# Favourite irbrc tips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 26, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/favourite-irbrc-tips/174423 "2009-08-26T17:44:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/favourite-irbrc-tips/174423/1 "2009-08-26T17:44:28Z")
Other than installing wirble, what ought I be doing to enhance my irb session? martin ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/favourite-irbrc-tips/174423/2 "2009-08-26T17:51:30Z")
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:21:32 +0900 Martin DeMello [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Other than installing wirble, what ought I be doing to enhance my irb > session? Hi Martin, Here’s my old list of links… maybe something in there would be useful. [http://web.archive.org/web/20070103124549rn\_1/wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/Irb/TipsAndTricks](http://web.archive.org/web/20070103124549rn_1/wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/Irb/TipsAndTricks) [http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/84414#new](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/84414#new) > **[err.the\_blog.find\_by\_title('irb Mix Tape')](http://web.archive.org/web/20070823101329/http://errtheblog.com/post/26)** > > Err the Blog: Ruby and Rails from the front. [http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/04/23/tweaking-irb](http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/04/23/tweaking-irb) ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/favourite-irbrc-tips/174423/3 "2009-08-26T17:55:02Z")
On Aug 26, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Martin DeMello wrote: > Other than installing wirble, what ought I be doing to enhance my > irb session? You might try searching github for irbrc files. A lot of developers store their “dotfiles” there now. Here’s my .irbrc, for example: > James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/favourite-irbrc-tips/174423/4 "2009-08-26T18:14:58Z")
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:54 PM, spiralofhope[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Here’s my old list of links… maybe something in there would be useful. > > [http://web.archive.org/web/20070103124549rn\_1/wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/Irb/TipsAndTricks](http://web.archive.org/web/20070103124549rn_1/wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/Irb/TipsAndTricks) > [My .irbrc for console/irb - Ruby - Ruby-Forum](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/84414#new) > [http://web.archive.org/web/20070823101329/http://errtheblog.com/post/26](http://web.archive.org/web/20070823101329/http://errtheblog.com/post/26) > [http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/04/23/tweaking-irb](http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/04/23/tweaking-irb) Thanks, some good stuff in there martin ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/favourite-irbrc-tips/174423/5 "2009-08-26T21:45:49Z")
I’ve written some irb tutorials you might find handy: > **[Tagaholic - Demystifying Irb's Commands](http://tagaholic.me/2009/05/11/demystifying-irb-commands.html)** > > Irb is one of the most commonly used standard ruby libraries, yet most don't seem to know much about it. I've lost count of the number of blog posts that explain some irb "tricks"... > **[Tagaholic - Exploring How To Configure Irb](http://tagaholic.me/2009/05/29/exploring-how-to-configure-irb.html)** > > In my last post we discussed irb's commands. This post goes further into irb's innards, exploring all of its configuration options. Some irb-related gems I’ve released: hirb ([Tagaholic - hirb](http://tagaholic.me/hirb/)) - Pretty print ruby objects as tables, trees … bond ([Tagaholic - bond](http://tagaholic.me/bond/)) - Custom autocompletion for an object’s methods, a method’s arguments and more alias ([Tagaholic - alias](http://tagaholic.me/alias/)) - Configurable aliasing for methods, classes, constants and more Gabriel