UI Actions With Debugging Statements

Rule number #

SN-0151

Impact #

Debug statements in the production environment can affect performance and potentially cause sensitive data to leak out.

Remediation #

Remove the logging functions entirely, or control their use with a property. At the minimum, switch to using gs.info and gs.debug.

Time to fix #

10 min

Code examples #

Noncompliant code #

for (i = 1; i<6; i++) { // Print i to the Output window. Debug.write(“loop index currently is ” + i); // Wait for user to resume. debugger; }

Compliant code #

for (i = 1; i<6; i++) { // Print i to the Output window. Debug.write(“loop index currently is ” + i); }