Tracing

Tracing Overview

Tracing is a technique used in software development to monitor and record specific information about a program's execution. It's a crucial part of debugging and performance analysis, allowing developers to understand how a program behaves at runtime, and identify any potential issues or bottlenecks.

Key Aspects of Tracing

• Visibility: Tracing provides visibility into the transaction flow and its interaction with different functions, making it easier to pinpoint errors or inefficiencies.

• Performance Analysis: By analyzing trace logs, developers can identify slow operations and optimize them to improve overall performance.

• Debugging: Tracing allows developers to examine the state of a program at various points in execution, facilitating easier debugging of complex issues.

• Monitoring: In production environments, tracing can be used to monitor the health and performance of applications, aiding in proactive maintenance.

Blocktorch's Tracing capabilities

• Stack traces for smart contract transactions

• Invocation flows to follow through the tree of function invocations visually

• End-2-End Traces across different systems by creating a full span starting from the user action in your application's User Interface