Advanced Logging with NLog

a presentation by @kjellski

for the 

@DOTNETHH

Agenda

• NLog Project
• NLog Architecture
• Code:
  • how to start
  • how to debug
  • advanced techinques

NLog Project

• http://nlog-project.org/
• OpenSource:
  https://github.com/NLog/NLog/
• Many Examples: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/tree/master/examples
• .net Core in the making already - (coreCLR branch)

NLog Architecture

Configuration

• web.config
• NLog.config
• programmatically

NLog Architecture

Targets

• Ouput sinks (where to log to)
• Already existing targets:
  • Database
  • EventLog
  • Email
  • UDPPort
  • ... 

NLog Architecture

Rules

• Are you really logging it?
• Redirect, multiplex and distribute
• Custom matcher
• ...

Show me some code!

Useful Links

• Troubleshooting
• Github Repo for this talk
• Examples, Examples, Examples

Thanks for all the fish!

Happy Logging!