Becoming familiar with .NET logging abstractions
Another improvement of .NET Core over .NET Framework is its logging abstractions. Instead of relying on third-party libraries, the new, uniform system offers clean interfaces that are backed by a flexible and robust mechanism that helps implement logging into your application. It also supports third-party libraries that are streamlined through that abstraction. Before we look at the implementation in more detail, let’s talk about logging.
About logging
Logging is the practice of writing messages into a log and cataloging information for later use. That information can be used to debug errors, trace operations, analyze usage, or any other reason that creative people can come up with. Logging is a cross-cutting concern, meaning it applies to every piece of your application. We talk about layers in Chapter 12, Understanding Layering, but until then, let’s just say that a cross-cutting concern affects all layers and...
