objects.md

Objects

In this activity, we'll explore some additional concepts that you'll encounter in more depth later on in the course.

Open the Chrome devtools Console, type in console.log and then hit enter

What output do you get?

ƒ log() { [native code] }

Now enter just console in the Console, what output do you get back?

console {debug: ƒ, error: ƒ, info: ƒ, log: ƒ, warn: ƒ, …}

Try also entering typeof console

'object'

Answer the following questions:

What does console store?

console is an object that stores methods (functions) used for debugging and inspecting values.

What does the syntax console.log or console.assert mean? In particular, what does the . mean?

console.log - Prints the text to the Console as a log message

console.assert() writes an error message to the console if the assertion is false

The dot(.) allows the access of the log method inside the console object