Using NODE_ENV to specify whether to show something in production or not

[primal wolf]

Hey!

Recently I've been using something like this a lot:

if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
  console.log('Thing:' thing);
}

And I've been doing that specifically to just log arrays and objects to make it easier for me to work with them since I enjoy it this way. I've been wondering if it has any downsides? I was also wondering if it hurts when such code is commited and pushed to production - it should be fine since it won't run anyways, right?

Or maybe there's a better way to do it and I am missing something? Appreciate all and any advice

[little mica]

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[rapid nimbus]

I never experienced any downsides with this. You also won't have any security issues when you use this serverside. And lastly even if you just console.log something, this is absolutly fine

[primal wolf]

How about using it in client components?

I mean to be fair if it's sent to a client component it shouldn't matter since the user is getting this data anyways, only in a different format

[rapid nimbus]

yea, when its used inside a client component it may be included inside the bundle as well. So make sure you don't share any sensitive data. ENV variables itself will be automatically fitered by nextjs

[primal wolf]

gotcha, thanks a lot for the help!

[little mica]

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