# \[ANN\] Ruby In Steel 1.2 - Fast Debugging, 'Visual' Rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 21, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-in-steel-1-2-fast-debugging-visual-rails/135339 "2008-04-21T10:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e19adc/32.png) [@huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huw)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-in-steel-1-2-fast-debugging-visual-rails/135339/1 "2008-04-21T10:59:16Z")
SapphireSteel Software has just released a major update to its Ruby and Rails IDE, Ruby In Steel Developer. This edition includes a unique visual drag and drop environment - The Visual Rails Workbench - for designing Rails applications plus a substantially update to the ultra-fast ‘Cylon’ debugger. DEBUGGER FEATURES Ruby In Steel has the fastest debugger for standard Ruby. In addition to all its existing capabilities (such as breakpoints, watch variables, call stack navigation, step into/out/over, locals, autos, drill-down debugging and debugging into ERb/RHTML templates) Ruby In Steel 1.2 adds the following debugging features: – Tracepoints – Conditional breakpoints – Break on hitcount – Run macro on break – Break on exception – Autos window user-configuration – Dynamic debugging (evaluate code and change variable values on the fly) VISUAL RAILS WORKBENCH The principal features of the Visual Rails Workbench are: - Full page editing of complete web pages (composites of Rails layouts/views/partials) - Drag and Drop design - add controls from a toolbox - Set properties using the Property panel - Resize and move controls using mouse or keyboard - Split view code/form editing - Toggle ERb/RHTML editing between HTML editor and Rails (Ruby-aware) editor - Round-tripping between ‘web format’ HTML and ‘Rails format’ ERb/RHTML - Edit code as ERb/RHTML or as HTML - Document Navigator navigates document structure (HTML)/or methods (ERB/Ruby) - Quick navigation between controller and view - Import/Export to other web page design tools such as Dreamweaver - Save/restore named ‘versions’ of page designs to/from an archive of work in progress - Auto-backup of changes to templates - Support for Rails 1 and Rails 2 JRUBY The new ‘JCylon’ debugger allows users to run and debug Sun’s Java-based JRuby right inside the Ruby In Steel environment. There is a docked JRuby console to interact with JRuby programs and integrated breakpoint debugging with watch variables, hover-and-drilldown etc. Registered Users of Ruby in Steel 1.x may upgrade to this version at no cost. Please uninstall the previous version before installing this new release using your key (key.bin), registered user name and serial number. 60-DAY TRIAL The Trial period has now been extended to 60 days. If you wish to evaluate the software, download the full version and this will remain operational for 60 days. After that period, registration is required. LOW COST ‘TEXT EDITION’ AND FREE IRONRUBY EDITION In addition to the professional standard Ruby In Steel Developer, SapphireSteel Software also has a low cost Text Edition which has powerful Ruby and Rails editing and debugging (though not the Developer’s ultra-fast ‘Cylon’ debugger) and may be installed either into a regular or a free edition of Visual Studio 2008 for an all-in cost of $49. The free version of VS 2008 is part of the ‘all-in-one installer’ on the SapphireSteel Software site. There is also ‘IronRuby In Steel’ a free IDE for Microsoft’s IronRuby for .NET (currently in alpha). DOWNLOAD Download Ruby In Steel Developer and Text Editions from: [http://www.sapphiresteel.com/spip?page=download](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/spip?page=download) Download IronRuby In Steel from: [http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-In-Steel-For-IronRuby](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-In-Steel-For-IronRuby) best wishes Huw C. SapphireSteel Software [http://www.sapphiresteel.com](http://www.sapphiresteel.com) ---
**Author:** ![huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e19adc/32.png) [@huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huw)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-in-steel-1-2-fast-debugging-visual-rails/135339/2 "2008-04-21T17:08:19Z")
Huw C. wrote: > JRUBY > > The new ‘JCylon’ debugger allows users to run and debug Sun’s Java-based > JRuby right inside the Ruby In Steel environment. There is a docked > JRuby console to interact with JRuby programs and integrated breakpoint > debugging with watch variables, hover-and-drilldown etc. JRuby is not “Sun’s”. It belongs to the Ruby and JRuby communities. - Charlie