Have you ever console logged the console So, you know the good ol’ console.log() Well, that’s not the only thing the console can do, it’s only the most basic. Have you ever used the console to log the console? No? You should try it. The console will show you what the console can do. Today we’ll talk about two of the functions available on the console object: and console.table() console.trace() Let’s say we have two objects: const carA = {make: 'Ford', model: 'F150', year: '2018', color: 'white'}
const carB = {make: 'Ford', model: 'F250', year: '2016', color: 'blue'} If we wanted to do some debugging and had to print these objects out to the console we could use but it won’t look too nice. console.log() Look how neat can display the two objects: console.table() You can even sort the two rows by column just by clicking on the headers! One other console function we’ll talk about today is . This will output a stack trace to the console. console.trace() And that’s all for today. I hope I’ve helped make your debugging a little less boring. Now go show off your new console skills in your next stand-up. Cheers!

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