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Free Web-Based Exception Reporting

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the interesting-concept-awaiting-execution dept.

Tsar writes "Promethean Personal Software (makers of Sherpa, a code generating tool for db apps) have quietly released ExceptionCollection, a free (as in beer) online service for developers using any SOAP-enabled environment. You sign up on the site, download their component, add three or four lines of code to your app, and any exceptions thrown by your users get logged at ExceptionCollection.com for your later perusal (the last 100 anyway). There are several options, like whether reporting requires user approval. Is this as cool as it looks, or a solution in search of a problem?"

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  1. [sarcasm]what a great idea![/sarcasm] by aranganath · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't think of any reason NOT to send detailed information about where my application is broken and possibly exploitable to one centralized location that I maintain no control over.

    I wonder what they do with their exceptions.

  2. Re:exceptions? don't use 'em by Jeremy+Singer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What if your code throws some exception you weren't expecting, even though you use return codes?
    Examples:
    1. Your code invokes a method on an object you didn't code, and it throws an exception. Wouldn't it be nice to know where the exception happened?
    2. You made an unanticipated mistake! Your code throws a null pointer exception. Of course, if you are perfect, this never happens.