How to write good error messages
An anonymous javaBlogger posted about crummy error messages in many common frameworks today. His complaint was with messages like this:
Wrong string format
Cannot open file
Unable to contact server
And proprosed changing them to include the offending input:
Wrong string format in state code: “WI_1234″
Cannot open file: my.settings
Unable to contact server: your.mom.com
I would say go even further. […]
