zouti

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Useful tools & functions we use on every krkn projects.

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install zouti

``javascript
var zouti = require( "zouti" );
`

Documentation

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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

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Alias for zouti.log( message, context, "WARNING" )

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Alias for zouti.log( message, context, "ERROR" )

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Alias for zouti.log( message, context, "SUCCESS" )

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Print amount (defaults to 1) empty console lines, as visual spacer.

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Muting zouti by disable all the console.log calls until zouti.unmute() is called.
> Note: if zouti is already muted, does nothing.

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Unmute zouti.
> Note: if zouti is already unmuted, does nothing.

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Property returning a boolean, indicating the mute status of zouti.

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Clear the console by sending the string \u001B2J\u001B[0;0f to it.

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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 (if the log argument is set to true - which is by default), in milliseconds.
The second call returns an object with literal and numerical values (in milliseconds).

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Generate an [UUID compliant to RFC 4122.

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

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

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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)
* 0.1.0: refactor bench method (08/06/2014)
* 0.2.0: add clearConsole method (03/10/2014)
* 0.3.0: add aliases for log method (11/02/2015)
* 0.4.0: add mute and unmute methods (12/01/2016)
* 0.5.0: add spacer` method (24/05/2016)

License

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