use pry

Gemfile.lock

@@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
+    coderay (0.9.8)
     diff-lcs (1.1.3)
     ffi (1.0.11)
-    guard (0.9.3)
+    guard (0.9.4)
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
       thor (~> 0.14.6)
     guard-rspec (0.5.10)
       guard (>= 0.8.4)
+    method_source (0.6.7)
+      ruby_parser (>= 2.3.1)
+    pry (0.9.7.4)
+      coderay (~> 0.9.8)
+      method_source (~> 0.6.7)
+      ruby_parser (>= 2.3.1)
+      slop (~> 2.1.0)
     rack (1.3.5)
     rack-protection (1.1.4)
       rack
@@ -28,10 +36,14 @@ GEM
     rspec-expectations (2.7.0)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.1.2)
     rspec-mocks (2.7.0)
+    ruby_parser (2.3.1)
+      sexp_processor (~> 3.0)
+    sexp_processor (3.0.9)
     sinatra (1.3.1)
       rack (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.4)
       rack-protection (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.2)
       tilt (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.3)
+    slop (2.1.0)
     thor (0.14.6)
     tilt (1.3.3)
 
@@ -41,6 +53,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   bundler (~> 1.1.rc)
   guard-rspec
+  pry
   rack-block!
   rack-test (> 0)
   rake (> 0)

Rakefile

@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ begin
 rescue LoadError
 end
 
-
+desc "running pry console with rack-block gem and console helpers loaded"
+task :pry do
+  $LOAD_PATH.unshift('./lib')
+  require 'pry'
+  require 'rack-block'
+  Pry.start
+end

rack-block.gemspec

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency "rack", '>= 1.3'
 
   s.add_development_dependency "bundler", '~> 1.1.rc'
+  s.add_development_dependency "pry"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake", '> 0'
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec", '>= 2'
   s.add_development_dependency "rack-test", '> 0'