angular 2 template use console.log

Issue

I would like to use the console.log inside the inline template but can't find any directions.

@Component({
  selector:"main",
  providers: [ItemService],
  template:`
    <ul>
     <li *ngFor="let item of items">
      {{console.log(item)}} <----- ??? 
      <p>{{item.name}}</p>
     </li>
    </ul>

  `
})
export class HomeComponent {
  private items: Array<ItemModel>;

  constructor() {}
}

Solution

You can't access globals, statics, ...

You can only access properties of the component the view belongs to.

You can add a

log(val) { console.log(val); }

to your component and use it like

{{log(item)}} 

but be prepared this to be logged quite often (every time change detection runs).

For debugging I prefer

 {{item | json}} 

Answered By - Günter Zöchbauer