I need a good logging library, should I look only ...

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[Dalinar]

I need a good logging library, should I look only in the java world? or is there a good Kotlin logging library?

[Czar]

SLF4J is still the standard, in K world there is a neat wrapper for it: Micro Utils Kotlin Logging: https://github.com/MicroUtils/kotlin-logging

[fred.deschenes]

I also made this a couple years ago (hasn't been updated to newer Kotlin versions but should still work fine) : https://github.com/FrimaStudio/slf4j-kotlin-extensions

[Dalinar]

seems I need to use logback appenders, so this microutils should work for that?

[Czar]

yup, it's just kotlin sugar around slf4j, so it will definitely work for you. In fact I have that setup in our applications at work.

[serebit]

I’m working on a standalone logger at https://gitlab.com/serebit/logkat, but the syntax is going to change significantly with the next update

[Dalinar]

I'm not entirely sure if I want to use logback or log4j2, however - I want to get started on this soon - so it's pretty easy to switch between them later if I need to right?

[Czar]

yes, if you don't use them directly but a universal API, like Slf4J. But at this point discussion becomes off-topic 🙂