Sean Holmesby

.NET and Sitecore Developer

Mar
29

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Real-Time Auto-Reload Logging with Sitecore’s Rolling File Appender

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Just found this…you may already know about it, but if not, hopefully it helps you with Sitecore development.

Sometimes you want to tail the log files from Sitecore, and see what’s happening in real-time on your Sitecore site.
But then you do a build or make a config change, logging stops in that file and a new log file is created. You then need to open that new file in the tailing program.

I’ve seen SIM‘s DynamicLogViewer reload the file automatically…. and also Nick Hills’ version of logging using DebugView, but I like Baretail (it has highlighting for easy recognition).

Anyway, I just found you can easily change Sitecore to always log to the one file.

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Mar
16

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TDS: The Evolution of Auto-Sync

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Team Development for Sitecore (TDS) version 5.5 has now been officially released to the public I’ve had a play with the impressive list of new additions, and loved the further improvements to my Sitecore development efficiency. Features like the new Delta Deploy feature, and the Auto Deployment of Content Files have me doing Sitecore development quicker than ever.

One big new addition available in TDS v5.5 is the AutoSync feature… Another efficiency helper, where Sitecore changes get synced back to the TDS project automatically.
It has been described as a ‘new’ feature…. But is it?

Really, Auto-Sync has existed in TDS for a while, it’s just taken on a new form in v5.5.
Let me explain what I mean by this.

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