Screenlog.js

Dev tools

javascript debugging library

SHOW HN2015

25points
8comments
#1,043of 2,565 in 2015
Top 41%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.

Idea: 3 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for debugging on devices without console access

    From 2 comments
    • Nice project. I wrote something very similar little while ago so I could see console messages on mobile devices where proper debugging with ADB or Safari isn't an option -…
      onion2k on HN
    • Should be helpful for debugging the Xbox One Edge browser with Vorlon.js.
      voltagex_ on HN
  • Plans to use it on a project

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Doubt that bugs disappear when the console is open, as the issue is usually the opposite

    From 2 comments
    • >Ever faced a situation where you said "Why doesn't this bug show up when developer console is open!!"? And since the bug doesn't show when you have console open, you cannot do…
      kristiandupont on HN
    • Even then, wasn't it usually the opposite case, where you would get the "console undefined" error when the developer console was closed? I can't think of a single case where an…
      cjfont on HN

Requests

  • Add distribution via Bower

    From 1 comment
    • I looks interesting. You should think about also adding distribution via bower, since its an frontend orientated library.
      alxeder on HN

Alternatives named

  • Firebug Lite

    From 1 comment
    • Nice project. I wrote something very similar little while ago so I could see console messages on mobile devices where proper debugging with ADB or Safari isn't an option -…
      onion2k on HN
  • console.js (hijacks console methods)

    From 1 comment
    • Nice project. I wrote something very similar little while ago so I could see console messages on mobile devices where proper debugging with ADB or Safari isn't an option -…
      onion2k on HN
  • Vorlon.js

    From 1 comment
    • Should be helpful for debugging the Xbox One Edge browser with Vorlon.js.
      voltagex_ on HN

Category, keywords, summaries and labels on this page were made by AI (Thread Reader v2) and not checked by hand. Each point links to the comments it came from.

Add a badge to your READMEShown on HackerShow
[![Shown on HackerShow](https://hackershow.org/badge.svg)](https://hackershow.org/show/10614014)