Phase 19 · Monitoring & Logging

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Logging Best Practices

Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap.

Summary

Writing logs that are actually useful when something goes wrong in production — structured, leveled (info/warn/error), and free of sensitive data like passwords or tokens.

How to Learn This

  • 1Audit a project's `console.log` calls and replace them with a proper logger.
  • 2Adopt log levels (debug, info, warn, error) and use them consistently.
  • 3Ensure logs never include passwords, tokens, or other sensitive data.
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