Ruby: console.log?

Question

I recently put console.log statements in every line of a JavaScript program and found that it's now much easier to understand. Is there a way to do that with server side code, specifically Ruby? I presume there's no way to read it in firebug, but would it be visible in irb? what console.log equivalent statements would I put in the Ruby code?

Answer 1

puts is the equivalent in ruby.

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puts 'Hello World!' 

Answer 2

If you are running your server in the console, you can use puts. Otherwise, you will need to write to a file, possibly via a logger (like Rails.logger.info).