babel-plugin-captains-log

Captain's Log (☠️)

Usage

babel-plugin-captains-log injects helpful details into console statements.

Default bahavior:

• Prepend console statement scope
• add inject variable name into console statements

Transforms

function add(a, b) {
-  console.log(a, b);
+  console.log("add:", "a", a, "b", b);
  return a + b;
}

const subtract = (a, b) => {
-  console.log(a, b);
+  console.log("subtract:", "a", a, "b", b);
  return a - b;
};

See the Roadmap for a future features and oppurtunities to contribute.

Requirements

This is a Babel plugin so it requires Babel v6 to run.

Installation

This module is distributed using npm which comes bundled with node:

npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-captains-log

To include the plugin in your project, create or open your .babelrc file at the root of your project. Then, add namespaces to your plugin list:

{
  plugins: ["captains-log"]
}

Options

Methods

This option provides control over which console statments are adjusted. Methods is set within your .babelrc as an array.

Default: ["debug", "error", "exception", "info", "log", "warn"]

{
  plugins: [
    ["captains-log", {
      methods: ['debug', 'info']
    }]
  ]
}

Flags

Flags are values set for all methods and are used to turn that feature on or off. Flags are not merged with defaults to allow for maximum control.

Variable Name

Default: true

{
  plugins: [
    ["captains-log", {
      injectVariableName: true
    }]
  ]
}

Inject Scope

Default: true

{
  plugins: [
    ["captains-log", {
      injectScope: true
    }]
  ]
}

Roadmap

• Add ability to timestamp console statements
• Add ability to auto add console statements to methods

License

MIT

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Kyle Welch 💻 📖 ⚠️

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!