11 Logging frameworks

This chapter covers

  • Examining characteristics of logging frameworks
  • Selecting logging frameworks for use with apps
  • Calling Fluentd direct from logging frameworks
  • Calling Fluentd from an app without a framework

In the previous chapter, we looked at how we can create log events that can be used to give the most meaning and value. Another significant way we can easily derive more value from logs is by using logging frameworks for our application development. Most programming languages these days will be able to use a logging framework. In some cases, the third-party ones predate the language native feature and become something of a de facto standard. Other logging frameworks have come as part of an application container or ...

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