Why Serilog? It is easy to set up, has a clean API, and is portable between recent .NET platforms. The big difference between Serilog and the other frameworks is that it is designed to do structured logging out of the box. Another thing I really like about Serilog is that it can be configured via the appsetting.json file alongside configuring through code. Changing logging configuration without touching the codebase is really helpful, especially in the production environment. 

    static public void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var project = new Project("MyProduct",
                          new Dir(@"%ProgramFiles%\My Company\My Product",
                              new File(@"Files\Docs\Manual.txt"),
                              new File(@"Files\Bin\MyApp.exe")));
 
        project.GUID = new Guid("6f330b47-2577-43ad-9095-1861ba25889b");
 
        Compiler.BuildMsi(project);
    }

Here are some important fixes we’ve made in the Rider 2019.1.3 build:

• Fixes to make the Entity Framework integration work again.
• A fix to correctly resolve file paths in ASP.NET markup files.
• Fixed support for .ashx files.
• To-do items won’t disappear after adding a new custom To-do. 

#1: Project Folders and Namespaces

#2 Initial Configuration

#3 Bundling and Minifying CSS Files

#4 Bundling and Minifying Script Files

#5 The Structure of the _Layout File

#6 (Don’t) Use Twitter Bootstrap

#7 Keep Controllers Thin

#8 Membership and Identity

#9 Expose HTTP Endpoints

#10 Use Display Modes 

// Return an empty string to signify success
return Content("");

/*
The type 'System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.MaxLengthAttribute' exists in both

'c:\Program Files\Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1\Binaries\EntityFramework.dll'

and

'c:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll'
*/