rookout/tutorial-ruby

Rookout official tutorial for using Ruby

Rookout tutorial for debugging Ruby applictions

A sample app for debugging Ruby using Rookout.

Prerequisites

1. ruby 2.7
2. rails 6.0.0 or later

Setup

1. Clone the sample app from this repository.

git clone https://github.com/Rookout/tutorial-ruby.git
cd tutorial-ruby

2. Set your Rookout token as an environment variable (for Windows, use set instead of export)

export ROOKOUT_TOKEN=[Your Rookout Token]

3. Run the app:

bundle install
rails server

the app will now run on https://localhost:3000/

• Optional - Run the app using Docker:

docker run -p 3000:3000 -e ROOKOUT_TOKEN=$ROOKOUT_TOKEN rookout/tutorial-ruby

Usage

• Log in to the Rookout IDE
• Set up your debug session by selecting the Ruby app you started. See Debug session setup for more information
• Add the source code according to the following instructions. In this case, use the local filesystem option to associate the code in your local 'tutorial-ruby' folder.
• Open the file app/controllers/tasks_controller.rb
• Add a Breakpoint next to line number 35 by clicking next the the line number in the file viewer
• The Breakpoint should turn solid purple, indicating that it has been set successfully and that it is active.
  • If this is not the case, click here to see how to fix that
• Go the the app webpage http://localhost:3000/ and add a todo in order to trigger the Breakpoint
• Check the bottom pane Messages and you'll see the snapshot you just added, as it was triggered by the handler of the web api when you added a todo

Common Pitfalls

• Breakpoint status is pending (hollow with purple outline) -- Connection to the app was not able to be established. Make sure that you inserted the Rookout Token in the right place and that the SDK was properly installed.
• Breakpoing status is disabled (solid grey) -- The breakpoint was disabled from collecting more data due to the limits being hit.
• Brekapoint error -- something went wrong. Check the breakpoint status to get more information on the error type, and for more information go to our breakpoint status guide.

Want to learn more ?

• Our website for more information
• Our documentation for more information
• our deployment examples for platform-specific integration examples