Stop Using Print()
Last Updated on November 5, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): James Asher
Originally published on Towards AI.
How to log in to Python and why you should be using it instead
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I get it, printing is simple and easy, so why should I waste my time with logs?
I lied, you don’t need to stop using print.
But, there are many good reasons why you should be choosing to log over print.
If you’re doing a bit of research, or working on some quick and dirty scripts that have a time limit, then printing is fine; anything larger or more complex than this, use logging.
A quote springs to mind from a random man I saw on the internet once,
’Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution’… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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