smallchalk

npm i smallchalk / yarn add smallchalk

smallchalk

Core functionality like Chalk.js but with fewer features. Meant for rapid prototyping without worrying about package.json bloat.

• Small: coming in at only 772 bytes (gzipped & minified)!
• Simple: self contained, with ZERO dependencies!

Details

• Chain methods/getters like in Chalk.js:

const smChalk = require('smallchalk');

smChalk.bgRed.black.bold.underline("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");

• The last color in the chain is what gets used:

// This line..
smChalk.red.green.blue.bgRed.bgBlack.bgYellow("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");
// ...is equivalent to this line
smChalk.blue.bgYellow("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");


// This line..
smChalk.red.blue("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");
// ...is equivalent to this line
smChalk.blue("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");

Properties

• Foreground Colors:

  • black
  • red
  • green
  • yellow
  • blue
  • magenta
  • cyan
  • white

• Background Colors:

  • bgBlack
  • bgRed
  • bgGreen
  • bgYellow
  • bgBlue
  • bgMagenta
  • bgCyan
  • bgWhite

• Formatting:

  • bold
  • light
  • italic
  • underline
  • blink
  • inverse
  • hidden

Why?

Two reasons...

I wanted to understand:

• How Chalk.js was able to use properties with the same name as both a getter and method on the same object
  • For example, you can do chalk.blue('foo'); and chalk.blue.bold('foo'); (.blue is being used as both a method and getter)
• How Chalk.js was able to chain these properties/methods/getters

While modified, some of the code in this repo may resemble Chalk.js as I followed the same logic.