Python Logging Part 1 : The Basics

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The logging module must be an integral part of any Python developers toolkit. In this part 1 of this tutorial series I attempt to cover the basic of Logging such as 1. Why you should stop using PRINT statements in your code to debug 2. The basic structure of logging module including Handlers, Loggers, Filter & Formatters 3. How to Setup basic logging using logging.getLogger & basicConfig() 4. Different formatters available to format your LogRecord 5. How to change dateformat while logging date & time in your logs 6. Different methods available as part of the logging.Logger class such as info(), warning(), error() 7. How to write logs to a logfile using just basic & no extra code 8. A full example of logging in action