zouti

zouti

Useful tools & functions we use on every krkn projects.

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install zouti

var zouti = require( "zouti" );

Documentation

zouti.log( message, context, type )

Print a formated console log like below, with date, context between brackets, then message.

5 Mar 22:58:06 - [node] foo

The type parameter is a String which can be :

• "ERROR", "ERR", "RED" : print the message in red
• "WARNING", "WARN", "YELLOW" : print the message in yellow
• "SUCCESS", "GREEN" : print the message in green
• "MAGENTA" : print the message in magenta
• every other values prints the message in cyan

zouti.bench( name )

Called the first time, start a benchmark.
When it's called the second time with the same name, stop the benchmark and print elapsed time, in milliseconds.

zouti.uuid()

Generate an UUID compliant to RFC 4122.

zouti.sleep( duration )

Make the program sleep for duration seconds. Note: this function must be used with care, eats a lot of CPU's power.

zouti.md5( string ), zouti.sha1( string ), zouti.sha256( string ), zouti.sha512( string ), zouti.whirlpool( string )

Returns the hashed version of the given string, using the specified algorythm.
These functions use the native crypto module of node.js.

zouti.kindOf( value )

Returns the type of the given value, returning number, string, boolean, function, regexp, array, date, error, null, undefined or object.
Based on grunt.util.kindOf.

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Lint your code using Grunt.

Release History

• 0.0.1: initial release (05/03/2014)

License

Copyright (c) 2014 krkn
Licensed under the WTFPL license.