On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Peter Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hopefully someone else will come in with more input on debugging as that is > required sometimes. But I don't find myself using a debugger very often. I > write tests, then the simplest piece of code to make them work and I'm > running the tests (even for a large app) continuously using autorun, so I > find that if I get a regression, it's in the last 2-3 git commits which > really helps figuring things out. > > There are definitely conditions where a debugger can be helpful, but it is > worth pointing out that it's a bit of a "development smell" if you need one > very often. It usually suggests too tight coupling between classes and/or a > lack of unit level specs/tests. >
Thanks for your input Peter, I definitely agree about the benefits of tests :) The issue is that we are in the process of migrating from Rails 2.3.5 to 3.0.7 and are faced with 2k+ failing tests. We know exactly the commit that caused it ;) But we need to fix debug / fix the app within those parameters. > Best Wishes, > Peter > > On May 27, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Joe Developer wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am wondering if you guys would be kind enough to point me to resources > that you find are valuable to your debugging efforts, or would be to someone > beginning to become structured about efficient debugging. > > > > Relating to that, I would like to automagically drop to the debugger just > before the first failing spec, does anyone know of a gem / hack that > provides that or could point me to what I could use to hack that together > myself? > > > > TIA, > > Joe > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
