SuperAwesomePrint

Add colored '*********', time and line number around printed value. It's easier to find such output in a long console output.

def index
  @posts = Post.all
  sap @posts
end

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'super_awesome_print'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install super_awesome_print

You can optionally customize configuration in an initializer.
In Rails, you can add the following to config/initializers/super_awesome_print.rb:

SuperAwesomePrint.configure do |config|
  config.caller_lines = 3 # defaults to 1
  config.blank_lines_top = 2 # defaults to 0
  config.blank_lines_bottom = 2 # defaults to 0
  config.root_path = Rails.root.to_s # this path will be removed from caller's files path, defaults to Rails.root.to_s
  config.log_file_path = '/some/path/to/log/file' # override default log file for `sapf`
end

Just use sap global function to print any variable.

You can also print to a file

sapf 'hello world'

By default it will print everything to sapf.log file in current directory or to log/sapf.log if you're on Rails. See log_file_path config option to override this.

Also, take a look at cop for RuboCop to make sap didn't leak into production.

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/olegantonyan/super_awesome_print. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.