🕹️ retro_console - DevLog Utility

This repository contains the source code for a lightweight, console-based logging utility designed to manage development logs, structured to mimic a small console application. The primary component is the DevLog v1.0 application (retro_logger.cpp).

✨ Features

The retro_logger application provides a simple command-line interface for managing development entries:

• Daily Logs: Automatically creates and writes entries to a new log file (log_YYYY-MM-DD.log) each day, stored in the /data directory.
• Log Levels: Supports standard log levels (debug, info, warning, error, critical) with console color coding.
• CRUD Operations: Allows for Create, Read (today's or All logs), Update, and Delete (soft-delete) operations directly within the command line interface.
• Windows API: Leverages Windows API calls for console manipulation (colors, screen clear, title).

🛠️ Building the Project

This project uses CMake for cross-platform build configuration (though the C++ code is currently Windows-specific due to the use of <windows.h> and _mkdir).

Prerequisites

• A C++ Compiler (e.g., GCC, Clang, MSVC)
• CMake (version 3.15 or newer is recommended)
• Git

Steps to Compile (Command Line)

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/YourUsername/retro_console.git](https://github.com/YourUsername/retro_console.git)
   cd retro_console

2. Configure CMake: This command generates the necessary build files (like Visual Studio solutions or Makefiles) in the build directory.

   cmake -S . -B build

3. Build the Executable: This command compiles the code.

   cmake --build build

Running the Application

The executable will be generated within the build directory (e.g., build/Debug/retro_logger.exe or similar, depending on your compiler).

To run the logger:

.\build\Debug\retro_logger.exe