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Tyler McDonald
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,832 PointsSeveral questions about error handling in Express
I have watched various videos on treehouse and youtube, read documentation on express, and other tutorials. For some reason error handling is not clicking for me. I will try to be specific with some questions.
Why do we need to name multiple 404 errors? In
app.js
there is anapp.use()
function that creates/handles(?) 404 errors. But then inquotes.js
we also created anew Error()
with 404 status. How this is all flowing through the program?In the
app.js
404 error handler, why do we not need to callnext()
, and why do we not use theerr
parameter?In
app.js
in the global error handler, we set the error status like this:err.status(500)
, but inquotes.js
in therouter.get("/:id")
, we set it like this:err.status = 404
. What is the difference here?When do we need to manually call
new Error()
, vs relying on Express to handle the errors?In
quotes.js
, what is the point of therouter.get('/error')
? Was this just to get a point across, or is this something we would do in a production server for any reason?