Demo of using structured logging with SeriLog in .NET

LogDemo.cs

using Serilog;
using Serilog.Formatting.Compact;

namespace LogDemo;

class Foo(string name, string description)
{
    public string Name { get; set; } = name;
    public string Description { get; set; } = description;
    public string[] Things { get; set; } = [];
}

internal static class Program
{
    private static void Main()
    {
        Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
            .MinimumLevel.Debug()
            .WriteTo.Console(new CompactJsonFormatter())
            .CreateLogger();

        Log.Information("Hello Info");
        Log.Debug("Hello Debug");

        var thing = new Foo("Test", "Test Desc");
        thing.Things = ["one", "two", "three"];
        Log.Information("things: {@Things}", thing);

    }
}

/*

{"@t":"2025-04-28T19:26:40.9145290Z","@mt":"Hello Info"}
{"@t":"2025-04-28T19:26:40.9491260Z","@mt":"Hello Debug","@l":"Debug"}
{"@t":"2025-04-28T19:26:40.9501810Z","@mt":"things: {@Things}","Things":{"Name":"Test","Description":"Test Desc","Things":["one","two","three"],"$type":"Foo"}}

*/