Debuggability

Kind: quality-attribute

Layer: Observability

Record: lexicon:debuggability

Canonical: Lexicon

The ease with which a fault can be located and understood from a system's observable behavior.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Simplicity and before Maintainability.

Category

• Quality Attributes

In tension with

• Encapsulation
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Metadata-Driven Design
• Metaprogramming
• Observer Pattern
• Encapsulation / Debuggability
• Event-Driven Architecture / Debuggability
• Metadata-Driven Design / Debuggability
• Metaprogramming / Debuggability
• Observer Pattern / Debuggability

Reinforced by

• Observability
• Traceability

Linked from

• Separate, trade, or mitigate
• Architectural rules and principles
• Core Modular Design
• Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture
• Error Handling / Resilience
• Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems
• Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture
• Observability / Auditability / Traceability
• Behavioral Patterns
• The resolutions