Node.js Best Practice Exception Handling

Question

I just started trying out node.js a few days ago. I\'ve realized that the Node is terminated whenever I have an unhandled exception in my program. This is different than the

Answer 1

I wrote about this recently at http://snmaynard.com/2012/12/21/node-error-handling/. A new feature of node in version 0.8 is domains and allow you to combine all the forms of error handling into one easier manage form. You can read about them in my post.

You can also use something like Bugsnag to track your uncaught exceptions and be notified via email, chatroom or have a ticket created for an uncaught exception (I am the co-founder of Bugsnag).