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Mastering Ruby debugging: From puts to professional tools


In this post, we'll explore various tools and approaches available to Ruby developers for investigating bugs. We'll cover several classes of tools, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.

As the RubyMine team, we’ve accumulated considerable expertise in creating tools for Ruby developers, and we’re excited to share our experience and knowledge with you. Interactive consoles like IRB and Pry provide a more dynamic environment, allowing for deep context introspection and complex expression evaluation. The journey from encountering an unexpected bug to pinpointing its exact cause often requires a combination of these tools, along with methodical investigation and sometimes a bit of creative problem-solving.

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