Debugging Alfresco JavaScript

As you have seen, using Alfresco JavaScript you write scripts which execute in your server, not at your client browser end. You cannot write user interactive JavaScript code such as alert, inputbox, and so on. As a developer, this makes things a bit complex in terms of debugging and troubleshooting your code.

However, Alfresco comes to your rescue yet again.

There are two ways to debug your code.

1. 1. Using the Logging API:

   Like other root level APIs, Alfresco provides a logger object which exposes two methods to log your debug code in your console logger.

   • isLoggingEnabled: This helps to identify whether console logging is enabled or not. By default, it is disabled.

   • log: You pass your log string value into this method. And if logging is enabled, you get your messages logged in console output.

2. 2. Using the JavaScript Debugger:

   This is another advanced user interface Alfresco offers for debugging, which allows step-by-step execution and debugging in the JS code.

   Note

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