Node.js not show error

Question

Why when property in object not exist, node.js just die and not show any warning or error? How catch this error?

var element={};
var data=element.data.split('\n');

Answer 1

use try catch

try {
    var element = {};
    var data = element.data.split('\n');
} catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
}