On 12 October 2012 16:48, Jordon Bedwell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, 12 October 2012 10:33:05 UTC-5, Fahim Patel wrote: >> >> As we use binding.pry , but we use same debugger in ruby debugger. >> And as per my knowledge debugger do same thing as binding.pry.If not than >> explain ? > > > They do. But there is a distinction in that one's only goal is to debug, > the other is a cross-over tool who is stuck between deciding on if it's a > REPL or a debugger. By nature it has debugging tools but by theory it's > just a more advanced way to test concepts without needing to jump in and out > of the terminal (unless you use VI or other) to test ideas. > > Most at #pry will probably not deny that Pry is a Debugger just as they will > most probably not deny that Pry is a REPL which makes it a tranny (I had to) > cross-over tool. I remember Banister working hard to bring more debugging > tools into Pry but I haven't talked to him for a while so I don't know if > that's still the case. > > So to address your question, I prefer Pry 90% of the time, I test all my > concept code in Pry before writing it so I can work out pieces of the idea > and make sure they are as bug free as possible without full testing, I also > use it to debug pieces of code. So hopefully this explains what I mean.
Jordan, thanks for all the info on pry, I have been contemplating giving it a go and your posts have encouraged me to get on with it. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
