🙃 Prints sexy ascii title on server start

services/print-message.js

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 /**
- * A function that prints a welcome message to the user when they start the app
+ * Returns a welcome message, to be printed to the user when they start the app
  * Contains essential info about restarting and managing the container or service
- * @param String ip: The users local IP address
- * @param Integer port: the port number the app is running at
+ * @param String ip: The users local IP address or hostname
+ * @param Integer port: the port number that the app is running at
  * @param Boolean isDocker: whether or not the app is being run within a container
  * @returns A string formatted for the terminal
  */
 module.exports = (ip, port, isDocker) => {
-  let msg = '';
-  const chars = {
+  let msg = ''; // To return
+  const chars = { // Color codes used in the message
     RESET: '\x1b[0m',
     CYAN: '\x1b[36m',
     GREEN: '\x1b[32m',
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ module.exports = (ip, port, isDocker) => {
     BRIGHT: '\x1b[1m',
     BR: '\n',
   };
-  const stars = (count) => new Array(count).fill('*').join('');
-  const line = (count) => new Array(count).fill('━').join('');
-  const blanks = (count) => new Array(count).fill(' ').join('');
+  // Functions to insert string of set length of characters
+  const printChars = (count, char) => new Array(count).fill(char).join('');
+  const stars = (count) => printChars(count, '*');
+  const line = (count) => printChars(count, '━');
+  const blanks = (count) => printChars(count, ' ');
   if (isDocker) {
+    // Prepare message for Docker users
     const containerId = process.env.HOSTNAME || undefined;
     msg = `${chars.BLUE}${stars(91)}${chars.BR}${chars.RESET}`
       + `${chars.CYAN}Welcome to Dashy! 🚀${chars.RESET}${chars.BR}`
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ module.exports = (ip, port, isDocker) => {
       + `${chars.RESET}${chars.GREEN}' to rebuild${chars.BR}`
       + `${chars.BLUE}${stars(91)}${chars.BR}${chars.RESET}`;
   } else {
+    // Prepare message for users running app on bare metal
     msg = `${chars.GREEN}┏${line(75)}┓${chars.BR}`
       + `┃ ${chars.CYAN}Welcome to Dashy! 🚀${blanks(55)}${chars.GREEN}┃${chars.BR}`
       + `┃ ${chars.CYAN}Your new dashboard is now up and running at ${chars.BRIGHT}`
@@ -38,5 +42,14 @@ module.exports = (ip, port, isDocker) => {
       + `${chars.RESET}${chars.CYAN}' to rebuild the app${blanks(6)}${chars.GREEN}┃${chars.BR}`
       + `┗${line(75)}┛${chars.BR}${chars.BR}${chars.RESET}`;
   }
-  return msg;
+  // Make some sexy ascii art ;)
+  const ascii = `\x1b[40m${chars.CYAN}\n\n`
+    + ' ██████╗  █████╗ ███████╗██╗  ██╗██╗   ██╗\n'
+    + ' ██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔════╝██║  ██║╚██╗ ██╔╝\n'
+    + ' ██║  ██║███████║███████╗███████║ ╚████╔╝\n'
+    + ' ██║  ██║██╔══██║╚════██║██╔══██║  ╚██╔╝\n'
+    + ' ██████╔╝██║  ██║███████║██║  ██║   ██║\n'
+    + ` ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝   ╚═╝\n${chars.RESET}\n`;
+
+  return ascii + msg;
 };