ExDebug

Elixir library with debugging functions for making life easier.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage
  • ExDebug.console
• Development

Installation

The package can be installed by adding ex_debug to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:ex_debug, "~> 1.0.0"}
  ]
end

Configuration

When using the ExDebug.console\2 function, it's possible to pass some formatting options to the function. There is a configuration in config/config.exs file that can be adjusted to set these options globally:

# config/config.exs file

config :ex_debug,
  width: 80,
  color: 255,
  line_color: 238,
  time_color: 247,
  syntax_colors: [
    atom:    :cyan,
    binary:  :white,
    boolean: :magenta,
    list:    :white,
    map:     :white,
    nil:     :magenta,
    number:  :yellow,
    regex:   :light_red,
    reset:   :yellow,
    string:  :green,
    tuple:   :white
  ]

• width: Lenght of characters to be used in the console print.

• color: Color of the label if its given. Values between 0-255.

• line_color: Color of the header and footer lines. Values between 0-255.

• time_color: Color of the execution time. Values between 0-255.

• syntax_colors: Keyword list for term syntax color.

  Keys: :atom, :binary, :boolean, :list, :map, :nil, :number, :regex, :reset, :string, :tuple.

  Values: :black, :red, :yellow, :green, :cyan, :blue, :magenta, :white, :light_black, :light_red, :light_yellow, :light_green, :light_cyan, :light_blue, :light_magenta, :light_white.

256 color palette

Usage

ExDebug.console

Use the ExDebug.console\2 function chaining it anywhere in your functions pipelines, to print in console the current data on that point of the pipeline.

This behavior is only present in the dev and test environments. If it's called in the prod (or any other) environment, it will simply ignore the command and pass through the data.

The second argument of the function is optional. It's a keyword list of options: :width, :color, :line_color, :time_color, :syntax_colors.

Example

iex> "Lorem-Ipsum"
...> |> String.split("-")
...> |> ExDebug.console(label: "Split return")
...> |> Enum.join()
...> |> String.downcase()
# Split return -------------------------------------- 2022-03-10 - 00:47:07.523741
# ["Lorem", "Ipsum"]
# ------------------------------------------------------------------- MyApp v0.0.0
"loremipsum" # <- This is the actual pipeline return, besides de console print.

Development

The test suite can be executed as follows:

mix test