{"id":57643,"date":"2023-07-24T16:20:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T10:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=57643"},"modified":"2023-08-01T16:21:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T10:51:30","slug":"debugging-with-bright-script-logger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/debugging-with-bright-script-logger\/","title":{"rendered":"Debugging with Bright Script Logger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logs are always very useful for software developers. It helps developers identify the problems & issues with their programs. Logs help them print data on the console & debug their code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are logs really that easy to use<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Logs seem pretty much handy, but there are some problems too with logs, and one of the biggest problems developers face with logs is that logs make your apps slow & heavy in size. It usually happens when you use too many logs and keep them alive in production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Logs can(if not used properly): <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Degrade the performance of your application.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Make your app heavier in size.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Make you go here and there in your code to identify any specific log\/print statement. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Developers usually remove logs from their code but it’s actually a time taking & complex process. Because it has to be done manually by browsing every single file. Bright Script Loggers come to the rescue here.<\/span><\/p>\n

    What is a BS Logger<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Instead of writing logs in every single file, you can put all your logs in a single file only, and those logs are wrapped by functions\/subs. This file can be included in any of your other files, and methods written in logger file can be called easily from anywhere in your application. So a Bright Script Logger is just a .brs file containing some methods that log your data. You can put any no of methods in this logger file. Here’s a demo. <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Benefits of using BS Loggers<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Loggers have got following advantages over using logs in different files in your application:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • You’ve got a single file only to put & look around your logs in your app. <\/span><\/li>\n
    • Loggers are accessible anywhere in your project.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Loggers eliminate your problem of removing logs from your application before releasing your app to production. You can simply comment your few methods written in Logger. <\/span><\/li>\n
    • Loggers are pretty easy to use and require less code to execute. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Conclusion<\/b><\/span>: So, looking at the discussion we had above, we can state that Loggers have come up with very good advantages and it’s a powerful tool to look around your code. It actually allows you to debug your code in a better way and off course, it is time saving and easy to use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      Logs are always very useful for software developers. It helps developers identify the problems & issues with their programs. Logs help them print data on the console & debug their code. Are logs really that easy to use\u00a0 Logs seem pretty much handy, but there are some problems too with logs, and one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":637,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":35,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3479,3477,1994],"tags":[4479,1404,3116,3474,3629],"class_list":["post-57643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connected-tv","category-media-entertainment","category-software-development","tag-brightscript","tag-debugging","tag-ott","tag-roku","tag-smarttv"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t