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Debugging in JavaScript with the Console API

Believe it or not, but we know a lot of secrets about how to improve your Javascript skills. For example, do you want to make your logs better? If so, let’s talk about debugging in JavaScript with the Console API. The specifics of how it works varies from browser to browser, but there a...

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Axel shows if Chrome, Firebug, Firefox, IE, Safari and Node.js support the various methods, i.e. console.trace and console.exception

In most JavaScript engines, there is a global object console with methods for logging and debugging. That object is not part of the language proper, but has become a de facto standard, since being pioneered by the Firebug debugger. Since their main purpose is debugging, the console methods will most frequently be used during development and rarely in deployed code.

This blog post gives an overview of the methods of console.