added several dev improvements

src/features/logger.ts

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+import { IpcMain, IpcRenderer } from "electron";
+import { globalEvents } from "../constants/globalEvents";
+
+export class Logger {
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param ipcRenderer renderer IPC client so we can send messages to the main thread
+   */
+  constructor(private ipcRenderer: IpcRenderer) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Subscribe to watch for logs from the IPC client
+   * @param ipcMain main thread IPC client so we can subscribe to events
+   */
+  public static watch(ipcMain: IpcMain) {
+    ipcMain.on(globalEvents.log, (event, content, object) => {
+      console.log(content, JSON.stringify(object, null, 2));
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Log content to STDOut
+   * @param content
+   * @param object js(on) object that will be prettyPrinted
+   */
+  public log(content: string, object: object = {}) {
+    if (this.ipcRenderer) {
+      this.ipcRenderer.send(globalEvents.log, { content, object });
+    } else {
+      console.log(`${content} \n ${JSON.stringify(object, null, 2)}`);
+    }
+  }
+}