# How to debug? \`Compiler said: ReferenceError: console is not defined\`

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**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-debug-compiler-said-referenceerror-console-is-not-defined/207317 "2021-10-27T23:59:40Z")
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#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-debug-compiler-said-referenceerror-console-is-not-defined/207317/1 "2021-10-27T23:59:40Z")

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I’ve seen on two different sites lately with this error. Now this is on my development site with a plugin that is working in production. . .

Is this what I’m supposed to do instead of `console.log`?

> **[Stop Console.Logging! This is How to Use Chrome to Debug JavaScript](https://dev.to/songthamtung/stop-console-logging-this-is-how-to-use-chrome-to-debug-javascript-48nm)**
>
> If you console.log() when you debug, you’re doing it wrong. There’s an easier way and it’s right in t...

EDIT: So apparently, I have to do this:

```
        window.console.log(value, "size");

```