logboom —

clearcut simple node logging

1. install logboom locally — npm install logboom

2. import and instantiate a logger

   import {FileLogger} from "logboom"
   
   const logger = new FileLogger({logfile: "example.log", level: "silly"})

3. do some logging

   logger.error(new Error("an error occurred"))
   logger.warn("heed my warning!")
   logger.info("something informative")
   logger.verbose("explaining what's happening verbosely")
   logger.debug("information to help diagnose bugs")
   logger.silly("obscenely fine-grained details")

4. voila! color-coded console output

   

5. you also get a color-free example.log text file

notes

• the ConsoleLogger class writes to stdout and stderr

• the FileLogger is really double-logger
  it extends the console logger and writes to the console — but also writes to a text file (with the colors stripped out)

• alternatively, you can just use the ConsoleLogger, and then redirect the stdout/stderr output with unix stuff:
  node myapp 2>&1 | tee -a example.log
  if that's not your jam, just use the file logger