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		laurent123456 on April 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Use console.log() like a pro (2020) Please don't add colours to your console.log statements. It might look nice in the Chrome console, but as soon as your messages end up elsewhere, in a terminal or text file for instance, it makes the statements look very messy.

IggleSniggle on April 12, 2021 [–]

I love adding colors to my logs whether they are bash or nodejs, but I generally check if the context is tty or not before applying colors.

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