dumper.js is a better and pretty variable inspector for your Node.js applications.
npm install --save-dev dumper.js
# or you may use yarn
yarn add dumper.js --devCalling dd() prints the output and kills the process
const { dd } = require('dumper.js');
const users = [
{ user: 'barney', age: 36, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
{ user: 'fred', age: 40, active: false, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
{ user: 'pebbles', age: 1, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age }
];
dd(users);
// Above variable will be printed
console.log('this will never be called');Will output below result and kill the process. Demo
Calling dump() prints the output and continues with the processing
const { dump } = require('dumper.js');
const users = [
{ user: 'barney', age: 36, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
{ user: 'fred', age: 40, active: false, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age },
{ user: 'pebbles', age: 1, active: true, createdAt: new Date(), getAge: () => this.age }
];
dump(users);
// Above variable will be printed and the process will continue
console.log('this will be called');Will output below result and continue processing. Demo
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