# Better logging / compiler / webrick debug logging?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-logging-compiler-webrick-debug-logging/75952>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 14, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-logging-compiler-webrick-debug-logging/75952 "2006-11-14T18:01:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![shane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@shane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shane)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-logging-compiler-webrick-debug-logging/75952/1 "2006-11-14T18:01:06Z")

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For development, I am using Ruby webrick to server web pages. I  
recently wasted several hours trying to figure out why something kept  
appearing wrong on the page.

I belatedly determined that, due to a typo, a .css file was not found  
and loaded.

I cannot make webbrick’s console debugging output say ``file not  
found." I see it attempting to find the .css file (it can’t) and it  
happily keeps on going without so much as a wimper or sarcastic hmmph.

Isn’t there something inside webbrick or another tool which attempts to  
parse a page and run down all the errors or broken links? Something  
like HTML tidy, however, which attempts to run down all the .css files,  
icons, etc. etc., and point out when the file isn’t found or the HTML  
link is broken.

Ideas?

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**Author:** ![shane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@shane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shane)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-logging-compiler-webrick-debug-logging/75952/2 "2006-11-14T18:17:08Z")

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DON’T SAY A WORD!!! 🙂

(  
I found the log entry which says:  
ActionController::RoutingError (Recognition failed for "/stylesheet  
…  
)