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Docs: extension testing (#1264)
Signed-off-by: Hung-Han (Henry) Chen <1474479+chenhunghan@users.noreply.github.com>
2020-11-06 16:29:43 +02:00

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# Testing Extensions
## Console.log
`console.log()` might be handy for extension developers to prints out info/errors from extensions. To use `console.log`, note that Lens is based on Electron. Electron has two types of processes: [Main and Renderer](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/quick-start#main-and-renderer-processes).
### Renderer process logs
`console.log()` in Renderer process is printed in the Console in Developer Tools (View > Toggle Developer Tools).
### Main process logs
To view the logs from the main process is a bit trickier, since you cannot open developer tools for them. On MacOSX, one way is to run Lens from the terminal.
```bash
/Applications/Lens.app/Contents/MacOS/Lens
```
You can alos use [Console.app](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/console/welcome/mac) to view logs from Lens.
On linux, you can get PID of Lens first
```bash
ps aux | grep Lens | grep -v grep
```
And get logs by the PID
```bash
tail -f /proc/[pid]/fd/1 # stdout (console.log)
tail -f /proc/[pid]/fd/2 # stdout (console.error)
```