console-super v0.1.6

console-super

Add time stamp, color and replace previous line. It all using only console! Make console great again!

Install

npm i console-super

Usage

require('console-super');

console.timeTag("OMG ITS A TIME STAMP");
console.showMs(true);
console.timeTag("AND WITH MS!");
console.timeTag("I CAN EVEN OVERWRITE THIS (IN 4 SECS)");
setTimeout(function(){
    console.inlineTimeTag("NO WAY! ITS AWESOME!");
    console.timeTag("AND ITS CYAN NOW", 'cyan');
    console.timeTag("BRIGHTER", 'cyan', 'bright');
    console.timeTag("CHANGE BACKGROUND", 'yellow', 'bright', 'bgGreen');
}, 4000)

Parameters

• data: Data to be shown (string, array, object, number)
• base (default is 10): If data is a number type, then base defines in witch base the number must be show, e.g. binary (2), decimal (10), hexdecimal (16), etc.
• ...args You can modify the terminal characteristics, like color, its background color and brightness! See at the end all the possibilities.
• {mod1: 'red', mod2: 'bright', mod3: 'bgWhite'}: Same as above just for backward compatibility.

Methods

• console.timeTag(data,base,{mod1, mod2, mod3}):
  • console.timeTag("Hi!") -> 22:00:19 Hi!
  • console.timeTag({"me":"ur age?", "you":20}) -> 22:00:22 {"me":"ur age?", "you":20}
  • console.timeTag(90) -> 22:00:24 90
  • console.timeTag(90, 16) -> 22:00:26 5A
  • console.timeTag(13, 2, {mod1: 'red'}) -> 22:00:28 1101 (imagine its red)
• console.inlineTimeTag(data,base,{mod1, mod2, mod3}): Overwrites the previous line
  • console.inlineTimeTag("Loading...") -> 13:00:00 Loading... 13:00:03 Complete!
  • console.inlineTimeTag("Complete!") ------------------------------^
• console.showMs(msOnOff):
  • Pass true or false to toggle the milliseconds to be shown or not
  • console.showMs(true);

Modifiers

//Modifiers
'reset'       //Reset to default
'bright'      //Brighter
'dim'         //Dim
'underscore'  //Put a underscore beneath everything
'reverse'     //Reverses the fore and background colors

//Font colors
'black'
'red'
'green'
'yellow'
'blue'
'magenta'
'cyan'
'white'

//Background colos
'bgBlack'
'bgRed'
'bgGreen'
'bgYellow'
'bgBlue'
'bgMagenta'
'bgCyan'
'bgWhite'

You can integrate with socket

console.setSocket(socket);
console.timeTag("This message is going be shown here and also fires a socket.emit('console', this.message)");