Just put some debug points and select Debug from the context menu instead of Run. You can even debug your code right in this scratch file. Then your scratch file executes and the results are shown in the output window. Consecutively, you can just press Shift+F10 to run your scratch file.

Either right click the scratch file’s tab and select Run item or just use Ctrl+Shift+F10 keyboard shortcut. After writing/pasting this code we need to execute this. Let’s put this code in the scratch file we had created. I’m certain that you can’t do this much code in Browser Console window. And, we want to calculate total order price, but at the same time, we have a requirement that we have to filter out the items those have zero (0) price on them.Ĭonst items = [ ` )

Now, let’s pretend we have a list of items with their price and quantity. Then just select the JavaScript option and press Enter to generate the new scratch file. A much better option is to just use the Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Ins keyboard shortcut. Scratch files can be created by right-clicking on your project name in Project window and select New=>Scratch File, or alternatively just focus the Project window and press Alt+Ins keyboard shortcut to bring the context menu. Scratch files are a feature of JetBrains IDEs, and, as we used to work on WebStorm, let’s see how we can employ them for our own use and ease our life a little bit in testing the complex code without relying on difficult to tame Browser Consoles windows. This is where Scratch files come into the picture. The reason may be anything, but for me it’s like to save time that goes into executing the full project cycle, just to check what I wrote is working without any problem.Īlthough browser consoles have improved a lot, they don’t provide complete flexibility in writing the code in it, e.g., code assistance, syntax highlighting, indentations are a few to be named, but are crucial too. As a JavaScript (ECMAScript) developers we usually try to run a complex piece of code in browser console before writing it directly into the project.

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