This repository contains examples of Logging with Zerolog and Logging with Zap in a simple Go web application to give you an idea of how you can get started with either package in your own projects.

Here are the accompanying tutorials:

• A Complete Guide to Logging in Go with Zerolog.
• A Comprehensive Guide to Zap Logging in Go.
• A Comprehensive Guide to Structured Logging in Go (Slog).

You must have the latest version of Go installed on your machine. This project was tested against v1.20.

• Clone this repo to your machine:

git clone https://github.com/betterstack-community/wikipedia-demo

• cd into the project folder and switch to the relevant branch:

git checkout zerolog
git checkout zap

• Run go mod tidy to download dependencies.
• Execute the command below to start the development server:

go build && ./wikipedia-demo

• Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser.
• Enter a search query, and view the corresponding logs in your console and in the wikipedia-demo.log file.

The code used in this project and in the linked tutorial are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.