Quickstart: Debugging Ruby on Rails Applications | Linux Today

Quickstart: Debugging Ruby on Rails Applications

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2007

[ Thanks to Elmer
Thomas
for this link. ]

“This post is for those that are new to Ruby on Rails, or those
that have not spent the time learning the various debugging
techniques. The objective is to get you quickly up to speed on how
to debug your Ruby on Rails application.

“Version control is essential, along with the practice of
frequent commits with meaningful comments. Even when its just a
one-person team. That way, any time you get stuck, you can execute
a diff and easily see what was changed before you, or the person
you outsourced to, messed everything up…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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