Error Codes vs Exceptions

Developers should learn and use error codes to build robust applications that can detect, report, and recover from failures effectively, improving user experience and maintainability meets developers should learn exceptions to write resilient code that gracefully handles unexpected conditions like file not found, network failures, or invalid input. Here's our take.

Error Codes

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and use error codes to build robust applications that can detect, report, and recover from failures effectively, improving user experience and maintainability

Pros

• Specific use cases include handling HTTP status codes in web APIs (e
• Related to: exception-handling, debugging

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Exceptions

Developers should learn exceptions to write resilient code that gracefully handles unexpected conditions like file not found, network failures, or invalid input

Pros

• They are essential in production systems where error recovery and logging are critical for debugging and user experience
• Related to: error-handling, debugging

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Error Codes if: You want specific use cases include handling http status codes in web apis (e and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Exceptions if: You prioritize they are essential in production systems where error recovery and logging are critical for debugging and user experience over what Error Codes offers.

The Bottom Line

Error Codes wins

Developers should learn and use error codes to build robust applications that can detect, report, and recover from failures effectively, improving user experience and maintainability