Javascript Debugging Tips

September 17, 2020 Yvonne Lu Javascript

To dump out random objects
```
console.log(JSON.stringify(obj))
```
if that didn’t work:
```
console.log("my object: %o", obj);
```
A straight console.log(obj) will often show [object Object] which doesn’t tell you anything!
Use hasOwnProperty to test if one can access this property in an object
```
if (obj.hasOwnProperty("id")){
    console.log(obj.id);            
}
```