Debugging a scripting language like ruby
python, ruby, scripting-language
Solution
Your sequence seems entirely backwards to me. Here's how I do it:
- I write a test for the functionality I want.
- I start writing the script, executing bits and verifying test results.
- I review what I'd done to document and publish.
Specifically, I execute before I complete. It's way too late by then.
There are debuggers, of course, but with good tests and good design, I've almost never needed one.
Problem
I am basically from the world of C language programming, now delving into the world of scripting languages like Ruby and Python. I am wondering how to do debugging. At present the steps I follow is, - I complete a large script, - Comment everything but the portion I want to check - Execute the script Though it works, I am not able to debug like how I would do in, say, a VC++ environment or something like that. My question is, is there any better way of debugging? Note: I guess it may be a repeated question, if so, please point me to the answer.