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Modern JavaScript Web Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Modern JavaScript Web Development Cookbook Easy solutions to common and everyday JavaScript development problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788992749
Length 642 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Federico Kereki Federico Kereki
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Preface 1. Working with JavaScript Development Tools 2. Using Modern JavaScript Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Developing with Node 4. Implementing RESTful Services with Node 5. Testing and Debugging Your Server 6. Developing with React 7. Enhancing Your Application 8. Expanding Your Application 9. Debugging Your Application 10. Testing Your Application 11. Creating Mobile Apps with React Native 12. Testing and Debugging Your Mobile App 13. Creating a Desktop Application with Electron 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adding logging with Winston

Let's start with a simple, basic need: logging. Having solid, correct logging set up can help you find problems quickly, while incomplete or otherwise lacking logging can make you look for hours for what could be a simple, trivial problem. A basic rule for any application is to ensure that proper login is set up so that you can be confident that any situation that comes up will at least be recognized and recorded for future analysis.

The first idea you could have is to just use the console family of functions, such as console.log(), console.warn(), console.info(), and more. (For a complete reference, check out https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console.) While these are good for quick debugging, they just don't do it for application-level logging. You should be able to select what kind of logs you want (everything? Errors only...

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