Marnen, thanks for your feedback. Indeed, I'm a newbie ruby programer. I'll keep your advice in mind.
I was just hoping I could run the method from the debugging console and check the output directly. On Feb 8, 11:23 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > lukas wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > newbie question: > > > I have a couple of methods that interact with a remote python server > > in application.rb. > > Is there a convenient way to debug them? e.g. run them from "ruby > > script/console" - debug-console and see the return values? > > Just set a breakpoint, run script/server -u, and play around in the > debugger. > > > Example-method: > > > def addUserToServer?(category_name, useremail_address) > > That should be add_user_to_server. camelCase is considered poor style > in Ruby. > > > socket = TCPSocket.open(host, port) > > cmd = "COMMAND:adduser;;CAT:" + (category_name, > > You know you've got mismatched parentheses, right? And string > concatenation is more efficient with the "#{}" syntax. > > > cmd += ";;EMAIL:" + useremail_address > > socket.puts(cmd) > > result = socket.rcv(1024) > > socket.close() > > You don't need empty parentheses when a function doesn't take arguments. > Frankly, your code looks more like Java than Ruby. > > > end > > > I'd like to see contents of result f.ex. and then return true or false > > accordingly. > > > Rails is version 2.2.2 > > > Any help on this or some other best practice to check those methods is > > appreciated. > > Test-first development will reduce the need for debugging. > > > > > Lukas > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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 this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
