What's your go-to logging library in .NET? The one I use most often is Serilog. - Supports structured logging out of the box - Powerful enrichers to add context data - Serilog sinks to export data easily Here's how to get started with Serilog: milanjovanovic.tech/blog/str…

How do you squeeze out that last bit of performance from EF Core? You can try Compiled Queries. They're more performant than typical EF queries. They can take advantage of some additional optimizations. Here's how to start using Compiled Queries: milanjovanovic.tech/blog/unl…

Are you using Structured logging in your application? You better be, or you're losing valuable information. Structured logging is a standard for my projects. And Serilog is my go-to library. Serilog supports structured logging out of the box. It also has powerful concepts of sinks and enrichers. Sinks are like destinations for your application logs. They can range from console or file sinks to App Insights or Datadog. Enrichers allow you to add extra information to structured logs. An example of using enrichers is adding a correlation identifier. What's the point of using structured logging? Structured logs can easily be searched and analyzed. Of course, you'll need a tool to do that. Tomorrow, I'll show you a free tool to filter structured logs. And 4 more best practices to improve structured logging with Serilog. Join 35,674+ engineers here: milanjovanovic.tech/?utm_sou… P.S. Repost this so more people can find out about The .NET Weekly. ♻️