Commands

The console provides the following useful commands:

• assert - A simple assertion API to verify functionality
• time and timeEnd - Measure how long something takes
• timeStamp - Programatically mark the timeline.
• debugger - Force the debugger to break
• profile and profileEnd - Programatically start and stop a CPU profile

console.assert($('#my-component').length, "My component exists on the page");

console.time("ajax request");
$.get('/some/url', function() {
    // Will print to the screen the 
    // elapsed time between start and end
    console.timeEnd("ajax request");
});

function removeCalendar() {
    console.timeStamp("removing calendar");
    calendarElement.remove();
    calendarDisplayed = false;
}