What does "monitoring" mean in programming?
monitoring is one of the most common terms in software development. This guide explains what it means, how it is used in practice, and why it matters, with real examples from the developer world.
Definition
The continuous collection and visualization of metrics about a system's health and performance: CPU, memory, error rates, latency, and throughput. Monitoring tools include Datadog, Grafana, and Prometheus. Monitoring tells you what is happening; alerting tells you when something is wrong.
Example
"The monitoring dashboard shows error rate spiked at 3am. Cross-referencing with the deploy log shows it started right after the release."
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