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Jorge Valenzuela
Courses Plus Student 114 PointsWhat is the main function of the "console"?
I understand thats where all the print/println functions end up, but it seems that the console has functionalities that I didn't understand. Thank you!
3 Answers
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 PointsHi Jorge!
The console class is in charge of everything to do with the console! It has functions which print to the console and etc.
I hope this helped clear it up a bit. I know it is a simple answer but that is essentially it!
-Luke
Jorge Valenzuela
Courses Plus Student 114 PointsHi Luke, Thanks for the fast response. Maybe I'm not understanding, why would we want to open up the console like we did in this video? Does it check for errors in our code? What is the purpose of the console? If you did answer my question in your response, I didn't understand, feel free to dumb it down for me.
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 PointsThe console is usually used to write pieces of information from the program for the developer. I do it often when I am writing programs so that I can see if a certain piece of code is running and also to see the values of different variables!
Feel free to ask any more questions you may have!
-Luke
Stephen Whitfield
16,771 PointsThe console is what will save you at the end of the day. You will need to make sure that your app is functioning as it should, and the console is there to inform you of such. It will tell you what errors you have in your code, the responses to hardcoded queries you have placed in your code, view layout issues, responses from servers, etc. etc. It is a fine piece of work. So as long as you are an iOS developer, use your console for everything you do. Then again, you will soon see that it's almost impossible not to.