Colors.ts

Write beautifully colored and styled text in Node.js terminal.

Installing and using Colorts is a breeze; in both a TypeScript and JavaScript.

Installation

npm install colorts

colors and styles!

text colors

• black
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white
• gray
• grey

text background colors

• bgBlack
• bgRed
• bgGreen
• bgYellow
• bgBlue
• bgMagenta
• bgCyan
• bgWhite

text styles

• reset
• bold
• dim
• italic
• underline
• inverse
• hidden
• strikethrough

Usage methods

1. TypeScript

i. Normal String extension.

import 'colorts/lib/string';

console.log('hello'.green);                       // outputs green text
console.log('i like cake and pies'.underline.red) // outputs red underlined text
console.log('inverse the color'.inverse);         // inverses the color

ii. Direct color method

import color from 'colorts';
import {echo} from 'colorts';

console.log(colors('hello').green + "");                           // outputs green text
console.log(colors('i like cake and pies').red.underline.toString) // outputs red underlined text
echo(colors('inverse the color').inverse);                         // you can use echo to console.log safe colorts

2. JavaScript

i. Normal String extension.

require('colorts/lib/string');

console.log('hello'.green);                       // outputs green text
console.log('i like cake and pies'.underline.red) // outputs red underlined text
console.log('inverse the color'.inverse);         // inverses the color

ii. Direct color method

let color = require('colorts');
let echo = require('colorts').echo;

console.log(colors('hello').green + "");                           // outputs green text
console.log(colors('i like cake and pies').red.underline.toString) // outputs red underlined text
echo(colors('inverse the color').inverse);                         // you can use echo to console.log safe colorts

I prefer the first way. Some people seem to be afraid of extending String.prototype and prefer the second way.

If you are writing good code you will never have an issue with the first approach. If you really don’t want to touch String.prototype, the second usage will not touch String native object.

Disabling Colors

To disable colors you can pass the following arguments in the command line to your application:

node myapp.js --no-color

Bonus String Letter case Methods

• capitalize

    "james is a nice guy.".capitalize // James is nice guy.
    " no one home.".capitalize       //  No one home.
    "typescript".capitalize         // Typescript
    "1st january 2018".capitalize  // 1st january 2018
  

• titleCase

    "james is a nice guy.".titleCase // James Is Nice Guy.
    " no one home.".titleCase       //  No One Home.
    "tYpe scrIpt".titleCase        // Type Script
    "1st january".titleCase       // 1st January 2018
  

• camelCase

    "james is a nice guy.".camelCase // jamesIsANiceGuy.
    " no one home.".camelCase       //  nOneHome.
    "type script".camelCase        // typeScript
  

• upperCamelCase

    "james is a nice guy.".upperCamelCase // JamesIsANiceGuy.
    " no one home.".upperCamelCase       //  NOneHome.
    "type script".upperCamelCase        // TypeScript
  

• lowerCamelCase

    "james is a nice guy.".lowerCamelCase // jamesIsANiceGuy.
    " no one home.".lowerCamelCase       //  nOneHome.
    "type script".lowerCamelCase        // typeScript
  

• snakeCase

    "james is a nice guy.".snakeCase // james_is_nice_guy.
    " no one home.".snakeCase //  no_one_home.
    "super type script".snakeCase  // super_type_script
  

• kebabCase

    "James is a nice guy.".kebabCase // james-is-nice-guy.
    " no one home.".kebabCase //  no-one-home.
    "super type script".kebabCase  // super-type-script
  

• studlyCaps

    "james is a nice guy.".studlyCaps // JaMeSiSnIcEgUy.
    " no one home.".studlyCaps //  NoOnEhOmE.
    "super type script".studlyCaps  // SuPeRtYpEsCrIpT