# How to debug Rails application? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 7, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256 "2008-08-07T08:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256/1 "2008-08-07T08:54:08Z")
I want to know flow of an application , what are the values of objects ? how they pass through actions . Is there any way to debug ROR application ? ---
**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256/2 "2008-08-07T09:14:08Z")
Hi, Install rugby-debug-\* packages (via rubygems) and get Netbeans 6.1 IDE. Debugging is pretty sweet there. On Aug 7, 8:54 am, dharmdip rathod [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256/3 "2008-08-07T09:16:20Z")
Hubert Łępicki wrote: > Hi, > > Install rugby-debug-\* packages (via rubygems) and get Netbeans 6.1 > IDE. Debugging is pretty sweet there. > > On Aug 7, 8:54�am, dharmdip rathod [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Thanks for ur suggestion , but here i am using instant rails ! is any > alternative ? ---
**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256/4 "2008-08-07T15:32:05Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Hubert, > I read your comment this morning and wondered if you knew of a link to > read more about this? Is it really “rugby-debug” or “ruby-debug”? > Thank you, > Kathleen Hi , h r u ? i haven’t try this thing , but it must be ruby-debug or u can manually put breakpoints for debugging your application. On windows go that path threw your command prompt. type ruby script/breakpointer you will have irb and start debugging ! have fun . ba byeeeeee… ---
**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256/5 "2008-08-07T15:25:38Z")
Hubert, I read your comment this morning and wondered if you knew of a link to read more about this? Is it really “rugby-debug” or “ruby-debug”? Thank you, Kathleen ---
**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256/6 "2008-08-07T17:46:57Z")
Hi, [http://wiki.netbeans.org/RubyDebugging](http://wiki.netbeans.org/RubyDebugging) explains how to install this in NB. Best, H On Aug 7, 3:24 pm, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-debug-rails-application/145256/7 "2008-08-07T17:49:20Z")
On 7 Aug 2008, at 14:32, Dharmdip R. wrote: > can manually put breakpoints for debugging your application. > On windows go that path threw your command prompt. type > > ruby script/breakpointer which doesn’t work with ruby \>= 1.8.5 and was removed from rails 2.0. It’s all about ruby-debug. Fred