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title: "What’s the difference between the Debug class and Trace class? Documentation looks the same."  
description: "What’s the difference between the Debug class and Trace class? Documentation looks the same."  
author: "James Smith"  
published: 2011-07-01  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1074/what-s-the-difference-between-the-debug-class-and-trace-class-documentation-looks-the-same  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What’s the difference between the Debug class and Trace class? Documentation looks the same.

Use Debug class for debug builds, use Trace class for both debug and release builds.

## Answers

### Answer by James Smith

Use Debug class for debug builds, use Trace class for both debug and release builds.


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