Console.js

A sane way to interface with your console and use the latest features.

support

features

• easily add styles to strings in the console output using CSS
• highlight JSON stringified objects

modern usage (Chrome / Firefox / IE >= 9)

modern mode is great if you're fine with overriding console methods, and don't mind additional methods on your String.prototype

// Step 1: override console methods and enable String.prototype styles
Console.attach();
Console.styles.attach();

// Step 2: register your styles
Console.styles.register({
	bold: 'font-weight:bold',
	underline: 'text-decoration:underline',

	red: 'color:#de4f2a',
	blue: 'color:#1795de',
	green: 'color:green',
	grey: 'color:grey',
	
	// optional (this is the default style, uses default colors)
	json: {
		'string': 'green',
		'number': 'darkorange',
		'boolean': 'blue',
		'null': 'magenta',
		'key': 'red'
	},

	code: 'background: rgb(255, 255, 219); padding: 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); line-height: 18px; text-decoration:underline;'
});

// Step 3: profit!
console.log('hello'.red.bold);

var object = {a: 1, b: new Date(), c: "1", d: {a: "{a: 1}"}, e: null, f: false};
console.log('object: ' + JSON.stringify(object, null, '\t').json);

compatibility usage

compatibility mode is useful if you want your logs to work in IE < 9, or you don't want be invasive on the console or String.prototype

// Step 1: because we aren't using String.prototype, we make our lives a little easier by creating a shortcut
window.F = Console.styles.format;

// Step 2: register your styles
Console.styles.register({
	bold: 'font-weight:bold',
	underline: 'text-decoration:underline',

	red: 'color:#de4f2a',
	blue: 'color:#1795de',
	green: 'color:green',
	grey: 'color:grey',
	
	// optional (this is the default style, uses default colors)
	json: {
		'string': 'green',
		'number': 'darkorange',
		'boolean': 'blue',
		'null': 'magenta',
		'key': 'red'
	},

	code: 'background: rgb(255, 255, 219); padding: 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); line-height: 18px; text-decoration:underline;'
});

// Step 3: profit!
Console.log(F('hello', 'red,bold'));

var object = {a: 1, b: new Date(), c: "1", d: {a: "{a: 1}"}, e: null, f: false};
Console.log('object: ' + F(JSON.stringify(object, null, '\t'), 'json'));