ConsoleIt!

Utility to append console messages to the DOM. Useful when using RequireBin, JSFiddle, or the like.

RequireBin

Example usage in RequireBin:

var console = require("consoleit");
console.log("This will appear in the DOM just like magic!");

JSFiddle

To use this in JSFiddle, you must also add the following script tag to your HTML:

<script src="http://wzrd.in/bundle/consoleit"></script>

Then use the JavaScript code as shown above.

Methods

ConsoleIt supports the following methods:

Method	Description
console.log()	For general output of logging information.
console.info()	Informative logging information.
console.warn()	Outputs a warning message.
console.error()	Outputs an error message.

Colored icons are placed next to all but console.log() as follows:

String Substitution

You can also use the following string substitution characters in your output.

Substitution string	Description
%d or %i	Outputs an integer.
%s	Outputs a string.
%f	Outputs a floating-point value.

See MDN for further details.

console.log("Only %d days until %s!", 30, "Christmas");

JavaScript Objects

JavaScript obects will be converted to JSON.

For example:

var obj = {x:1, y:2};
console.log(obj);

Would display:

Object {"x":1,"y":2}

Options

By default, output will be appended to the document.body. You can optionally send the output to a particular element. Simply pass the element id (as a string) to ConsoleIt as shown below.

<div id="log"></div>

var console = require("consoleit")("log");
console.log("This will be appended to the 'log' div.");

For use under MIT license