helper function for logging, debug-mode is saved to localstorage, copyright belongs to the two ppl from stackoverflow I stole this from, see comments #jQuery #debug #helper

debug.js

$(function() {
  debug.init();
  //debug.load();
});


(function(debug, $, undefined) {
  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/14223953
  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/1216743

  // Prevent errors in browsers without console.log
  if (!window.console) window.console = {};
  if (!window.console.log) window.console.log = function(){};
  //console.group("meta-debug");


  var console_log = console.log;
  var debug_state = $(window).data("DEBUG");
  var key         = "debug.0x4a.net";
  var n           = 1;

  //Public methods
  debug.init      = function initState() {};
  debug.check     = function checkConsole() { console.info("debug: " + debug_state + " - Console.log: " + console_log + n++); };
  debug.disable   = function disableLog() { console.log = function() {}; $(window).data("DEBUG", false); };
  debug.enable    = function enableLog() { console.log = console_log; $(window).data("DEBUG", true); };
  debug.load      = function loadStorage() { $(window).data("DEBUG", localStorage.getItem(key)); };
  debug.save      = function saveStorage() { localStorage.setItem(key, debug_state); };
  debug.state     = function showState() { alert("Debug = " + debug_state); };
  debug.list      = function listStorage() { for (var key in localStorage) { console.log(key + " => " + localStorage.getItem(key))};};



  debug.off = function turnOff() {
    var methods = ["log", "debug", "warn", "info"];
    for(var i=0;i<methods.length;i++){ console[methods[i]] = function(){ }; }
  };

  debug.tools = function extools(mode) {
    if (!debug_state) { alert("Debug Mode must be active"); return 0; }
    else if (mode == "load")
    {
      jQuery.getScript("https://raw.github.com/doomhz/jQuery-Tweaks/master/jquery.doomTweaks.js")
        .done(function() { console.info("doomTweaks loaded!"); return 1; })
        .fail(function() { console.error("loading failed... "); return 0; });
    }
    else
    {
      console.log("$.l('message');  // log");
      console.log("$.time();        // time");
      console.log("$.lt();          // log time toggle");
      console.log("$.bm('cmd();');  // benchmark");
    }
  };
}(window.debug = window.debug || {}, jQuery));