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author | Oscar Del Ben <info@oscardelben.com> | 2012-04-25 15:43:29 +0200 |
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committer | Oscar Del Ben <info@oscardelben.com> | 2012-04-25 15:43:29 +0200 |
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diff --git a/guides/code/getting_started/Gemfile b/guides/code/getting_started/Gemfile index ab4e34b2d0..670a8523b0 100644 --- a/guides/code/getting_started/Gemfile +++ b/guides/code/getting_started/Gemfile @@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ gem 'jquery-rails' # gem 'capistrano' # To use debugger -# gem 'ruby-debug19', :require => 'ruby-debug' +# gem 'debugger' diff --git a/guides/code/getting_started/README.rdoc b/guides/code/getting_started/README.rdoc index d2014bd35f..b5d7b6436b 100644 --- a/guides/code/getting_started/README.rdoc +++ b/guides/code/getting_started/README.rdoc @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ programming in general. Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then, -resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug19 to run the server in debugging -mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug19</tt>. Example: +resume execution! You need to install the 'debugger' gem to run the server in debugging +mode. Add gem 'debugger' to your Gemfile and run <tt>bundle</tt> to install it. Example: class WeblogController < ActionController::Base def index diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile index 34ff2b2714..98937266ba 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ The field name can also be a string: Client.where('locked' => true) </ruby> -NOTE: A +Symbol+ value is not supported and should not be used. Always use a +String+ instead: +Client.where(:status => 'active')+, but NOT +Client.where(:status => :active)+. +NOTE: The values cannot be symbols. For example, you cannot do +Client.where(:status => :active)+. h5(#hash-range_conditions). Range Conditions diff --git a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile index 57c7786636..903ed59e7b 100644 --- a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile +++ b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Completed in 0.01224 (81 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00044 (3%) | 302 Found [http://localh Adding extra logging like this makes it easy to search for unexpected or unusual behavior in your logs. If you add extra logging, be sure to make sensible use of log levels, to avoid filling your production logs with useless trivia. -h3. Debugging with +ruby-debug+ +h3. Debugging with the +debugger+ gem When your code is behaving in unexpected ways, you can try printing to logs or the console to diagnose the problem. Unfortunately, there are times when this sort of error tracking is not effective in finding the root cause of a problem. When you actually need to journey into your running source code, the debugger is your best companion. @@ -199,17 +199,13 @@ The debugger can also help you if you want to learn about the Rails source code h4. Setup -The debugger used by Rails, +ruby-debug+, comes as a gem. To install it, just run: +Rails uses the +debugger+ gem to set breakpoints and step through live code. To install it, just run: <shell> -$ sudo gem install ruby-debug +$ gem install debugger </shell> -TIP: If you are using Ruby 1.9, you can install a compatible version of +ruby-debug+ by running +sudo gem install ruby-debug19+ - -In case you want to download a particular version or get the source code, refer to the "project's page on rubyforge":http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-debug/. - -Rails has had built-in support for ruby-debug since Rails 2.0. Inside any Rails application you can invoke the debugger by calling the +debugger+ method. +Rails has had built-in support for debugging since Rails 2.0. Inside any Rails application you can invoke the debugger by calling the +debugger+ method. Here's an example: @@ -238,11 +234,11 @@ $ rails server --debugger ... </shell> -TIP: In development mode, you can dynamically +require \'ruby-debug\'+ instead of restarting the server, if it was started without +--debugger+. +TIP: In development mode, you can dynamically +require \'debugger\'+ instead of restarting the server, if it was started without +--debugger+. h4. The Shell -As soon as your application calls the +debugger+ method, the debugger will be started in a debugger shell inside the terminal window where you launched your application server, and you will be placed at ruby-debug's prompt +(rdb:n)+. The _n_ is the thread number. The prompt will also show you the next line of code that is waiting to run. +As soon as your application calls the +debugger+ method, the debugger will be started in a debugger shell inside the terminal window where you launched your application server, and you will be placed at the debugger's prompt +(rdb:n)+. The _n_ is the thread number. The prompt will also show you the next line of code that is waiting to run. If you got there by a browser request, the browser tab containing the request will be hung until the debugger has finished and the trace has finished processing the entire request. @@ -270,7 +266,7 @@ continue edit frame method putl set tmate where TIP: To view the help menu for any command use +help <command-name>+ in active debug mode. For example: _+help var+_ -The next command to learn is one of the most useful: +list+. You can also abbreviate ruby-debug commands by supplying just enough letters to distinguish them from other commands, so you can also use +l+ for the +list+ command. +The next command to learn is one of the most useful: +list+. You can abbreviate any debugging command by supplying just enough letters to distinguish them from other commands, so you can also use +l+ for the +list+ command. This command shows you where you are in the code by printing 10 lines centered around the current line; the current line in this particular case is line 6 and is marked by +=>+. @@ -347,7 +343,7 @@ h4. The Context When you start debugging your application, you will be placed in different contexts as you go through the different parts of the stack. -ruby-debug creates a context when a stopping point or an event is reached. The context has information about the suspended program which enables a debugger to inspect the frame stack, evaluate variables from the perspective of the debugged program, and contains information about the place where the debugged program is stopped. +The debugger creates a context when a stopping point or an event is reached. The context has information about the suspended program which enables a debugger to inspect the frame stack, evaluate variables from the perspective of the debugged program, and contains information about the place where the debugged program is stopped. At any time you can call the +backtrace+ command (or its alias +where+) to print the backtrace of the application. This can be very helpful to know how you got where you are. If you ever wondered about how you got somewhere in your code, then +backtrace+ will supply the answer. @@ -463,7 +459,7 @@ h4. Step by Step Now you should know where you are in the running trace and be able to print the available variables. But lets continue and move on with the application execution. -Use +step+ (abbreviated +s+) to continue running your program until the next logical stopping point and return control to ruby-debug. +Use +step+ (abbreviated +s+) to continue running your program until the next logical stopping point and return control to the debugger. TIP: You can also use <tt>step<plus> n</tt> and <tt>step- n</tt> to move forward or backward +n+ steps respectively. @@ -485,12 +481,12 @@ class Author < ActiveRecord::Base end </ruby> -TIP: You can use ruby-debug while using +rails console+. Just remember to +require "ruby-debug"+ before calling the +debugger+ method. +TIP: You can use the debugger while using +rails console+. Just remember to +require "debugger"+ before calling the +debugger+ method. <shell> $ rails console Loading development environment (Rails 3.1.0) ->> require "ruby-debug" +>> require "debugger" => [] >> author = Author.first => #<Author id: 1, first_name: "Bob", last_name: "Smith", created_at: "2008-07-31 12:46:10", updated_at: "2008-07-31 12:46:10"> @@ -603,7 +599,7 @@ A simple quit tries to terminate all threads in effect. Therefore your server wi h4. Settings -There are some settings that can be configured in ruby-debug to make it easier to debug your code. Here are a few of the available options: +The +debugger+ gem can automatically show the code you're stepping through and reload it when you change it in an editor. Here are a few of the available options: * +set reload+: Reload source code when changed. * +set autolist+: Execute +list+ command on every breakpoint. @@ -612,7 +608,7 @@ There are some settings that can be configured in ruby-debug to make it easier t You can see the full list by using +help set+. Use +help set _subcommand_+ to learn about a particular +set+ command. -TIP: You can include any number of these configuration lines inside a +.rdebugrc+ file in your HOME directory. ruby-debug will read this file every time it is loaded and configure itself accordingly. +TIP: You can save these settings in an +.rdebugrc+ file in your home directory. The debugger reads these global settings when it starts. Here's a good start for an +.rdebugrc+: @@ -637,7 +633,7 @@ If a Ruby object does not go out of scope, the Ruby Garbage Collector won't swee To install it run: <shell> -$ sudo gem install bleak_house +$ gem install bleak_house </shell> Then setup your application for profiling. Then add the following at the bottom of config/environment.rb: @@ -703,11 +699,12 @@ There are some Rails plugins to help you to find errors and debug your applicati h3. References * "ruby-debug Homepage":http://www.datanoise.com/ruby-debug +* "debugger Homepage":http://github.com/cldwalker/debugger * "Article: Debugging a Rails application with ruby-debug":http://www.sitepoint.com/article/debug-rails-app-ruby-debug/ * "ruby-debug Basics screencast":http://brian.maybeyoureinsane.net/blog/2007/05/07/ruby-debug-basics-screencast/ -* "Ryan Bate's ruby-debug screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/54-debugging-with-ruby-debug -* "Ryan Bate's stack trace screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/24-the-stack-trace -* "Ryan Bate's logger screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/56-the-logger +* "Ryan Bates' debugging ruby (revised) screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/54-debugging-ruby-revised +* "Ryan Bates' stack trace screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/24-the-stack-trace +* "Ryan Bates' logger screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/56-the-logger * "Debugging with ruby-debug":http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/ruby-debug.html * "ruby-debug cheat sheet":http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/rdebug/ * "Ruby on Rails Wiki: How to Configure Logging":http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConfigureLogging diff --git a/guides/source/generators.textile b/guides/source/generators.textile index ec5f53870e..e9d713d91d 100644 --- a/guides/source/generators.textile +++ b/guides/source/generators.textile @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ h4. +gsub_file+ Replaces text inside a file. <ruby> - gsub_file 'name_of_file.rb', 'method.to_be_replaced', 'method.the_replacing_code' +gsub_file 'name_of_file.rb', 'method.to_be_replaced', 'method.the_replacing_code' </ruby Regular Expressions can be used to make this method more precise. You can also use append_file and prepend_file in the same way to place code at the beginning and end of a file respectively. diff --git a/guides/source/routing.textile b/guides/source/routing.textile index 75f4e82918..5e1cc042dc 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.textile +++ b/guides/source/routing.textile @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GET /patients/17 it asks the router to match it to a controller action. If the first matching route is <ruby> -match "/patients/:id" => "patients#show" +get "/patients/:id" => "patients#show" </ruby> the request is dispatched to the +patients+ controller's +show+ action with <tt>{ :id => "17" }</tt> in +params+. @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ h4. Singular Resources Sometimes, you have a resource that clients always look up without referencing an ID. For example, you would like +/profile+ to always show the profile of the currently logged in user. In this case, you can use a singular resource to map +/profile+ (rather than +/profile/:id+) to the +show+ action. <ruby> -match "profile" => "users#show" +get "profile" => "users#show" </ruby> This resourceful route @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ h4. Bound Parameters When you set up a regular route, you supply a series of symbols that Rails maps to parts of an incoming HTTP request. Two of these symbols are special: +:controller+ maps to the name of a controller in your application, and +:action+ maps to the name of an action within that controller. For example, consider one of the default Rails routes: <ruby> -match ':controller(/:action(/:id))' +get ':controller(/:action(/:id))' </ruby> If an incoming request of +/photos/show/1+ is processed by this route (because it hasn't matched any previous route in the file), then the result will be to invoke the +show+ action of the +PhotosController+, and to make the final parameter +"1"+ available as +params[:id]+. This route will also route the incoming request of +/photos+ to +PhotosController#index+, since +:action+ and +:id+ are optional parameters, denoted by parentheses. @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ h4. Dynamic Segments You can set up as many dynamic segments within a regular route as you like. Anything other than +:controller+ or +:action+ will be available to the action as part of +params+. If you set up this route: <ruby> -match ':controller/:action/:id/:user_id' +get ':controller/:action/:id/:user_id' </ruby> An incoming path of +/photos/show/1/2+ will be dispatched to the +show+ action of the +PhotosController+. +params[:id]+ will be +"1"+, and +params[:user_id]+ will be +"2"+. @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ An incoming path of +/photos/show/1/2+ will be dispatched to the +show+ action o NOTE: You can't use +:namespace+ or +:module+ with a +:controller+ path segment. If you need to do this then use a constraint on :controller that matches the namespace you require. e.g: <ruby> -match ':controller(/:action(/:id))', :controller => /admin\/[^\/]+/ +get ':controller(/:action(/:id))', :controller => /admin\/[^\/]+/ </ruby> TIP: By default dynamic segments don't accept dots - this is because the dot is used as a separator for formatted routes. If you need to use a dot within a dynamic segment add a constraint which overrides this - for example +:id+ => /[^\/]+/ allows anything except a slash. @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ h4. Static Segments You can specify static segments when creating a route: <ruby> -match ':controller/:action/:id/with_user/:user_id' +get ':controller/:action/:id/with_user/:user_id' </ruby> This route would respond to paths such as +/photos/show/1/with_user/2+. In this case, +params+ would be <tt>{ :controller => "photos", :action => "show", :id => "1", :user_id => "2" }</tt>. @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ h4. The Query String The +params+ will also include any parameters from the query string. For example, with this route: <ruby> -match ':controller/:action/:id' +get ':controller/:action/:id' </ruby> An incoming path of +/photos/show/1?user_id=2+ will be dispatched to the +show+ action of the +Photos+ controller. +params+ will be <tt>{ :controller => "photos", :action => "show", :id => "1", :user_id => "2" }</tt>. @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ h4. Defining Defaults You do not need to explicitly use the +:controller+ and +:action+ symbols within a route. You can supply them as defaults: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show' +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show' </ruby> With this route, Rails will match an incoming path of +/photos/12+ to the +show+ action of +PhotosController+. @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ With this route, Rails will match an incoming path of +/photos/12+ to the +show+ You can also define other defaults in a route by supplying a hash for the +:defaults+ option. This even applies to parameters that you do not specify as dynamic segments. For example: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :defaults => { :format => 'jpg' } +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :defaults => { :format => 'jpg' } </ruby> Rails would match +photos/12+ to the +show+ action of +PhotosController+, and set +params[:format]+ to +"jpg"+. @@ -440,49 +440,45 @@ h4. Naming Routes You can specify a name for any route using the +:as+ option. <ruby> -match 'exit' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :logout +get 'exit' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :logout </ruby> This will create +logout_path+ and +logout_url+ as named helpers in your application. Calling +logout_path+ will return +/exit+ h4. HTTP Verb Constraints -You can use the +:via+ option to constrain the request to one or more HTTP methods: +In general, you should use the +get+, +post+, +put+ and +delete+ methods to constrain a route to a particular verb. You can use the +match+ method with the +:via+ option to match multiple verbs at once: <ruby> -match 'photos/show' => 'photos#show', :via => :get +match 'photos' => 'photos#show', :via => [:get, :post] </ruby> -There is a shorthand version of this as well: +You can match all verbs to a particular route using +:via => :all+: <ruby> -get 'photos/show' +match 'photos' => 'photos#show', :via => :all </ruby> -You can also permit more than one verb to a single route: - -<ruby> -match 'photos/show' => 'photos#show', :via => [:get, :post] -</ruby> +You should avoid routing all verbs to an action unless you have a good reason to, as routing both +GET+ requests and +POST+ requests to a single action has security implications. h4. Segment Constraints You can use the +:constraints+ option to enforce a format for a dynamic segment: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ } +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ } </ruby> This route would match paths such as +/photos/A12345+. You can more succinctly express the same route this way: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ </ruby> +:constraints+ takes regular expressions with the restriction that regexp anchors can't be used. For example, the following route will not work: <ruby> -match '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => {:id => /^\d/} +get '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => {:id => /^\d/} </ruby> However, note that you don't need to use anchors because all routes are anchored at the start. @@ -490,8 +486,8 @@ However, note that you don't need to use anchors because all routes are anchored For example, the following routes would allow for +posts+ with +to_param+ values like +1-hello-world+ that always begin with a number and +users+ with +to_param+ values like +david+ that never begin with a number to share the root namespace: <ruby> -match '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => { :id => /\d.+/ } -match '/:username' => 'users#show' +get '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => { :id => /\d.+/ } +get '/:username' => 'users#show' </ruby> h4. Request-Based Constraints @@ -501,7 +497,7 @@ You can also constrain a route based on any method on the <a href="action_contro You specify a request-based constraint the same way that you specify a segment constraint: <ruby> -match "photos", :constraints => {:subdomain => "admin"} +get "photos", :constraints => {:subdomain => "admin"} </ruby> You can also specify constraints in a block form: @@ -530,7 +526,7 @@ class BlacklistConstraint end TwitterClone::Application.routes.draw do - match "*path" => "blacklist#index", + get "*path" => "blacklist#index", :constraints => BlacklistConstraint.new end </ruby> @@ -539,7 +535,7 @@ You can also specify constraints as a lambda: <ruby> TwitterClone::Application.routes.draw do - match "*path" => "blacklist#index", + get "*path" => "blacklist#index", :constraints => lambda { |request| Blacklist.retrieve_ips.include?(request.remote_ip) } end </ruby> @@ -551,7 +547,7 @@ h4. Route Globbing Route globbing is a way to specify that a particular parameter should be matched to all the remaining parts of a route. For example <ruby> -match 'photos/*other' => 'photos#unknown' +get 'photos/*other' => 'photos#unknown' </ruby> This route would match +photos/12+ or +/photos/long/path/to/12+, setting +params[:other]+ to +"12"+ or +"long/path/to/12"+. @@ -559,7 +555,7 @@ This route would match +photos/12+ or +/photos/long/path/to/12+, setting +params Wildcard segments can occur anywhere in a route. For example, <ruby> -match 'books/*section/:title' => 'books#show' +get 'books/*section/:title' => 'books#show' </ruby> would match +books/some/section/last-words-a-memoir+ with +params[:section]+ equals +"some/section"+, and +params[:title]+ equals +"last-words-a-memoir"+. @@ -567,7 +563,7 @@ would match +books/some/section/last-words-a-memoir+ with +params[:section]+ equ Technically a route can have even more than one wildcard segment. The matcher assigns segments to parameters in an intuitive way. For example, <ruby> -match '*a/foo/*b' => 'test#index' +get '*a/foo/*b' => 'test#index' </ruby> would match +zoo/woo/foo/bar/baz+ with +params[:a]+ equals +"zoo/woo"+, and +params[:b]+ equals +"bar/baz"+. @@ -575,19 +571,19 @@ would match +zoo/woo/foo/bar/baz+ with +params[:a]+ equals +"zoo/woo"+, and +par NOTE: Starting from Rails 3.1, wildcard routes will always match the optional format segment by default. For example if you have this route: <ruby> -match '*pages' => 'pages#show' +get '*pages' => 'pages#show' </ruby> NOTE: By requesting +"/foo/bar.json"+, your +params[:pages]+ will be equals to +"foo/bar"+ with the request format of JSON. If you want the old 3.0.x behavior back, you could supply +:format => false+ like this: <ruby> -match '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => false +get '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => false </ruby> NOTE: If you want to make the format segment mandatory, so it cannot be omitted, you can supply +:format => true+ like this: <ruby> -match '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => true +get '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => true </ruby> h4. Redirection @@ -595,20 +591,20 @@ h4. Redirection You can redirect any path to another path using the +redirect+ helper in your router: <ruby> -match "/stories" => redirect("/posts") +get "/stories" => redirect("/posts") </ruby> You can also reuse dynamic segments from the match in the path to redirect to: <ruby> -match "/stories/:name" => redirect("/posts/%{name}") +get "/stories/:name" => redirect("/posts/%{name}") </ruby> You can also provide a block to redirect, which receives the params and (optionally) the request object: <ruby> -match "/stories/:name" => redirect {|params| "/posts/#{params[:name].pluralize}" } -match "/stories" => redirect {|p, req| "/posts/#{req.subdomain}" } +get "/stories/:name" => redirect {|params| "/posts/#{params[:name].pluralize}" } +get "/stories" => redirect {|p, req| "/posts/#{req.subdomain}" } </ruby> Please note that this redirection is a 301 "Moved Permanently" redirect. Keep in mind that some web browsers or proxy servers will cache this type of redirect, making the old page inaccessible. @@ -620,10 +616,10 @@ h4. Routing to Rack Applications Instead of a String, like +"posts#index"+, which corresponds to the +index+ action in the +PostsController+, you can specify any <a href="rails_on_rack.html">Rack application</a> as the endpoint for a matcher. <ruby> -match "/application.js" => Sprockets +match "/application.js" => Sprockets, :via => :all </ruby> -As long as +Sprockets+ responds to +call+ and returns a <tt>[status, headers, body]</tt>, the router won't know the difference between the Rack application and an action. +As long as +Sprockets+ responds to +call+ and returns a <tt>[status, headers, body]</tt>, the router won't know the difference between the Rack application and an action. This is an appropriate use of +:via => :all+, as you will want to allow your Rack application to handle all verbs as it considers appropriate. NOTE: For the curious, +"posts#index"+ actually expands out to +PostsController.action(:index)+, which returns a valid Rack application. @@ -638,6 +634,8 @@ root 'pages#main' # shortcut for the above You should put the +root+ route at the top of the file, because it is the most popular route and should be matched first. You also need to delete the +public/index.html+ file for the root route to take effect. +NOTE: The +root+ route only routes +GET+ requests to the action. + h3. Customizing Resourceful Routes While the default routes and helpers generated by +resources :posts+ will usually serve you well, you may want to customize them in some way. Rails allows you to customize virtually any generic part of the resourceful helpers. |