Coursify

Foundations of Software Engineering

Error Handling

30 mins

Teaches strategies for detecting, reporting, and recovering from runtime errors.

Learning Goals

  • Differentiate between syntax, runtime, and logical errors.
  • Use try‑catch (or equivalent) blocks to handle exceptions.
  • Create custom exception types.
  • Implement finally/cleanup logic for resource management.
  • Log errors effectively for debugging and maintenance.