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Pry with Rails

#280 Pry with Rails

Aug 22, 2011 | 8 minutes | Tools, Plugins
Pry is an alternative to IRB and sports many great features. Here I show how to integrate it into a Rails app, and how it can aid in debugging.
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bash 
gem install pry pry-doc
rvm gemset use global
pry
pry -r ./config/environment
pry 
help
cd Article
cd first
cd name
nesting
exit
ls
ls -h
ls -m
ls -M
ls Array -M
show-doc Article#in_groups_of
show-doc all
show-doc all.in_groups_of
show-method all.in_groups_of
edit-method all.in_groups_of
.ls
.cat Gemfile
Gemfile 
gem 'pry', :group => :development
models/article.rb 
binding.pry