On Feb 13, 2011, at 5:41 AM, Michael McGinnis wrote: > > I can't find documentation in the book for this, either by searching > for logging.conf, logger.app or web2py.app. Maybe I'm lazy or > ignorant. But I love the usability consulting part of my job: anytime > something isn't extremely easy for me to find on a website, I can > claim that it's not my fault, that the site should be made more usable > for lazy, ignorant people.
It's a feature that was added since the book was written. It's a standard configuration file for standard Python logging. The example configuration file is intended as a starter for those of us who aren't familiar with Python logging to begin with. You're right; a book section would be nice. > > On Feb 13, 12:03 am, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Feb 12, 2011, at 9:44 PM, pbreit wrote: >> >>> What is current recommendation for app logging? >> >> You can start by copying logging.example.conf to logging.conf, and then >> editing it to suit your requirements. >> >> Either log with web2py.app (logger_app) or create a new logger specific to >> your own application.

