Favorite Rails and JavaScript debugging tips

[justin]

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Wrappers on Debug Print Statements

I’m rarely using a debugger as I’ve found that it’s much faster to track down an issue with the right print statements. Basically I can type a lot faster than I can hit the next button and set breakpoints, and wait for the debugger to do its thing. This is how I set up the wrappers for the print statements. Putting a wrapper on your debug print statements accomplishes 2 things: It’s way easier to see your debug messages in the console log. It’s way easier to grep the code to find the debug me…