Ticket #8770: update_to_debug_section_on_front_readme.diff

railties/README

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-== Debugging Rails
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+First area to check is the application log files.  Have "tail -f" commands running
+on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display debugging
+and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be shown in the
+browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+You can also log your own messages directly into the log file from your code using
+the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+  class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
+    def destroy
+      @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
+      @weblog.destroy
+      logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
+    end
+  end
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+The result will be a message in your log file along the lines of:
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+  Destroyed Weblog ID #1
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+More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/ including:
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+* The Learning Ruby (Pickaxe) Book: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/
+* Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/  (a beginners guide)
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+These two online (and free) books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language
+and also on programming in general.
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+
-== Debugger
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-Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your Mongrel or
- in the code, investigate
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+in the code, investigate 
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-  class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
-    def index