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Intentionally throw a browser error on page load
<div class="controls">
<button id="script-error" type="button">throw new Error('Intentional Error Thrown');</button>
<button id="whateva-error" type="button">throw new Error('Whateva I do what I want');</button>
<button id="random-error" type="button">throw new Error(`One time, I saw a ${noun} ${verb}.`);</button>
</div>
<div class="event-log">
<label for="eventLog">Event log:</label>
<div class="event-log-contents" id="eventLog"></div>
</div>
<script>
const log = document.querySelector('.event-log-contents');
window.addEventListener('error', (event) => {
const p = document.createElement('p');
p.innerHTML = `${event.type}: ${event.message}`;
log.append(p);
});
const scriptError = document.querySelector('#script-error');
scriptError.addEventListener('click', () => {
throw new Error('Intentional Error Thrown');
});
const whatevaError = document.querySelector('#whateva-error');
whatevaError.addEventListener('click', () => {
throw new Error('Whateva I do what I want');
});
const randomError = document.querySelector('#random-error');
randomError.addEventListener('click', () => {
const nouns = ['Dog', 'Strawberry', 'Silver spoon'];
const verbs = ['fly', 'dance', 'flourish'];
const noun = nouns[Math.floor(Math.random()*nouns.length)];
const verb = verbs[Math.floor(Math.random()*verbs.length)];
throw new Error(`One time, I saw a ${noun} ${verb}.`);
});
</script>
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