How to shorten binding.pry without using dollar-sign global variable?

Question

binding.pry 

is a cool command and many people use it. But it's too much to type each time. What is the best way to add a shorthand for it, something like

bp

Please don't suggest putting a

$bp = binding.pry

into initializers but anything without the dollar sign?

Answer 1

So, after a little thought, here's the solution. It will require one more next to hit. But there are the other benefits - you can define it per environment, so you'll never get an error on production if you forget to delete or comment out bp.

Go to initializers, and create pry.rb file with these contents:

def bp
  unless %w(production).include? Rails.env
    binding.pry
  end
end

Have fun!