Console output of strings can be confusing for beginners

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Console output of strings can be confusing for beginners

vsemozhetbyt opened this issue 7 years ago · comments

In the chapter01.md, there are screenshots of some console outputs, They show strings in quotes, but console.log() produces string output without quotes (at least in the last Chrome, Firefox, and Node.js). Could it cause some confusing for beginners?

Vse Mozhe Buty · Answer 1 · Tue Aug 01 2017 06:21:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Chrome:

Firefox:

Node.js:

Thang · Answer 2 · Tue Aug 01 2017 10:12:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Have you seen output with quotes elsewhere? From my iPhone with love

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Vse Mozhe Buty · Answer 3 · Tue Aug 01 2017 11:10:36 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@thangduong3010 I cannot recall. Output with quotes may be prodused by a raw REPL evaluation, without console.log():

> "Hello from JavaScript!"
"Hello from JavaScript!"
> "Let's do some math"
"Let's do some math"

Thang · Answer 4 · Tue Aug 01 2017 11:58:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I don't think there is confusion here. The way console.log() work differs from the way REPL evaluate. You can get the same result when you type "Hello from JavaScript!" into a browser

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Vse Mozhe Buty · Answer 5 · Tue Aug 01 2017 12:03:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@thangduong3010 I mean if readers run the code fragments with console.log() in the Chrome or Firefox and get the output without quotes and then compare it with the screenshots, they may be confused.

Hosam Elnabawy · Answer 6 · Sat Dec 09 2017 08:19:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@vsemozhetbyt as in the figures in chapter one codepen console is used instead of browser console, that indicates it's type by putting it surrounding by quotes i think it will not be confusing that much but not hurt if there is hint for that.