mad-logs

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mad-logs

• Colourful, obtrusive, Typescript-friendly logs for the browser console and NodeJS.
  • Completely isomorphic
• As with Winston, lets you alter the amount of text shown based on current log level:
  • Automatic handling of any of the following LOG_LEVEL environment variable values:
    • silly, verbose, debug, info, warn, error, wtf
• Factory for file-specific logging: logFactory
• Over 45 separate styles to keep log output different from file-to-file for easier debugging

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Installation

npm install --save mad-logs

...or...

yarn add mad-logs

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Usage (browser, commonJS)

Import the library

// my-fun-file.ts
import {logFactory, Styles} from 'mad-logs';

Build a logger with the log factory

const log = logFactory(`my-fun-file.tsx`, Styles.angryBird);

Do some mad, mad logging!

log.silly('display me on the browser console, but only if the log level is set to "silly"');

log.verbose(
    'display me on the browser console, but only if the log level is "verbose" ' +
    'or higher (verbose or silly mode)'
);

log.info(
    'display me on the browser console, but only if the log level is "info" ' +
    'or higher (info, verbose, or silly)'
);

log.warn(
    'display me on the browser console, but only if the log level is "warn" ' +
    'or higher (warn, info, verbose, or silly)'
);

log.error(
    'display this on the browser console as an error message, but only if the ' +
    'log level is "error" or higher (error, warn, info, verbose, or silly)'
);

log.wtf(
    'Also display this on the browser console, as an error message'
);

const result =
    log.silly(
        'Log return value of myFunction(). Pass result thru & assign it to var "result"',
         myFunction()
     );
// result now contains the return value of myFunction()

Details (on above)

• 'my-fun-file.js' is a placeholder for the name of the current file
  • This appears in each log line, as part of the "tag"
• logMarkers.maceWindu << replace with any item in the log marker styles list (see below)
• All log instance functions return the last value they were passed.
• TODO let users make their own log markers

Available log "marker" styles

• none
• angryBird
• aquarium
• arrow
• backAndForth
• barbells
• bracelet
• brainwave
• cantTouch
• cartoonSwearing
• checkmate
• cult
• dirtRoad
• escherBarbieLego
• farmerBrown
• fountain
• fresh
• grasslands
• hatBlock
• hotPursuit
• joy
• kingRageBlock
• lakeLouise
• lucky
• maceWindu
• mechanicalAtFists
• moProblems
• mrsPotatoVHS
• neverEnough
• nightmare
• pipeDream
• ohMy
• potOfGold
• probeArcade
• rainbowLeaf
• rockIsDead
• seafoamSalad
• smokeyHatesChristmas
• springy
• swimmers
• tangerines
• theBird
• theHeist
• vendetta
• xmlHell
• zebra

Log marker usage

• When first "constructing" the log factory, define the log marker as the second argument (as seen above)
  • if not given, it uses the logMarkers.none style

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NodeJS-specific logging

• Deprecated - please don't use it
  • This will be removed in an upcoming version of mad-logs
• shared/root logging is now isomorphic, so it's no longer needed