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Debuggers

A debugger permits the ability to understand what is going on inside a program while it executes

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debugger is a fast implementation of the standard Ruby debugger debug.rb. It is implemented by utilizing a new Ruby C API hook. The core component provides support that front-ends can build on. It provides breakpoint handling, bindings for stack frames among other things.
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Byebug is a Ruby debugger. It's implemented using the TracePoint C API for execution control and the Debug Inspector C API for call stack navigation. The core component provides support that front-ends can build on. It provides breakpoint handling and bindings for stack frames among other things and it comes with an easy to use command line interface.
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Combine 'pry' with 'byebug'. Adds 'step', 'next', 'finish', 'continue' and 'break' commands to control execution.
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Handy methods for adding trace lines to output or Rails logs.
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Debugging functionality for Ruby. This is completely rewritten debug.rb which was contained by the ancient Ruby versions.
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