Merge pull request 128 from jmcomets/log-debug-message

src/app.md

@@ -115,7 +115,35 @@ Your favorite number must be 256.
 
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-[Write me!](https://github.com/brson/rust-cookbook/issues/61)
+The `log` crate provides logging utilities. The `env_logger` crate configures
+logging via an environment variable.
+
+```rust
+#[macro_use] extern crate log;
+extern crate env_logger;
+
+fn main() {
+    env_logger::init().unwrap();
+
+    debug!("this is a debug {}", "message");
+}
+```
+
+If you run this code, you'll notice that no output is printed. By default, the
+log level is `error`, and any lower levels are dropped.
+
+We can change that easily by setting the `RUST_LOG` environment variable:
+
+```
+$ RUST_LOG=debug cargo run
+```
+
+After running this, you'll likely see a pile of logs from cargo, as well as the
+following line at the very end of the output:
+
+```
+DEBUG:main: this is a debug message
+```
 
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