Modernizing Winston for node@4

An Exercise in Open Source, streams, ES6, and keeping code alive. Presented at Node.js Interactive 2015 in Portland, OR.

1. WINSTON FOR NODE@4 MODERNIZING
   
   An EXercise in Open source, STREAMS, ES6, And KEEPING CODE ALIVE.
2. WHY, HELLO THERE
3. @INDEXZERO WELCOME TO OPEN SOURCE. I WILL BE YOUR GUIDE
4. @INDEXZERO GITHUB TWITTER WELCOME TO OPEN SOURCE. I WILL BE YOUR GUIDE DIR. UX PLATFORM @ GODADDY
6. Now. LET ME TELL YOU A STORY...
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   A Long Time AGo In A GalaXy Far Far Away...
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   A Long Time AGo In A GalaXy Far Far Away...
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    A Long Time AGo In A GalaXy Far Far Away... OPEN SOURCE IT’S A STORY Actually ABOUT
12. MID 2010 NODEJITSU STARTED In NODE.JS WAS LIKE AND BACK THEN
14. THE WILD WEST
15. THE WILD WEST
    
    
    BUT REALLY...
16. THE MODULES WE NEEDED Were like...
17. 
    
    
    404 not found
18. 
    
    
    404 not found
    
    
    SO, like many others
    
    
    WE WROTE THEM
    
    
    OURSELVES
19. THE BEST FEELINGS Ever. For Serious. CERTAINLY ONE OF
21. BUT BACK TO OUR STORY...
    
    
    REMEMBER THAT
22. THIS IS 2010
23. THIS IS 2010 ACTUALLY JANUARY, 17 2011
24. BEFORE THE FIRST ONE OF THESE
25. NO STREAMS API
26. ES5 IS STILL NEW
27. LIMITED CODE COVERAGE
28. BUT IT WAS STILL A PRETTY GOOD API
30. ABOUT 2.6 MILLION MONTHLY DOWNLOADS BUNYAN: ~0.56M
31. WINSTON ECOSYSTEM 700 PACKAGES OVER IN THE
33. THERE WERE SOME DARK TIMES
34. 
    
    
    OVER 200+ Open ISSUES
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    OVER 200+ Open ISSUES
    
    
    USER NEGATIVITY
36. 
    
    
    OVER 200+ Open ISSUES
    
    
    USER NEGATIVITY
    
    
    IS THIS PROJECT ABANDONDED?
38. FROM YOUR USERS TOTALLY SUCKS TAKING ABUSE “ ” It turns out JUST
39. 
    YOUR MODULE'S BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD
40. 
    YOUR MODULE'S BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD
    
    
    TRUST ME ....
    
    … I DID
41. 40
    
    #&
    '6$,*/(
    /*$& Please: BE #$%@ing NICE
42. 
    CULTIVATE PERSONAL INTERACTION
43. 
    CULTIVATE PERSONAL INTERACTION
    WHEN IN DOUBT, FOLLow-up Privately
    THINK OF IT AS DISCRETION. ... Or Having some Class.
45. ONCE AGAIN BACK TO OUR STORY...
    
    
    AFTER CAREFUL THOUGHT, MEDITATION, AND THE IOJS RELEASE I DECIDED...
46. 
    
    
    OPEN SOURCE
    IT CAN BE DONE!
47. You Are Probably Thinking BUT HOW?
48. SCIENCE CAT SAYS “ ” GOOD QUESTION
50. WRITING CODE IS THE FIRST ANSWER ABSOLUTELY NOT
51. DO HAVE A LONG TERM PROJECT GOAL
52. WILLING TO HELP FIND ANYONE WHO IS WEEKLY MEETINGS AND START
53. 
    
    
    YES! WE WANT YOU! TO JOIN WINSTON
54. 
    
    
    TRIAGE ALL THE THINGS!
55. 
    
    
    ISSUES, FIRST.
    
    
    THEN PULL REQUESTS.
    
    
    TRIAGE ALL THE THINGS!
57. HIGH LEVEL PROBLEMS FIND THE TRIAGE INTO BUCKETS AND
58. HIGH LEVEL PROBLEMS FIND THE TRIAGE INTO BUCKETS AND
    
    
    NEXT-MINOR
    
    
    NEXT-MAJOR
    
    
    NEXT-PATCH
59. 
    
    
    REVERSED LEVELS
60. 
    
    
    COMMON.LOG
61. 
    
    
    COMMON.LOG
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    COMMON.LOG
63. 
    
    
    COMMON.LOG
65. HERE BE DRAGONS
67. THEN YOU CAN LAND YOUR PRS
68. THEN YOU CAN LAND YOUR PRS
    
    
    DO NOT REFACTOR THE THINGS YOU HATE YET. For SeRIOUS.
70. BUT I HATE THE THINGS I HATE ABOUT my Code!
71. PATIENCE
72. LANDING OLD PRS IS HARD IT GETS EVEN HARDER AS MORE OF THE CODE CHANGES
74. JUST ASK THEM TO RESUBMIT
75. THERE IS USUALLY ONLY ONE CHANCE PER PR. DEVELOPERS VERY RARELY COMMIT
76. #&
    '6$,*/(
    $0/4*45&/5
77. #&
    '6$,*/(
    $0/4*45&/5 THIS PERSON DO NOT BE PLEASE
78. IT IS EASIER TO MERGE RATHER THAN REFACTOR THEN REFACTOR THEN MERGE
80. NOW YOU CAN FOCUS PROJECT GOAL ON THAT LONG TERM
81. 
    
    
    WINSTON@1.0.0
    
    
    SMALL BREAKS
82. 
    
    
    WINSTON@2.0.0
    
    
    BIGGER BREAKS
83. 
    
    
    WINSTON@3.0.0
    
    
    BREAK TO NEW APIS
84. STREAMS ALL THE THINGS
85. MOCHA ALL THE TESTS
86. INTRODUCE FORMATS
87. INTRODUCE FORMATS
88. INTRODUCE FORMATS
89. INTRODUCE FORMATS
90. INTRODUCE FORMATS
91. INTRODUCE FORMATS
93. FORMATS YOUR OWN DEFINE
94. SHARED FUNCTIONALITY
95. SHARED FUNCTIONALITY
    
    
    require(‘winston-transport’);
96. SHARED FUNCTIONALITY
    
    
    require(‘winston-transport’);
    
    
    require(‘abstract-winston-transport’);
97. BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY
98. BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY
    
    
    require(‘winston-compat’);
99. BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY
    
    
    require(‘winston-compat’);
    
    common.log
100. BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY
     
     
     require(‘winston-compat’);
     
     common.log
     
     winston.transports.Transport
101. BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY
     
     
     require(‘winston-compat’);
     
     common.log
     
     winston.transports.Transport
     
     Old vows-based test macros
102. 
     
     
     require(‘logmark’)
103. 
     
     
     require(‘logmark’) 30% FASTER THAN WINSTON@2
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     require(‘logmark’) 30% FASTER THAN WINSTON@2 50% FASTER THAN BUNYAN
105. IN BETA THIS WEEK
     {github, twitter}.com/indexzero MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU
106. 
     
     
     YES! WE WANT YOU! TO JOIN WINSTON SPECIAL THANKS TO
     
     
     Alberto Pose & Jarrett Cruger