Difference between pry and pry-rails

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What is the difference (implementation wise) in pry gem and pry-rails gem?

usually the -rails gems provide extra things for integration with rails, so if from rails, you typically use these. — bento, Jul 29 '12 at 14:09

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Comparing their implementation doesn't make sense, because they're two different things: an IRb alternative and a plugin to make the former the Rails console.

The pry-rails gem simply adds an initializer to change the Rails console to Pry and adds some Pry commands specific to Rails. Pry-rails depends on Pry, and there's no reason you couldn't use Pry with Rails without pry-rails, it just makes it easier.

answered Jul 29 '12 at 14:09

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How do I use pry-rails to debug Rails applications? – Alan Coromano Dec 19 '12 at 12:38
means , can pry do whatever pry-rails can do ? – huzefa biyawarwala Dec 27 '15 at 16:09
@huzefabiyawarwala Yes. – DiegoSalazar Sep 15 '16 at 15:38
@AlanCoromano place `binding.pry` anywhere in your Rails code to add a breakpoint e.g. in a controller action. Go to that path in the browser and you'll see the breakpoint in the terminal where `rails server` is running. Here's a screencast to learn more about it http://railscasts.com/episodes/280-pry-with-rails – DiegoSalazar Sep 15 '16 at 15:41

Difference between pry and pry-rails

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