Getting started with NLog

Logging is one of those things that every web site an application needs. It’s also one of those things that is easy to code in a short time. Because of this, developers often just write their own rather than use one of the existing logging frameworks. However, code makes bugs, and bugs increase development time. The usual reinvent-the-wheel syndrome with its usual side-effects kicks in. Up until now I’ve always written my own logging classes (guilty). Usually they just send emails for exceptions and sometimes they write a row to a table. That’s about it – nothing fancy...