docs: add error handling practices (#66)

* docs: add error handling practices

* chore: spelling

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Mark Fairless <[email protected]>

* Update src/content/docs/error_handling/error_handling.md

* Update src/content/docs/error_handling/error_handling.md

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Co-authored-by: Mark Fairless <[email protected]>

src/content/docs/error_handling/error_handling.md

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+---
+title: Error handling
+description: Error handling best practices.
+---
+
+## Document when a call may throw
+
+Document exceptions associated with calling a function in its documentation comments to help understand when an exception might be thrown.
+
+Properly documenting possible exceptions allows developers to handle exceptions, leading to more robust and error-resistant code and reducing the likelihood of unintended errors.
+
+<Tabs>
+  <TabItem label="Good ✅">
+
+```dart
+/// Permanently deletes an account with the given [name].
+///
+/// Throws:
+///
+/// * [UnauthorizedException] if the active role is not [Role.admin], since only
+///  admins are authorized to delete accounts.
+void deleteAccount(String name) {
+  if (activeRole != Role.admin) {
+    throw UnauthorizedException('Only admin can delete account');
+  }
+  // ...
+}
+```
+
+  </TabItem>
+  <TabItem label="Bad ❗️">
+
+```dart
+/// Permanently deletes an account with the given [name].
+void deleteAccount(String name) {
+  if (activeRole != Role.admin) {
+    throw UnauthorizedException('Only admin can delete account');
+  }
+  // ...
+}
+```
+
+  </TabItem>
+</Tabs>
+
+## Define descriptive exceptions
+
+Implement `Exception` with descriptive names rather than simply throwing a generic `Exception`.
+
+By creating custom exceptions, developers can provide more meaningful error messages and handle different error types in a more granular way. This enhances code readability and maintainability, as it becomes clear what type of error is being dealt with.
+
+<Tabs>
+  <TabItem label="Good ✅">
+
+```dart
+class UnauthorizedException implements Exception {
+  UnauthorizedException(this.message);
+
+  final String message;
+
+  @override
+  String toString() => 'UnauthorizedException: $message';
+}
+
+void deleteAccount(String name) {
+  if (activeRole != Role.admin) {
+    throw UnauthorizedException('Only admin can delete account');
+  }
+  // ...
+}
+
+void main() {
+  try {
+    deleteAccount('user');
+  } on UnauthorizedException catch (e) {
+    // Handle the exception.
+  }
+}
+
+```
+
+  </TabItem>
+  <TabItem label="Bad ❗️">
+
+```dart
+void deleteAccount(String name) {
+  if (activeRole != Role.admin) {
+    throw Exception('Only admin can delete account');
+  }
+  // ...
+}
+
+void main() {
+  try {
+    deleteAccount('user');
+  } on Exception catch (e) {
+    // Exception is a marker interface implemented by all core library exceptions.
+    // It is very generic, potentially catching many different types of exceptions,
+    // lacking intent, and making the code harder to understand.
+  }
+}
+```
+
+  </TabItem>
+</Tabs>