Debugging
A variety of tools and techniques are available for debugging Ruby programs, whether they are Rails applications or not.
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Logging in Ruby on Rails
Brief intro to Ruby on Rails logging, and how to switch from the default logger to log4r.
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Chad's Blog - ruby-debug in 30 seconds (we don't need no stinkin' GUI!)
A very condensed how-to use ruby-debug from the command line.
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Data Noise: Tutorial on ruby-debug
An introduction about ruby-debug and its basic operation from the command line.
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Netbeans 6.0, Leopard and "fast debug"
Briefly describes how to get Netbeans 6 to work with the native install of Ruby and Rails on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). In particular, provides important hint on pointing to the GEM installation path.
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rcov: code coverage for Ruby
Overview and discussion of rcov, the Ruby code coverage analysis tool. rcov can be useful for testing, optimizing and understanding Ruby programs. Available as a gem or installable from source.
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Debug Your Rails App With ruby-debug
Using ruby-debug
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Documentation (3)
- $ cheat rdebug
No-frills, full cheat-sheet for ruby-debug.
- Debugging with ruby-debug
Documentation for the SVN (latest) version of ruby-debug.
- Log4r - Manual
Log4r is a comprehensive and flexible logging library written in Ruby for use in Ruby programs. It features a hierarchical logging system of any number of levels, custom level names, logger inheritance, multiple output destinations, execution tracing, custom formatting, thread safteyness, XML and YAML configuration, and more.
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Ruby Inside
An active and authoritative blog about Ruby techniques, from the author of Beginning Ruby.
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Ruby developer, author of ruby-debug.
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Zen and the Art of Programming
This blog includes a useful weekly post titled "This week in Ruby" with a roundup of the latest Ruby-related news.
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ChadFowler.com
Author of Rails Recipies, co-founder of Ruby Central, and one of the leaders of the Ruby community.
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Headius
One of the primary developers of JRuby.
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