While the game log is incredibly useful for debugging, looking at it requires unfocusing the Minecraft window and going through all other unrelated log messages. This is mainly why I sometimes just directly log messages to Minecraft chat, as it's easier to see and has much less clutter.
It would be rather nice for there to be a general screen for configuring logging to chat on both the server and the client, so that there is no need to write custom chat+log functions if there is a need to log anything complex.
While the game log is incredibly useful for debugging, looking at it requires unfocusing the Minecraft window and going through all other unrelated log messages. This is mainly why I sometimes just directly log messages to Minecraft chat, as it's easier to see and has much less clutter. It would be rather nice for there to be a general screen for configuring logging to chat on both the server and the client, so that there is no need to write custom chat+log functions if there is a need to log anything complex.