Add logging abilities

[superpowers11]

Add logging abilities

[superpowers11]

That's ok, we can just take it out of the abundant budget the board of trustees has generously issued to this important work for the College. ._.

[eanyanwu]

Currently thinking about this while I wait on the test accounts to be created.
I am thinking that the most useful logs are those of exceptions. So we can have something as simple as:
(Time : Exception)

This msdn article suggests Exception filters as one way to the implement the logging.
What do you think?

[superpowers11]

Exception filters seem like a decent way to go. I briefly looked over the article; would you use the OnException method override?
I did a quick web search on error logging in C# MVC and something called ELMAH came up a few times - a NuGet package to facilitate logging. Have you heard of it? This blog explains it briefly, and here is the home page

[eanyanwu]

I've heard the name, never knew what it did, but wow. It is amazing. I think the best part is the notification via slack/email etc... Unfortunately it isn't free :/
https://elmah.io/pricing/

[eanyanwu]

Lol. I'll briefly looking to see if there are other alternatives that have a similar setup...stay tuned

[eanyanwu]

Ok, so I read 60% of this and skimmed the rest.
Summary:
There are a few options with pros and cons depending on what we need. The first section is actually pretty informative. ELMAH is mentioned and briefly explained at the very end too.

What I think we need:

• A developer maintaining this project shouldn't have a hard time finding the source of the problem when ResLife shoots her an email saying "The online rci system is not working". 🤕

Anything else you can think of?