No log output via visionmedia/debug

[s-a]

No log output via visionmedia/debug

[s-a]

I do not know debug lib. Does it work without babel? You can configure es6 features and dont need transpiling https://github.com/s-a/iron-node/blob/master/docs/CONFIGURATION.md#v8-flags.
You could set a break point and debug what is going on at debug('init')('starting API');

[jonaswindey]

Updated my example above. Apparently it has nothing to do with babel.

[s-a]

The v8 engine supports any official es6 feature. Since you are not using experimental stuff it might be more stable to debug without babel.
Never tried source maps but it should work as described at [https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/javascript-debugging#using-source maps](https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/javascript-debugging#using-source maps)

If you do not see any log output it definitely belogs to your debug methods. as you mentioned console.log('test') // this is called works.

Have you debuged your log method?

[jonaswindey]

The v8 engine supports any official es6 feature. Since you are not using experimental stuff it might be more stable to debug without babel.

True, except for module imports/exports. But the sourcemaps work great so that's covered.

About the logging, I think I found the problem. Even though we're running in the browser, the logger still thinks it's a node environment, and I guess it's writing it to the stdout or another stream instead of the console.log.
https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/blob/master/example/stdout.js

I guess mongoose does the same.
It would be nice though if iron-node could bind the stdout to console.log, that way it is compatible with all logging systems.

[s-a]

Just wanted to write you in #53 that iron-node is a hybrid environment while all scripts run always in a terminal console context. I dont know maybe you can include a browser version of debug.

[s-a]

It would be nice though if iron-node could bind the stdout to console.log, that way it is compatible with all logging systems.

You can easy write your own Plugins for ironNode like this one.
https://github.com/s-a/iron-node-process-exit-break/blob/master/index.js. Let me know if you created something awesome 😺

[jonaswindey]

Yep, apparently it's possible: https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/blob/master/example/stdout.js
Basically you just bind debug.log to console.log

I'll take a look at the plugins system. Thanks for the help!

[jonaswindey]

Still, I think adding this code in iron-node on startup would help more users because debug is used by a lot of people.

Do you agree?

This is the line to add:

debug.log = console.log.bind(console);

[s-a]

We can do this only if debug was required. I suggest to write a simple package or extend the debug library directly. Maybe they accept a PR. It would make sense to discuss this behavior with the creators of debug because it impacts the electron environment.