If you are developing JavaScript applications you are likely using logging as an integral part of your development process. Did you know that you aren't limited to simple `console.log` statements? Modern browsers give you a lot more logging options to work with!

This course will explore those options and give you some new logging tools for your professional toolbox.

Go beyond console.log by learning about log levels, filtering log output and structuring your output to be meaningful and concise. The JavaScript console object offers many methods to make your life easier - start learning them here!

Log Levels and Semantic Methods

Get more mileage from your console output by going beyond mere string logging - log entire introspectable objects, log multiple items in one call, and apply C-Style string substitution to make the console work for you.

Advanced Console Log Arguments

Organize your log output by grouping your logs into collapsable hierarchies using console.group().

Grouping and Nesting Console Log Output

Learn about console.assert, which is syntactic sugar for logging an error the console when a given condition is not met. It's useful, but may not do what you expect if you're coming from another language - watch this lesson to learn how to use it, and when not to.

Proper use of console.assert in JavaScript

Learn how to user console.count in order to log out how many times a given thing has happened.

Using console.count to Count Events

Learn to use console.time with console.timeEnd to get accurate timings of operations in javascript. This tool can help with javascript profiling and performance optimization, and knowing how to use the console to do it means you don't have to pollute your codebase with timers and placeholders.

Logging Timing Data to the Console

Learn how to use console.table to render arrays and objects in a tabular format for easy scanning over the values. We'll create some mock data and then render it to the log in various ways to explore console.table's API.

Advanced Logging with the JavaScript Console

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Course content (7 lessons)

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