Logging is a big part of software development for many years now. One can argue that a logging mechanism is a must-have part of any application or library. I would agree with that statement. Logging has a crucial part to play in a scenario where you can’t use interactive debugging (that is, attaching a debugger like Visual Studio). It allows us to investigate errors after the problem already happened. In some cases, like Production Debugging, logs might be the only information you have. 

In this post I'll show how to create a logging provider that writes logs to the file system. In production, I'd recommended using a more fully-featured system like Serilog instead of this library, but I wanted to see what was involved to get a better idea of the process myself.

The code for the file logging provider is available on GitHub, or as the NetEscapades.Extensions.Logging.RollingFile package on NuGet. 

For an application, logging is very important to keep track of that application and keep it error-free. In .NET Core, we don't need any third party logging; instead, we can use built-in logging whenever we want. This is very efficient in terms of code and performance.

Let’s start. Create a new .NET Core application and name it. 

Record and replay user sessions to fix bugs faster

Open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Iterate continuously. Boost workflow efficiency. Improve user experience.   GitHub