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Plugin for cute-stack that prints bad line for local source files
npm install --save bad-line
Include as a plugin for cute-stack
require('cute-stack')(require('bad-line'));
or do it in several steps
var cute = require('cute-stack');
cute.ui.badLine = require('bad-line');
cute('badLine');
Let us initialize cute-stack in one file and then execute a file with an exception.
You can see these files in the folder test
// demo.js
var cute = require('cute-stack');
cute.ui.badLine = require('bad-line');
cute('badLine');
require('./file-with-error');
// file-with-error.js
function bar() {
throw new Error('This is an error!');
}
function foo() {
bar();
}
foo();
This generates the following output, notice the actual source line contents

Compare this with standard output produced by pretty formatter for example

bad-line prints the actual offending line, not just the function's name.
Author: Gleb Bahmutov © 2015 @bahmutov glebbahmutov.com
License: MIT - do anything with the code, but don't blame me if it does not work.
Spread the word: tweet, star on github, etc.
Support: if you find any problems with this module, email / tweet / open issue on Github
FAQs
Plugin for cute-stack that prints bad line for local source files
We found that bad-line demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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