A short introduction to the rdbg/debugger extension for VS Code, plus a guide on how to set it up correctly to debug your Ruby on Rails applications, as well as your RSpec specs. The VS Code extension takes 5 minutes to setup and it's great!
Development (5)
Setting up VS Code for Ruby on Rails development can be tricky, so I wrote this article to help. In it, I share different VS Code extensions for things like autocomplete, linting, formatting and more! I've even put together a handy extension pack to get you setup fast.
Overmind is a Procfile manager on steroids — like Foreman and bin/dev, but... a lot better. It's deeply configurable, and integrates with tmux so you can stop, restart and attach to running processes.
Here are the basics of installing Redis and Sidekiq, and then adding Redis and Sidekiq to your Ruby on Rails app. This is everything you need to get set up — no fluff, just a couple of commands. Let's go!
Rails 7 introduced a lot of new things, but honestly, the `bin/dev` script is the thing I notice the most. I want to try to give your some insight into how `bin/dev` and `Procfile.dev` work together...