Log4net

• Declare a Logger without explicitly naming the calling type (use reflection):

using System.Reflection;
private readonly ILog _log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

• Moving your Log4Net configuration out of web.config with ASP.NET 2.0 web sites AssemblyInfo.cs:

[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "log4net.config", Watch = true)]