Hello,
I'm working on a new ASP.NET application and I'm interested in using a recommended approach for logging. My question to the community is, what logging framework do you like to use on your ASP.NET projects? What are the pros / cons? There are so many and they seem to change all the time that I'm just not sure which road to go down.
Thank you
I've used Log4Net on a number of large projects, and it's always been reliable (and seems to be the majority of what my clients have been using already).
"ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) is an application-wide error logging facility that is completely pluggable. It can be dynamically added to a running ASP.NET web application, or even all ASP.NET web applications on a machine, without any need for re-compilation or re-deployment. "
http://code.google.com/p/elmah/
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ELMAHErrorLoggingModulesAndHandlersForASPNETAndMVCToo.aspx
I use Log4Net as well. It works very well and outputs to a multiple interfaces like text files, telnet, DB etc. I've found it to be easy to use and configure.
I've used at least 4 different logging frameworks, including the popular one mentioned by others. Personally, I would never use that framework if it were up to me--for lots of reasons.
My personal favorite is the object guy's logging framework found here. The only drawback is that it isn't free anymore. But it's practically free--and well-worth the time you'll save compared to trying to figure out some other frameworks.