Debugging on the client
In the earlier versions of Socket.IO, debugging was extremely simple. This was because verbose logging was pushed to the developer console by default. Although this feature was a great way to dig into issues when they occurred, it could also get in the way by logging too much when no debugging was needed.
Now, Socket.IO gives us the ability to toggle certain parts of our logging on and off as needed. In this recipe, we will enable client-side debugging to have a better view of what is happening in our Socket.IO communication.
Getting ready
Starting with version 1.0, Socket.IO doesn't show any logging by default. However, it can easily be turned on. Behind the scenes, it will use an NPM module called debug, which allows logging ...
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