# Best Practices in Error Handling

DevFeed: [Best Practices in Error Handling](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/best-practices-in-error-handling-40655.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://radek.io/posts/best-practices-in-error-handling/>)

Published: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Radek Pazdera](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/radek-pazdera.md>)

Topics: [Error Handling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/error-handling.md>), [error reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/error-reporting.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terminal.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [error-handling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error-handling.md>), [error-reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error-reporting.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that software projects need a consistent error-handling strategy. It recommends user-facing error messages that explain what happened and why, while avoiding excessive technical detail such as stack traces or memory dumps that may create security risks. It also contrasts centralized and decentralized error handling.

## Source excerpt

My idea of how errors should be handled in programs.