SLF4J & Logback is the new commons-logging & log4j

Interesting post on which logging framework to choose from the logging mess. TLDR; Use SLF4J and logback.

I still default to log4j, but it sounds like logback (as the new alternative to log4j), wrapped by SLF4J (as the new alternative to commons logging) is the way forward. Both are written by Ceki Gülcü (blog), the original log4j author.

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Tags: log4j, logback, logging, slf4j