Process Monitoring
Process monitoring is the practice of tracking and analyzing the performance, health, and behavior of software processes or applications in real-time or over time. It involves collecting metrics such as CPU usage, memory consumption, response times, error rates, and throughput to ensure systems are running optimally and to detect issues early. This is typically implemented using specialized tools that provide dashboards, alerts, and logs for operational visibility.
Developers should learn process monitoring to maintain application reliability, troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, and ensure service-level agreements (SLAs) are met in production environments. It is essential for DevOps, SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), and backend development roles, particularly when working with microservices, cloud-native applications, or high-traffic systems where uptime and efficiency are critical.