--- title: "puts-style developing, without the 'puts'?" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 609 published_at: "2022-06-23" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/609" --- Plus HTTP.rb 5.1, a ton of library releases, and a new place to chat about contributing to Rails. | [🇺🇦](https://war.ukraine.ua/) #​609 — June 23, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/609) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/uj6dlxemzsdh4ftkuom5.jpg)](https://dev.to/ko1/rstfilter-vscode-extension-for-your-new-ruby-development-experience-1h97) [rstfilter: VS Code Extension to See Execution Results Line by Line](https://dev.to/ko1/rstfilter-vscode-extension-for-your-new-ruby-development-experience-1h97) — It’s always interesting to see a new tool from a Ruby core team member, and you might find this one useful if you’re a VS Code user and enjoy a bit of `puts`/`p`-style debugging! Reminds us of [Quokka](https://quokkajs.com/) in the JavaScript space. 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