Exceptions! There is a book solely dedicated to the topic: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131008528/?tag=stackoverfl08-20 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131008528/?tag=s

Exceptions! There is a book solely dedicated to the topic: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131008528/?tag=stackoverfl08-20 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131008528/?tag=stackoverfl08-20 Had it mentioned (together with another only-one, but fpor ASP) in an http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/14831/how-to-teach-exception-handling-for-new-programmers http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/14831/how-to-... answer, which the proud professionals then dewnvoted and eventually deleted :)