When To Validate and When To Throw Exceptions?

When to Validate and When to Throw Exceptions (or use Guard Clauses)? Hey everyone, I'm Steve Smith aka ardalis! When should you rely on validation, and when should you use exceptions or guard clauses? What about return types like Result or Result of T? Links https://github.com/ardalis/GuardClauses https://github.com/ardalis/Result https://ardalis.com/guard-clauses-and...    • What are Guard Clauses?   (What are Guard Clauses?) https://deviq.com/design-patterns/gua... https://www.nuget.org/packages/Ardali... https://www.nuget.org/packages/Ardali... Check out my courses: https://ardalis.com/training-classes/ https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/s... Consulting and Training: https://NimblePros.com and @nimblepros Developer Group Mentoring: https://devBetter.com Free Weekly Email Tips: https://ardalis.com/tips/ If you read this far, I hope you liked the video and consider subscribing to my channel! Find me: https://ardalis.com   / ardalis   https://github.com/ardalis   / stevenandrewsmith   https://bsky.app/profile/ardalis.com #dotnet #deviq #ardalis #nimblepros #visualstudio #csharp #designpatterns #guard #guards #guardclause #guardclauses #nuget #cleancode #validation #fluentvalidation #result