The old saying goes, “Show me a developer who doth develops, and I'll show you a console doth log.”

Show me a developer who doth develops, and I'll show you a console doth log

You are likely all too familiar with the console.log() method that outputs a message based on the arguments passed to it, and you might even know other console methods like table, dir, error, time, and so on.

But this post is taking an even deeper dive into four console methods that are so little known, they very well might not exist.

1. console.encourage()

Does your code got you down? Giving you bugs, when what you really need is a break. Try console.encourage(). This method outputs inspiring affirmations to the console to help you debug, de-stress, and just get you through that next line of code.

2. console.hack()

Real devs know hacking scenes in the movies are totally fake. I'm looking at you Hackers and Jurassic Park. But you don't need to enter the mainframe, “enhance enhance,” or even guess the password on the first try. Instead, just use console.hack(target). With this method, enter the person or institution you want to hack as the argument, aka the target, and the method will log a super secrets object to the screen.

3. console.procrastinate()

Distracted? Preoccupied? Not in the mood to work? Don't just procrastinate, but procrastinate productively by dropping everything to start a massive side project. Sure, you could use Google Sheets to create that spreadsheet, but wouldn't the experience be better if you built a slightly improved (but probably worse) Google Sheets clone?

console.procrastinate() helps you get there by giving you the ideas you need to do a wholly different deed.

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4. consoul.log()

The developer spends all day telling the computer what to do, while it sits there judging you either with a stack trace or a blinking cursor that counts your continued dawdling. Straddling this abyss of human error and ennui stands the eternal existential question: Who am I really?

Rather than ponder this question with the philosophers, you can just use the console method, consoul.log(targetSoul), passing yourself or another mortal as the argument. The method will respond in the form of an emoji (lookup table provided below). Please, use this method with caution!

Soul Lookup Table

That's it, folks. With these new methods in your pocket, you'll be console logging so much and so voraciously, everyone in the office will start calling you the lumberjack.