March 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m. | Arjun Vijay Prakash

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Are you still using console.log for all your JavaScript needs in 2024?


It's time to upgrade.


If you console.log() the console object, the following would be the output -



Your first time seeing this many functions inside the console object, right?


One of the biggest problems with using just console.log is that it's not very informative on its own.


It just outputs the value of whatever you pass to it without any context or additional information.


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