Tag Archives: Production Debugging

Finding Bugs in Production: A Practical Guide to Source Maps and Smart Logging

debugging production errors with source maps and logging

You get the alert you always dread: “Uncaught Error: Cannot read property ‘xyz’ of undefined at app.min.js:1:45678”. A customer hits reply with “the website isn’t working.” There is no local repro and no extra details from the user. Your goal is clear: shorten time-to-root-cause when you cannot reproduce locally and cannot ask customers for better …