APM Tools
APM (Application Performance Monitoring) tools are software solutions designed to monitor and manage the performance, availability, and user experience of applications in real-time. They collect metrics, traces, and logs to provide insights into application behavior, helping identify bottlenecks, errors, and performance degradation. These tools are essential for maintaining optimal application performance in production environments.
Developers should use APM tools when deploying applications to production to ensure reliability, troubleshoot issues quickly, and optimize performance. They are particularly valuable for microservices architectures, cloud-native applications, and high-traffic systems where monitoring distributed components is critical. APM tools help reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) and improve user satisfaction by proactively detecting and resolving performance problems.