Simplest is to use the fmt
package, and its global functions, e.g.:
fmt.Println("Process started")
fmt.Println("Something went wrong. Type e-mail to receive report:")
var i int = 3
var err error = io.Eof
fmt.Printf("And some formatted text: number: %d, an error: %v
", i, err)
If you want more configuration or the option to redirect the output e.g. to a file (in the future), then you may use the log
package.
log.Println("Process started")
log.Println("Something went wrong. Type e-mail to receive report:")
var i int = 3
var err error = io.Eof
log.Printf("And some formatted text: number: %d, an error: %v", i, err)
One notable difference is that by default the fmt
package writes to os.Stdout
, and the log
package writes to os.Stderr
. Both appear in your console, but should not be forgotten if you want to redirect those streams. Another difference is that the log
package appends a newline to each call if it doesn't end with one.