dumper.js

Dumper.js

dumper.js is a better and pretty variable inspector for your Node.js applications.

Installation

npm install --save dumper.js
# or you may use yarn
yarn add dumper.js

Usage

dd() Dump and Die

Calling dd() prints the output and kills the process

const dd = require('dumper.js');

const users = [
    { user: 'barney', age: 36, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
    { user: 'fred', age: 40, active: false, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
    { user: 'pebbles', age: 1, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age }
];

dd(users);

// Above variable will be printed
console.log('this will never be called');

Will output below result and kill the process

dump() Dump and Continue

Calling dump() prints the output and continues with the processing

const dump = require('dumper.js/src/dump');

const users = [
    { user: 'barney', age: 36, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
    { user: 'fred', age: 40, active: false, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
    { user: 'pebbles', age: 1, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age }
];

dump(users);

// Above variable will be printed and process will continue
console.log('this will be called');

Will output below result and continue processing

Contributions

Feel free to submit pull requests, create issues or spread the word.

License

MIT © Zeeshan Ahmed