JavaScript Firebug Console Logging on Production

This JavaScript snippet adds console.* functions to the page. Functions like console.log() will not fail even without debugging support. For example, some older versions of Internet Explorer will throw an error if you use a console.log(). Add this script to the top of you script and you will not need to remove any `console' functions.

(function() {
    try {
        console.log('');
    }
    catch (e) {
        window.console = {};

        var names = [
            'log',
            'debug',
            'info',
            'warn',
            'error',
            'assert',
            'clear',
            'dir',
            'dirxml',
            'trace',
            'group',
            'groupCollapsed',
            'groupEnd',
            'time',
            'timeEnd',
            'timeStamp',
            'profile',
            'profileEnd',
            'count',
            'exception',
            'table',
        ];

        for (var i = 0; i < names.length; ++i) {
            window.console[names[i]] = function() {};
        }
    }
})();

The available console functions for Firebug:

console.log(object[, object, ...])
console.debug(object[, object, ...])
console.info(object[, object, ...])
console.warn(object[, object, ...])
console.error(object[, object, ...])
console.assert(expression[, object, ...])
console.clear()
console.dir(object)
console.dirxml(node)
console.trace()
console.group(object[, object, ...])
console.groupCollapsed(object[, object, ...])
console.groupEnd()
console.time(name)
console.timeEnd(name)
console.timeStamp(name)
console.profile([title])
console.profileEnd()
console.count([title])
console.exception(error-object[, object, ...])
console.table(data[, columns])

More about Firebug, the Command Line and the Console API

http://getfirebug.com/commandline

http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Console_API