Difference between console.log() and console.debug()?

Question

Google has not been helpful for me, since searching for "console.debug" just brings up a bunch of pages that have the words "console" and "debug" on them.

I'm wondering what the difference is between console.log() and console.debug(). Is there some way to use a bunch of console.debug() statements and then just flip a switch to easily shut off all debug statements from being sent to the console (like after launching a site)?

Answer 1

For at least IE, Firefox and Chrome consoles, .debug() is just an alias for .log() added for improved compatibility

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console

https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/console-api#consoledebugobject_object

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh772183(v=vs.85).aspx

Answer 2

Technically console.log console.debug and console.info are identical However the way they display the data is little different. console.debug is not visible by default in the browser's JS console. It can be enabled by using the console's filter options.

console.log Black color text with no icon

console.info Blue color text with icon

console.debug Pure black color text

console.warn Yellow color text with icon

console.error Red Color text with icon

var playerOne = 120;
var playerTwo = 130;
var playerThree = 140;
var playerFour = 150;
var playerFive = 160;

console.log("Console.log" + " " +  playerOne);
console.debug("Console.debug" + " " +playerTwo);
console.warn("Console.warn" + " " + playerThree);
console.info("Console.info" + " " + playerFour);
console.error("Console.error" + " " + playerFive);

Answer 3

They are almost identical - the only difference is that debug messages are hidden by default in recent versions of Chrome (you have to set the log level to Verbose in the Devtools topbar while in console to see debug messages; log messages are visible by default).

Answer 4

console.info ,console.debug methods are identical to console.log.

• console.log Printing statement
• console.info Black color text with "i" icon in blue color
• console.debug Blue Color text

Documentation:

• Chrome
• IE
• Edge
• FireFox
• Safari

Answer 5

If you want the ability to disable logging after a product is finished you could override the console.debug() function or make another custom one.

console.debug = function() {
    if(!console.debugging) return;
    console.log.apply(this, arguments);
};

console.debugging = true;
console.debug('Foo', {age:41, name:'Jhon Doe'});

Foo▸ {age: 41, name: "Jhon Doe"}

console.debugging = false;
console.debug('Foo', {age:26, name:'Jane Doe'});

No output

However I havent figured a way to color the outputs as well.

Answer 6

From Documentation of browsers,The log,debugand also info methods are identical in implementation wise but varies in color and icon

https://jsfiddle.net/yp4z76gg/1/

Answer 7

I know it's old, but to continue on @Espen's answer, you can separate responsibilities and use console.log for your regular logs that should also appear on production, and for console.debug you can do something like that:

if (env === 'production') {
   console.debug = function () {};
}

This will override console.debug and it won't print anything. This way you don't have to worry about things that should appear in prod environment.