods (usually helper methods) like the one below.
Whether we can print it in the method or print the response where the ...
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What factors should I consider when logging a (JSF) web-app?
I've recently read the article The Problem with logging and was wondering about my current logging strategy.
Usualy I use Log4J in my projects and just have to decide which line/attributes I would ...
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Design patterns to avoiding breaking the SRP while performing heavy data logging
A class that performs both computations and data logging seems to have at least two responsibilities. Given a system for which the specifications require heavy data logging, what kind of design ...
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Opinions on logging in multiprocess applications
We have written an application that spawns at least 9 parallel processes. All processes generate a lot of logging information.
Currently we are using Pythons QueueHandler to consolidate all logs ...
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Strategy for clients to retrieve real-time log from HTTP server
I have an HTTP Server Service application which has its own logging mechanism. It's written in Delphi. I would like to provide a way for multiple clients to connect to this service and get a real-time ...
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What is the correct way to handle debug output in Java?
As my current Java projects grow bigger and bigger, I feel a likewise growing need to insert debug output in several points of my code.
To enable or disable this feature appropriately, depending on ...
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Logging in a web application [closed]
Quick question. I am working on a web application and was wondering that apart from the obvious such as errors, what should be logged in such a web application. The aim here is to log enough data but ...
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Exception Handling Frequency/Log Detail
I am working on a fairly complex .NET application that interacts with another application. Many single-line statements are possible culprits for throwing an Exception and there is often nothing I can ...
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Logging in JSON Effect on Performance
I see more and more articles about logging in JSON. You can also find one on NodeJS blog. Why does everyone like it so much? I can only see more operations getting involved:
A couple new objects ...
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Best Creational Pattern for loggers in a multi-threaded system?
This is a follow up question on my past questions :
Concurrency pattern of logger in multithreaded application
As suggested by others, I am putting this question separately.
As the learning from ...
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Concurrency pattern of logger in multithreaded application
The context:
We are working on a multi-threaded (Linux-C) application that follows a pipeline model.
Each module has a private thread and encapsulated objects which do processing of data; and each ...
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Best practices for logging user actions in production
I was planning on logging a lot of different stuff in my production environment, things like when a user:
Logs In, Logs Off
Change Profile
Edit Account settings
Change password
...
etc
Is this a ...
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tail-like view on HTML logfiles
I'm working on an application that creates HTML log files. I'm tired of having to manually reload and scroll to the bottom in the browser to see the latest entries.
A solution that does not really ...
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Database Change Auditing - Part of or Abstracted from ORM / Application Layer?
My fellow developers and I are at a crossroads in how to go about continuing our auditing of database changes.
Most of our applications log changes via INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE triggers.
A few of ...
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Rules and advice for logging?
In my organization we've put together some rules / guildelines about logging that I would like to know if you can add to or comment.
We use Java but you may comment in general about loggin - rules ...
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Is there a pattern or logical structure I can follow for Event Log Numbers?
What are some ideas or structure I can use when assigning EventID to events that will be saved to the Windows Event Log?
Some options I've considered
Sequential (0... int.Max)
Multiple of ...
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Logging errors caused by exceptions deep in the application
What are best-practices for logging deep within an application's source? Is it bad practice to have multiple event log entries for a single error?
For example, let's say that I have an ETL system ...
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Logging asynchronously - how should it be done?
In many of the services I work on there are a lot of logging being done.
The services are WCF services(mostly) which use the .NET EventLogger class.
I'm in the process of improving these services' ...
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Should You Log From Library Code?
If I am developing a Java library, is it good practice to issue log statements from within the library's code?
Having logging within the library will make debugging and troubleshooting more ...
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Communicating details of method result?
I have code like this (pseudocode)
foreach(Box box in boxes)
{
if(boxFilter.PassesFilter(box))
{
// do something useful
}
else
{
Log.Log(format("Box %s was rejected", ...
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What should I do with production error logs?
We have a PHP intranet site that we run with warning/error logging on (as it's not under heavy load and there's a number of bugs/bad code left to find). Because the site is relatively unstable and in ...
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Need to make my code more readable to the other programers in my team
I am working a project in delphi 7 and I am creating a installer for the application,
there are Three main parts.
PostgreSQL installation/uninstallation
myapplication ( setup of myapplication is ...
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Why doesn't “object reference not set to an instance of an object” tell us which object?
We're launching a system, and we sometimes get the famous exception NullReferenceException with the message Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
However, in a method where we have ...
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What percentage of code and runtime do you typically allow for testing?
When I write code, a certain amount of it is just for the purpose of logging, tracing, or otherwise "testing" what the program is doing. This not unit testing; this is not when it is running in ...
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Looking for a lightweigh logging system in c/c++
I got following requirements,
1. less than 10k, better in single or two source files
2. logging by priorities
3. multi-threading safe
4. cross-platform, in c or c++
thanks
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Allowing the user to specify the location of a logfile
I'm working on an application, and adding logging, but now I'm stuck.
I want to allow (not force!) the user to set the location of the logfile.
Basically, my problem is:
logger initialization ...
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How should I handle logging when I create libraries for others?
All. I am creating some libraries for other teams in my company. They all have different logging mechanisms. I want to provide trace information of what my libraries are doing. What should I to ...
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Is it more sensible to log exceptions in a catch-all or in a base exception class?
I'm in the process of refactoring a fairly large web app. One of the major issues is inconsistent error handling and I'm trying to come up with a sensible strategy.
I've created a custom error ...
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Filesystems that use logging: If you're writing the data in the log (on disk), and in the actual locations themselves (also on disk) then…?
Aren't you essentially writing the same data twice, to the disk? Doesn't this cause a slowdown of a factor of ~2x?
What optimizations can be made to minimize the cost of having to write things twice?
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What are some patterns and anti-patterns of application logging?
I recently had to investigate a field issue for our large enterprise application. I was horrified by the logs that I had to comb through in an attempt to find the problem and at the end of the day the ...
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SLF4J vs LOG4J Which one to prefer?
I have seen this question but does not answer me. It have a brand new project . I have almost always used Log4J but now I am seeing SLF4J making some waves.What is it that Log4J could not do and we ...
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Multitasking how to keep track of what you're doing
I'm in a long debugging task, I need to figure out where to hook up some extra functionality I need.
It's cumbersome work, and I've been debugging 2 whole days, and I'm on my third, but I work in ...
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Is it practical to use Twitter for service logs?
Recently my boss suggested that we post logs of our service that is hosted on Windows Azure into twitter. His idea is that it's conveniently readable and if Azure cloud fails logs persist. He also ...
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Centralized and decentralized logging mechanisms
I've worked different kind of applications both having centralized and decentralized logging mechanisms.
I feel centralized logging mechanism is good to see the proper flow of code and timing of ...
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What's the meaning of “the Sun defect” and how does it differ from the more generic “NIH syndrome”?
I hear people talking about the "Sun defect", often giving the whole mess around logging as an example.
How is it different from the not-invented-here syndrome, which means uselessly duplicating ...
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Logging, do you do it?
Back on my theme of late: interview questions. Was recently asked to describe a time I'd used logging.
My first instinct was to respond with compiler warnings set to full and error-out. What he was ...
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From a design perspective, what are the best practices for logging?
I want to add logging to an application I'm currently working on. I've added logging before, that's not an issue here.
But from a design perspective in an object-oriented language, what are the best ...
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Common Industry Term For Negative Logging?
It is one thing to log something that happened in code, a process, or procedure. It is another thing to log something that didn't happen. For example, if your ETL system is supposed to receive a ...
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Do you run production boxes with logs completely turned off?
We are internally debating in our team if we should continue to run our production boxes with logs turned off completely and just log errors and exceptions with log rotations.
I want to know how ...
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Where to position logging statements
I have the following classes :
class Task
{
public void DoSomething()
{
var s = new Service();
s.First();
s.Second();
s.Third();
}
}
class Service
{
...
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Best practices for logging and tracing in .NET
I've been reading a lot about tracing and logging, trying to find some golden rule for best practices in the matter, but there isn't any. People say that good programmers produce good tracing, but put ...
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Logging: Why and What?
I've never written programs which make significant use of logging. The most I've done is to capture stack traces when exceptions happen.
I was wondering, how much do other people log? Does it depend ...
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What features are helpful when performing remote debugging / diagnostics?
Obviously, the easiest way to solve a bug is to be able to reproduce it in-house. However, sometimes that is not practical. For starters, users are often not very good at providing you with useful ...
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What's the best way to manage error logging for exceptions?
Introduction
If an error occurs on a website or system, it is of course useful to log it, and show the user a polite message with a reference code for the error.
And if you have lots of systems, you ...
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When to start writing Exception Handling, Logging
When do you start writing your Exception Handling Code? When do you start writing Logging Statements.
For the purpose of elaborating this question, let us assume that we are on .NET platform with ...
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How much logging should I do at production for SQLExcpetions?
I'm writing a small database-centric application in Java Swing that will be used internally in a small company. I haven't much experience with developing production-level applications.
I don't use an ...
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Recommendations for .NET Logging components [closed]
I'm looking for a really good and light .NET logging component.
I've used Enterprise Library and do like it but it's a bit heavy if you don't use other components in the collection.
I've recently ...
