Don't Use Console.log to Log a List of Objects!

#web #javascript #typescript

When debugging your JavaScript application, console.log() is one of the most valuable methods to log into the browser console for the value of an object or anything.

But it's pretty challenging to navigate when displaying a list of objects.

For example, let's console log this data.

const data = [
  {
    "_id": "628332c6b14a04d1708be802",
    "index": 0,
    "guid": "61ec3d19-f7f3-4083-8bef-b9042c881c79",
    "isActive": true
  },
  {
    "_id": "628332c61dc4ecd57ae4f6fd",
    "index": 1,
    "guid": "49ea2d62-afec-4f62-9eae-0890a94462e3",
    "isActive": true
  },
  {
    "_id": "628332c6391c257b04b3c574",
    "index": 2,
    "guid": "a7f2240b-5b9b-4786-8b9d-92307f313349",
    "isActive": true
  },
  {
    "_id": "628332c66e1d9b58e696e38f",
    "index": 3,
    "guid": "b52e0d56-28d8-418f-a30f-e431b7fcaa20",
    "isActive": true
  },
  {
    "_id": "628332c676d375dc108e0f28",
    "index": 4,
    "guid": "e37e0f56-1c35-4f59-bb12-eda874be49fb",
    "isActive": false
  }
]

And now let's use console.table(data) instead.

The data is much more readable and navigable. You can learn more about console.table here.

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