aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/README.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
-rw-r--r--README.md18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f823a49f7d..a2b726ea6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Welcome to Rails
+# Welcome to Rails
Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to
create database-backed web applications according to the
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ or to generate the body of an email. In Rails, View generation is handled by Act
You can read more about Action View in its [README](actionview/README.rdoc).
Active Record, Active Model, Action Pack, and Action View can each be used independently outside Rails.
-In addition to them, Rails also comes with Action Mailer ([README](actionmailer/README.rdoc)), a library
+In addition to that, Rails also comes with Action Mailer ([README](actionmailer/README.rdoc)), a library
to generate and send emails; Active Job ([README](activejob/README.md)), a
framework for declaring jobs and making them run on a variety of queueing
-backends; and Active Support ([README](activesupport/README.rdoc)), a collection
+backends; Action Cable ([README](actioncable/README.md)), a framework to
+integrate WebSockets with a Rails application;
+and Active Support ([README](activesupport/README.rdoc)), a collection
of utility classes and standard library extensions that are useful for Rails,
and may also be used independently outside Rails.
@@ -46,23 +48,23 @@ and may also be used independently outside Rails.
1. Install Rails at the command prompt if you haven't yet:
- gem install rails
+ $ gem install rails
2. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
- rails new myapp
+ $ rails new myapp
where "myapp" is the application name.
3. Change directory to `myapp` and start the web server:
- cd myapp
- rails server
+ $ cd myapp
+ $ rails server
Run with `--help` or `-h` for options.
4. Using a browser, go to `http://localhost:3000` and you'll see:
-"Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
+"Yay! You’re on Rails!"
5. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You may find
the following resources handy: