node.js: use for debugging app using console.log and util.inspect.

_log-min.js

var LOGGING = 'debug'; // debug, alert, silent.
function _log(a,b){"debug"===LOGGING&&void 0!==b?console.log("debug - "+a+" > "+require("util").inspect(b,!0,99,!0)):"debug"===LOGGING&&void 0===b?console.log(a):"alert"===LOGGING&&console.log(a)};

_log.js

// use for debugging

var LOGGING = 'debug'; // debug, alert, silent.
function _log(msg, dump) {
  if ( LOGGING === 'debug' && dump !== undefined ) {
    console.log('debug - ' + msg + ' > ' + require('util').inspect(dump, true, 99, true));
  } else if ( LOGGING === 'debug' && dump === undefined ) {
    console.log(msg);
  } else if ( LOGGING === 'alert' ) {
    console.log(msg);
  } else {  
  }
}


// use

var examine = {};
examine.id = 101;
examine.text = "hello";
examine.arr = ["one", "two", "three"];

_log('hello world', examine);

/*
debug - hello world > { id: 101,
  text: 'hello',
  arr: 
   [ 'one',
     'two',
     'three',
     [length]: 3 ] }
*/