console.log doesn't work in CasperJS' evaluate with setTimeout

Question

Why when I use console.log in evaluate, it works:

casper.then(function() {
  this.evaluate( function() {
    console.log(\'hello\')         


        

Answer 1

@NiKo's answer is critical.

I would also suggest adding the following, since if there's an error, you might not even make it far enough to print out a console.log() msg, and instead end up with silence.

casper.on( 'page.error', function (msg, trace) {
    this.echo( 'Error: ' + msg, 'ERROR' );
});