Hi guys,
Now I own rails application for my website. But when some changes
happens, the debug way will
be bramble. Is there any IDE or method release it? I mean if you would
like to debug the java program, you can set the breakpoint in the
Eclipse or NetBeans. But in Aptana, I feel it is difficult to debug my
application. Is there any suggestion or advice?
I’ld strongly recommend the console debug tools using the debugger()
method. It is extremely effective and easy to use once you get the
hang of it.
On May 30, 2:48 am, “[email protected]” [email protected]
Well tools for rails or ruby aren’t as mature as java. But at a basic
level if you start your server with --debugger and then call
debugger() anywhere in your app then you application will stop when it
hits that. It’s a command line interfact but you can do the usual
stuff (inspect state, step through code etc…). 3rd rail claims to
have a whizzy graphical thing (http://www.codegear.com/article/
37968#2FastDebugging) but i’ve never used 3rd rail so I couldn’t say
what it’s like.
I have been using Rails for nearly two years - about 6 apps - and I have
never
once invoked the debugger. Neither has my current team, who has been
Railing for
almost 3 years.
If you are using Windows you may want to try Ruby In Steel. we have the
fastest debugger for standard Ruby with all kinds of visual debugging
including:
- breakpoints
- conditional breakpoints
- trace points
- run macro on break
- drill-down watch variables
- hover+drilldown inspection
- dynamic debugging (change values while debugging)
- call stack navigation
- set breakpoints and debug into ERb/Rhtml
- JRuby debugging
- step into/out/over
- and lots, lots more…
More info here:
http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Debugging-Ruby-with-the-Cylon
http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Dynamic-Debugging-In-Ruby
http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-Debugger-Enhancements
http://www.sapphiresteel.com/How-To-Debug-Ruby-Inside-RHTML
best wishes
Huw C.
SapphireSteel Software
Ruby and Rails In Visual Studio
http://www.sapphiresteel.com
On May 30, 8:48 am, “[email protected]” [email protected]
wrote:
Hi guys,
Now I own rails application for my website. But when some changes
happens, the debug way will
be bramble. Is there any IDE or method release it? I mean if you would
like to debug the java program, you can set the breakpoint in the
Eclipse or NetBeans. But in Aptana, I feel it is difficult to debug my
application. Is there any suggestion or advice?
Well tools for rails or ruby aren’t as mature as java. But at a basic
level if you start your server with --debugger and then call
debugger() anywhere in your app then you application will stop when it
hits that. It’s a command line interfact but you can do the usual
stuff (inspect state, step through code etc…). 3rd rail claims to
have a whizzy graphical thing (http://www.codegear.com/article/
37968#2FastDebugging) but i’ve never used 3rd rail so I couldn’t say
what it’s like.
Fred
Now I own rails application for my website. But when some changes
happens, the debug way will
be bramble. Is there any IDE or method release it? I mean if you would
like to debug the java program, you can set the breakpoint in the
Eclipse or NetBeans. But in Aptana, I feel it is difficult to debug my
application. Is there any suggestion or advice?
Write unit tests for every feature.
A test that calls a method is like a breakpoint on that method, and an
assertion
that compares its return value to a reference is like watching a
variable.
Better, you don’t need to debug over and over and over again when you
change
anything. You just run all the tests.