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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile b/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile index b9d45fb13a..b84d7d088d 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Title: Rails debugging guide h4. +to_yaml+ -Displaying an instance variable, or any other object or method, in yaml format can be achieved this way: +Displaying an instance variable, or any other object or method, in YAML format can be achieved this way: <html> <%= simple_format @post.to_yaml %> @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ It can also be useful to save information to log files at runtime. Rails maintai h4. What is the Logger? -Rails makes use of Ruby's standard +logger+ to write log information. You can also substitute another logger such as +Log4R+ if you wish. +Rails makes use of Ruby's standard +logger+ to write log information. You can also substitute another logger such as +Log4r+ if you wish. You can specify an alternative logger in your +environment.rb+ or any environment file: <ruby> -ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) -ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Log4r::Logger.new("Application Log") +Rails.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) +Rails.logger = Log4r::Logger.new("Application Log") </ruby> Or in the +Initializer+ section, add _any_ of the following @@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ TIP: By default, each log is created under +Rails.root/log/+ and the log file na h4. Log Levels -When something is logged it's printed into the corresponding log if the log level of the message is equal or higher than the configured log level. If you want to know the current log level you can call the +ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level+ method. +When something is logged it's printed into the corresponding log if the log level of the message is equal or higher than the configured log level. If you want to know the current log level you can call the +Rails.logger.level+ method. The available log levels are: +:debug+, +:info+, +:warn+, +:error+, and +:fatal+, corresponding to the log level numbers from 0 up to 4 respectively. To change the default log level, use <ruby> config.log_level = Logger::WARN # In any environment initializer, or -ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level = 0 # at any time +Rails.logger.level = 0 # at any time </ruby> This is useful when you want to log under development or staging, but you don't want to flood your production log with unnecessary information. @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController if @post.save flash[:notice] = 'Post was successfully created.' - logger.debug "The post was saved and now is the user is going to be redirected..." + logger.debug "The post was saved and now the user is going to be redirected..." redirect_to(@post) else render :action => "new" @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Post should be valid: true Post Create (0.000443) INSERT INTO "posts" ("updated_at", "title", "body", "published", "created_at") VALUES('2008-09-08 14:52:54', 'Debugging Rails', 'I''m learning how to print in logs!!!', 'f', '2008-09-08 14:52:54') -The post was saved and now is the user is going to be redirected... +The post was saved and now the user is going to be redirected... Redirected to #<Post:0x20af760> Completed in 0.01224 (81 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00044 (3%) | 302 Found [http://localhost/posts] </shell> @@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ The debugger used by Rails, +ruby-debug+, comes as a gem. To install it, just ru $ sudo gem install ruby-debug </shell> +TIP: If you are using Ruby 1.9, you can install a compatible version of +ruby-debug+ by running +sudo gem install ruby-debug19+ + In case you want to download a particular version or get the source code, refer to the "project's page on rubyforge":http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-debug/. Rails has had built-in support for ruby-debug since Rails 2.0. Inside any Rails application you can invoke the debugger by calling the +debugger+ method. @@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ If you got there by a browser request, the browser tab containing the request wi For example: <shell> -@posts = Post.find(:all) +@posts = Post.all (rdb:7) </shell> @@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ This command shows you where you are in the code by printing 10 lines centered a 3 # GET /posts.xml 4 def index 5 debugger -=> 6 @posts = Post.find(:all) +=> 6 @posts = Post.all 7 8 respond_to do |format| 9 format.html # index.html.erb @@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ Any expression can be evaluated in the current context. To evaluate an expressio This example shows how you can print the instance_variables defined within the current context: <shell> -@posts = Post.find(:all) +@posts = Post.all (rdb:11) instance_variables ["@_response", "@action_name", "@url", "@_session", "@_cookies", "@performed_render", "@_flash", "@template", "@_params", "@before_filter_chain_aborted", "@request_origin", "@_headers", "@performed_redirect", "@_request"] </shell> @@ -599,7 +601,7 @@ There are some settings that can be configured in ruby-debug to make it easier t You can see the full list by using +help set+. Use +help set _subcommand_+ to learn about a particular +set+ command. -TIP: You can include any number of these configuration lines inside a +.rdebugrc+ file in your HOME directory. ruby-debug will read this file every time it is loaded. and configure itself accordingly. +TIP: You can include any number of these configuration lines inside a +.rdebugrc+ file in your HOME directory. ruby-debug will read this file every time it is loaded and configure itself accordingly. Here's a good start for an +.rdebugrc+: @@ -613,7 +615,7 @@ h3. Debugging Memory Leaks A Ruby application (on Rails or not), can leak memory - either in the Ruby code or at the C code level. -In this section, you will learn how to find and fix such leaks by using Bleak House and Valgrind debugging tools. +In this section, you will learn how to find and fix such leaks by using tools such as BleakHouse and Valgrind. h4. BleakHouse @@ -702,8 +704,6 @@ h3. References h3. Changelog -"Lighthouse ticket":http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16213-rails-guides/tickets/5 - * April 4, 2010: Fixed document to validate XHTML 1.0 Strict. "Jaime Iniesta":http://jaimeiniesta.com * November 3, 2008: Accepted for publication. Added RJS, memory leaks and plugins chapters by "Emilio Tagua":credits.html#miloops * October 19, 2008: Copy editing pass by "Mike Gunderloy":credits.html#mgunderloy |