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JavaScript

Posted by David Dong
David Dong
5,593 Points

Console.log Problems Outside of Workspaces

Whenever I use Console.log somewhere other than Workspaces, it always either says "'Console' is undefined" or it doesn't do anything. For example, text editors don't work, Google's Console, JSFiddle, and everything else. I've seen this question too on the Internet, but it always isn't too clear.

For some reason, I have accidentally type console.log="Hello" in Google's console, and it worked. Is there some sort of theory behind that weird thing?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

The console is one of the developer's tools (control-shift-i in Chrome). Do you always have that open when you're using console.log()?

David Dong
David Dong
5,593 Points

Yes, I do always click on the "Console" tab. By the way, you can use 'ctrl'+'j' to open it quicker.