how do you debug a tst file?

HI @frhagn

I have the following in .tst file and I would like to be able to console.log stuff so I can see what I am working with. Is that possible?

${
    string KnockoutType(Property p) {
        if (p.Type.IsEnumerable) {
console.log($p.Type);
            return p.Type.Name.TrimEnd('[',']');
        }

        return p.Type;
    }

thanks.

I am trying to use a 2 dimensional array in C# and converting that to a knockout observable array, but what appears to be happening is that Property.Type only has a single [] but $Type within a property section seems to have the proper [][]. So I would like to dump out these values to see what I am working with.

Thanks Greg

[banyard]

There may be a better solution but in terms of general debugging with Typewritter I usually append information to a string then output this within a comment in my template. Something like:

${
     static string debugInfo = "";
     string PrintDebugInfo(File f){
          return debugInfo;        
     }

     string KnockoutType(Property p) {
          if (p.Type.IsEnumerable) {
               debugInfo = p.Type.ToString();
               return p.Type.Name.TrimEnd('[',']');
          }
          return p.Type;
     }
}
/* 
     Debug Info:
     $PrintDebugInfo
/*

[aluanhaddad]

@sonuautade Yeah, but it is better than nothing.

@frhagn Would it be possible to have a way to print message via System.Diagonistics.Debug.WriteLine or, better yet, to have a flexible logging mechanism such as

${
    using Typewriter.Extensions.Types;
    using static System.Diagonistics.Debug;

    Template(Settings settings)
    {
        settings.UseLog(WriteLine);
    }
}

I’d be happy to create a PR for that if it sounds reasonable/feasible