Django: Logging Quickstart in Django 1.3

Logging is always one of those things that seems like there is a lot of boilerplate code that I tend to always have to lookup oneline each time.  Though logging is very customizable, most of the time I need simply to only need log to a file or files.   Therefore, I'm writing this in hopes of compling a simple configuration that can be dropped into a project.  My understanding is still rudimentary so feel free to drop a comment.

A logging framework is built into Django 1.3 which makes it easier to integrate into a given project.  The logging framework contains three main components: formatters, handlers, and loggers.  Formatters determine how the output will be displayed when it is logged.  Handlers handle where output is logged, whether that be a file, the counsole, or an email.  Loggers are associated with handlers and are the objects that one interacts with when logging something.  As in the example below, more than one formatter, handler or logger can be defined in a project.

In settings.py:

import os

# choose a path that is your virtual environment root
VENV_ROOT = os.path.join('/','web','myvenv')

LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': True,
    'formatters': {
        'verbose': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s %(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s'
        },
        'simple': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
        },
    },
    'handlers': {
        'file_userlogins': {                # define and name a handler
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.FileHandler', # set the logging class to log to a file
            'formatter': 'verbose',         # define the formatter to associate
            'filename': os.path.join(VENV_ROOT, 'log', 'userlogins.log') # log file
        },

        'file_usersaves': {                 # define and name a second handler
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.FileHandler', # set the logging class to log to a file
            'formatter': 'verbose',         # define the formatter to associate
            'filename': os.path.join(VENV_ROOT, 'log', 'usersaves.log')  # log file
        },
    },
    'loggers': {
        'logview.userlogins': {              # define a logger - give it a name
            'handlers': ['file_userlogins'], # specify what handler to associate
            'level': 'INFO',                 # specify the logging level
            'propagate': True,
        },     

        'logview.usersaves': {               # define another logger
            'handlers': ['file_usersaves'],  # associate a different handler
            'level': 'INFO',                 # specify the logging level
            'propagate': True,
        },        
    }       
}

In application code such as in views.py:

import logging   # import the required logging module
logger_logins = logging.getLogger('logview.userlogins')  # logger from settings.py
logger_logins.info('Log info')
logger_logins.debug('Log Debug information %s' % ("can pass in variables"))

# we can log to a different file using the other logger
logger_saves = logging.getLogger('logview.usersaves')
logger_saves.error('log an error')