Question

For JavaScript I found the following solution for Internet Explorer to be able to deal with console.log without hitting F12.
'console' is undefined error for Internet Explorer

however when I use the following lines in Typescript I can’t compile.

if (!console) console = {log: function() {}};

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You are getting an error because the object literal you wrote doesn’t have all the same members as a regular console. Simplest fix would just be to type-assert as any:

if (!console) console = <any>{log: function() {}};

Obviously you’ll need to not call anything off console other than log.