First, a verbose console log formatter that weights the structured metadata of a log event only slightly lower than that event's message. Second, a means of logging that encourages structured logging, built solely on top of Microsoft's logging abstractions.
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$ dotnet add package Merviche.LoggingReadme
Try this:
logger.With("just_one_key", "for one log event 🐙")
.LogInformation("🪼");
instead of:
using (logger.BeginScope(new Dictionary<string, object?>
{
{ "for_just_one_log_event", "this is a lot of code 🐛" },
// another key could go on this line
}))
{
logger.LogInformation("so much boilerplate");
}
Or:
using var _ = logger
.With("correlation_id", "some value")
.With("username", "some value")
.With("ip_address", "some value")
.BeginScope();
logger.LogInformation("isn't this a bit nicer?");
instead of:
var state = new Dictionary<string, object?>();
state["correlation_id"] = "some value";
state["username"] = "some value";
state["ip_address"] = "some value";
using var _ = logger.BeginScope(state);
logger.LogInformation("isn't this kinda awkward");