skivvy-utils

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skivvy-utils

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Skivvy task runner utilities

Overview

A set of utilities to use with the Skivvy task runner.

Usage


utils.log(message, [message2, [message3...]])

Log a generic message to the console, prefixed with the current time. Multiple arguments are joined by a space character.

Where possible, it is better to one of the following methods:

Returns:

N/A

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
message string Yes N/A Message to be logged to the console

utils.log.debug(message, [message2, [message3...]])

Log a debug message to the console, prefixed with the current time. Multiple arguments are joined by a space character.

Returns:

N/A

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
message string Yes N/A Message to be logged to the console

utils.log.info(message, [message2, [message3...]])

Log a general information message to the console, prefixed with the current time. Multiple arguments are joined by a space character.

Returns:

N/A

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
message string Yes N/A Message to be logged to the console

utils.log.warning(message, [message2, [message3...]])

Log a warning message to the console, prefixed with the current time. Multiple arguments are joined by a space character.

Returns:

N/A

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
message string Yes N/A Message to be logged to the console

utils.log.error(message, [message2, [message3...]])

Log an error message to the console, prefixed with the current time. Multiple arguments are joined by a space character.

Returns:

N/A

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
message string Yes N/A Message to be logged to the console

utils.log.success(message, [message2, [message3...]])

Log an success notification to the console, prefixed with the current time. Multiple arguments are joined by a space character.

Returns:

N/A

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
message string Yes N/A Message to be logged to the console

utils.colors

Object containing functions used to style console output text using ANSI codes, as seen below:

var utils = require('skivvy-utils');
 
var src = 'src/app.js';
var message = 'Copying file: ' + utils.colors.path(src);
 
// Log the message to the console, with the path styled correctly
utils.log(message);
 

Various different styles exist, each for logging different types of string:

  • #### utils.colors.path(text)

    Style a filesystem path for console output

    ##### Returns:

    string Styled filesystem path

    ##### Options

    Param Type Required Default Description
    text string Yes N/A Text to style
  • #### utils.colors.package(text)

    Style a Skivvy package name for console output

    ##### Returns:

    string Styled package name

    ##### Options

    Param Type Required Default Description
    text string Yes N/A Text to style
  • #### utils.colors.task(text)

    Style a Skivvy task name for console output

    ##### Returns:

    string Styled task name

    ##### Options

    Param Type Required Default Description
    text string Yes N/A Text to style
  • #### utils.colors.time(text)

    Style a time measurement for console output

    ##### Returns:

    string Styled time measurement

    ##### Options

    Param Type Required Default Description
    text string Yes N/A Text to style

utils.timer.start([label])

Start timing an event

If the label argument is specified, a message will be logged to the console:

  • if label is a string, that label will be included in the console log
  • if label is true, a generic message will be logged to the console.

The timer will stop when utils.timer.end() is called with the token that is returned by this method.

Returns:

string Token used to stop the timer

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
label boolean,string No N/A Log a message to the console

utils.timer.end(token, [label])

Stop timing an event

This will stop the timer that corresponds to the token that was returned by the utils.timer.start() method.

If the label argument is specified, a message will be logged to the console:

  • if label is a string, that label will be included in the console log
  • if label is true, a generic message will be logged to the console.

Returns:

number Number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the timer was started

Options

Param Type Required Default Description
token string Yes N/A Timer identifier token
label string,boolean No N/A Log a message to the console

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