A python method to write logs to the console.

ConsoleWrite.py

from datetime import datetime

def ConsoleWrite(messageType, message, variable = None):

    print datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
    print "[" + messageType + "]\t",
    if variable:
        print type(variable).__name__, ":", message
        print(variable)
    else: 
        print message
      
ConsoleWrite("INFO", "Program staring...")
ConsoleWrite("WARNING", "Some warning")
a = {
    "hello":"world",
    "numbers":[
        1,
        2,
        3]
}
ConsoleWrite("DEBUG", "a", a)
ConsoleWrite("INFO", "Program terminating...")