pry.md

Install the gem

gem install jazz_hands

Jazz hands is a nice bundling of all pry-related gems.

Use pry

• as irb: pry
• as rails console: script/console --irb=pry
• as a debugger: require 'pry'; binding.pry in your code (or just type pry!<space> to make vim do it)

Pry Customizations:

• clear command to clear screen
• sql command to execute something (within a rails console)
• c (continue) n (next) s (step) commands for debugging using pry-nav
• all objects displayed in readable format (colorized, sorted hash keys) - via awesome_print
• a few color modifications to make it more useable
• type help to see all the commands