# beautylog beautiful logging ## Status [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/pushrocks/beautylog.svg?branch=v0.0.9)](https://travis-ci.org/pushrocks/beautylog) [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/pushrocks/beautylog.svg)](https://david-dm.org/pushrocks/beautylog) [![bitHound Dependencies](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/beautylog/badges/dependencies.svg)](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/beautylog/master/dependencies/npm) [![bitHound Score](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/beautylog/badges/score.svg)](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/beautylog) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/pushrocks/beautylog/badge.svg?branch=greenkeeper-npmts-2.1.10)](https://coveralls.io/github/pushrocks/beautylog?branch=greenkeeper-npmts-2.1.10) ## Usage ```javascript ### Simple Logging var bl = require('beautylog'); //for use in OS console environment AND browser console bl.log('some log message'); //normal console log message bl.success('some success message'); //success console log message bl.error('some error message'); //error console log message //alternatively you can use a logType parameter bl.log('some log message','normal'); bl.log('some success message','success'); bl.log('some error message','error'); ``` The plugin produces beautiful output like this: ![console.png](https://mediaserve.lossless.digital/github.com/pushrocks/beautylog/console.png) ### Code Highlighting ### Console Tables beautylog allows displaying data in nice tables for better overview. There are different types of tables. #### Custom ```javascript var bl = require('beautylog')("os"); //for use in OS console environment var myTable = bl.table.new("custom",["Heading1".blue,"Heading2".blue,"Heading3".blue]); // type "custom" myTable.push(["check 1","success"]); // adds a row the myTable myTable.push(["check 2","error"]); // adds a row the myTable myTable.push(["check 3","error"]); // adds a row the myTable myTable.print(); //prints myTable to the console ``` #### Checks ```javascript var bl = require('beautylog')("os"); //for use in OS console environment var myTable = bl.table.new("checks"); // type checks myTable.push(["check 1","success"]); // adds a row the myTable myTable.push(["check 2","error"]); // adds a row the myTable myTable.push(["check 3","error"]); // adds a row the myTable myTable.print(); //prints myTable to the console ``` The table from the code with type "checks" above looks like this: ![table.png](https://mediaserve.lossless.digital/github.com/pushrocks/beautylog/table.png)