Is there an easy way to run code in sugar?

Question

Hi, It seems like it takes longer to develop with sugarCRM than just making a application from scratch. Are there ways of running groups of code without needing to rebuild the application and clicking around to see if something as taken effect? For example if I am using the beanfactory class to get an existing record with an specific ID can I echo that out to the console?

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James Palmisano

James Palmisano · Accepted Answer

Hi James, For debugging and testing code it is recommended to use custom EntryPoints : http://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_6.5/Application_Framework/Entry_Points/C&hellip; EntryPoints allow you to write and test code without the necessity of repairing and rebuilding the application 24/7. EntryPoints are executed using the browser as explained at the link above, so you can just print your variables in the browser using echo's in PHP inside the EntryPoint. For printing objects or arrays you can just use the PHP var_dump function. Although printing variables can be useful, I just recommend you to use an IDE like PhpStorm to develop and a debugger tool like XDebug so you can make code stops using breakpoints. This way you can check each moment the values of the defined variables all along your code. Hope that helps, David.