How to debug Rails tests?

[cortfr]

I'm using Visual Studio 2005 with 01.02.0344 installed.

I've created a rails project... and the VS/Cylon debugger works great when running the server!

But how can I place breakpoints in my Rails tests and then run all of them (or just one) in the debugger? 

I looked through all the docs and tried a number of searches on the forum... so forgive me if this has already been discussed.

thanks!

[Huw Collingbourne]

You can set the entry point to a program in any runnable Ruby file. By default, when debugging a Rails application we debug via the server script. You can disable this behaviour (Project->Options->F5 Starts Ruby = true) so that F5 will debug into whichever Ruby file is currently active in the editor. You cannot, however, debug tests run by Rake as these do not provide an entry point for the debugger. In brief, any tests (indeed any Ruby file at all) that can be run by ruby.exe can be debugged by loading the main file into Ruby In Steel and setting the Project option as mentioned above.

best wishes
Huw