Prettier console output and template system

[MichaelCereda]

As promised I implemented pretty-cli in the start script.
I created two new files that are used to customize the CLI and to create a personal template.
This approach is compatible with every other console library (ex. blessed) and allows to separate the messages from their visualization in order to be more future proof.

I'm working actively on the project so every opinion/suggestion is welcome.

Thanks.

[MichaelCereda]

[SpaceK33z]

webpack-dev-middleware supports a reporter option since version 1.7.0. This might be interesting to use, as it removes the need for adding callbacks for compiler "done", "invalid" etc. events. See the PR for more info.

[MichaelCereda]

Interesting, I don't know about the change.
I should edit my PR to use those callbacks.
Thank you.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

[SpaceK33z]

@MichaelCereda, I don't use CRA myself, so I can't really comment on that. I'm maintaining webpack-dev-server and webpack-dev-middleware though, so if you need any hooks, let me know (preferably in a ticket in the necessary repo).

[MichaelCereda]

Thanks @SpaceK33z, I'll probably text you around next week. I have a couple of ideas in mind.
Have a nice day

[gaearon]

Thanks for the pull request.
Sorry it took so long to review.

I’ve been blocked on some changes to packaging (#678), and those were important to get in because they opened the door to other features I cared about (#744).

I am closing this for roughly the same reasons as #499 (comment). And I’m sorry I didn’t do a good job of communicating it early. Wasted effort is very frustrating so I apologize for that.

In short, I have moved the Webpack message cleanup into a helper in our utilities package. At this point I’d rather avoid an extra opinionated dependency for users after ejecting. There are some things in the API that I would rather avoid as well, such as dynamic “method injection”. This feels like an over-abstraction for such a simple use case as logging output, and I don’t see the need for it at this moment.

Again, I’m sorry for wasting your time.