Enhanced logging and troubleshooting in Python scripts

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Enhanced logging and troubleshooting in Python scripts

  • Day: 2023-08-17
  • Time: 04:05 to 05:10
  • Project: Dev
  • Workspace: WP 2: Operational
  • Status: In Progress
  • Priority: MEDIUM
  • Assignee: Matías Nehuen Iglesias
  • Tags: Python, Logging, Troubleshooting, Code Generalization, Data Processing

Description

Session Goal

The goal of this session was to enhance and troubleshoot Python scripts focusing on logging, file handling, and code generalization.

Key Activities

  • Enhanced Logging: Modified Python scripts to include detailed logging with timestamps and progress messages to improve traceability and performance monitoring.
  • Troubleshooting File Save Issues: Diagnosed file saving issues by checking file paths, disk space, filesystem errors, and script logic.
  • Filesystem Integrity Checks: Addressed file visibility and filesystem integrity issues on an external drive using Linux commands.
  • Code Generalization Best Practices: Implemented best practices for code generalization, including using relative paths, user-defined paths, and configuration files.
  • Data Processing Logging: Developed a Python script to log progress and elapsed time for data processing steps.
  • Command Line Search in Notebooks: Used command-line tools to search Jupyter notebooks for specific code references.
  • DataFrame Merge Verification: Added a verification step to ensure the correctness of DataFrame merges by logging row counts before and after merges.
  • Verbose Logging in Functions: Enhanced logging functions by adding a verbose argument to control log message output.

Achievements

  • Successfully enhanced logging in Python scripts for better performance monitoring and traceability.
  • Diagnosed and addressed file saving and filesystem integrity issues.
  • Implemented best practices for code generalization and data processing logging.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing of enhanced logging features in different environments.
  • Additional verification of file integrity on external drives.

Evidence

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