
kshitij k.
"From log4j to logback to Log4j2 and waiting further"
What do you like best about Apache log4j?
Lazy logging, multiple appenders, different layouts, different triggering policies and many more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Apache log4j?
1) IMHO, documentation is what makes the developers choose among logging frameworks or any other products; easier the implementation (docs), better the usage; this part seems to be very less focussed by organizations when developing a product but i find it the most important than others. Regarding the features, there are already plenty, but we are unaware of most of them. Also in current official docs, there is no opinionated way or example of configuring logging best suited for general application use cases. Also the documentation can only be fully understood by developers those are already experienced to some extent. There should be a basic example describing each statement. And the examples should be upgraded to next level little by little with skip option or levels to go to the matured examples. All the related configuration or options relating to that specific statement should have a separate documentation that contains description for each and every options. The idea of describing the things should be in layman terms and in as simple english as possible, as there are people that are weak at english language; eg some people i know didn't understand the term appender, layouts until i explained them in layman terms with examples and some drawings.
Also as people like me are lazy enough to read the whole single page docs, it would be better to have separated them in multiple pages with very less and informative content in each page.
2) It would be nice to have some online playground for practicing right away.
2) It would be nice to have better default logging implementation in popular frameworks like spring boot i.e. from logback to log4j2 and so on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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