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# Stop Using console.log()!

**[daily.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/daily)** · [@emmorais](https://daily.dev/emmorais) · 35 upvotes · 17 comments

## Summary

console.log() forces you to select which information to log before the debugging consciously. What you display in the first place is not sufficient or even completely irrelevant sometimes. You usually don’t yet have any idea of what’s going on. As a workaround, you will need to either clone the information or serialize snapshots of it.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@emmorais** · 5 upvotes

> If you have questions about the topics, ask me anything. I recommend this article for all developers (mainly, JavaScript) to improve their debugging process (with the best tips)

**@fkoeppling** · 4 upvotes

> const flame = String.fromCodePoint(0x1F525);
> console.log(`Don't ${flame} me, bro`);

**@skay** · 4 upvotes

> Thanks for sharing this wonderful post. A small suggestion, generally I prefer some code samples that one can follow-through along with the explanation, the reason being it's more practical to encourage folks to go and implement them rather than just read and forget. Having said that, this is a brilliant article on its own accord. Once again, thank you for writing and sharing the same.

**@uweguenther** · 3 upvotes

> The pointer to https://peterlyons.com/js-debug/ was really a good one - as it explains well how to use the debugger for JavaScript Fronted (Browser) and Backend (Node.js) development.

**@mvuljevas** · 2 upvotes

> Still a useful and quick way to debug simple stuff instead of overcomplicate the things :expression-less:

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