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diff --git a/guides/source/4_1_release_notes.md b/guides/source/4_1_release_notes.md index 924e5d90db..52a5acb75e 100644 --- a/guides/source/4_1_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/4_1_release_notes.md @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Highlights in Rails 4.1: * Action Pack variants * Action Mailer previews -These release notes cover only the major changes. To know about various bug -fixes and changes, please refer to the change logs or check out the -[list of commits](https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/master) in the main -Rails repository on GitHub. +These release notes cover only the major changes. To learn about various bug +fixes and changes, please refer to the change logs or check out the [list of +commits](https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/4-1-stable) in the main Rails +repository on GitHub. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Spring is running: ``` Have a look at the -[Spring README](https://github.com/jonleighton/spring/blob/master/README.md) to +[Spring README](https://github.com/rails/spring/blob/master/README.md) to see all available features. See the [Upgrading Ruby on Rails](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#spring) @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ By default, these preview classes live in `test/mailers/previews`. This can be configured using the `preview_path` option. See its -[documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/v4.1.0/classes/ActionMailer/Base.html) +[documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/v4.1.0/classes/ActionMailer/Base.html#class-ActionMailer::Base-label-Previewing+emails) for a detailed write up. ### Active Record enums @@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ conversation.active? # => false conversation.status # => "archived" Conversation.archived # => Relation for all archived Conversations + +Conversation.statuses # => { "active" => 0, "archived" => 1 } ``` See its @@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ unless they use `xhr`. Upgrade your tests to be explicit about expecting XmlHttpRequests. Instead of `post :create, format: :js`, switch to the explicit `xhr :post, :create, format: :js`. + Railties -------- @@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ for detailed changes. ### Notable changes * The [Spring application - preloader](https://github.com/jonleighton/spring) is now installed + preloader](https://github.com/rails/spring) is now installed by default for new applications. It uses the development group of the Gemfile, so will not be installed in production. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12958)) @@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ for detailed changes. * Exposed `MiddlewareStack#unshift` to environment configuration. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12479)) -* Add `Application#message_verifier` method to return a message +* Added `Application#message_verifier` method to return a message verifier. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12995)) * The `test_help.rb` file which is required by the default generated test @@ -288,6 +291,11 @@ for detailed changes. with `config.active_record.maintain_test_schema = false`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13528)) +* Introduce `Rails.gem_version` as a convenience method to return + `Gem::Version.new(Rails.version)`, suggesting a more reliable way to perform + version comparison. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/14103)) + + Action Pack ----------- @@ -335,6 +343,24 @@ for detailed changes. * Separated Action View completely from Action Pack. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/11032)) +* Log which keys were affected by deep + munge. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13813)) + +* New config option `config.action_dispatch.perform_deep_munge` to opt out of + params "deep munging" that was used to address security vulnerability + CVE-2013-0155. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13188)) + +* New config option `config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer` for specifying a + serializer for the signed and encrypted cookie jars. (Pull Requests + [1](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13692), + [2](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13945) / + [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#cookies-serializer)) + +* Added `render :plain`, `render :html` and `render + :body`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/14062) / + [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#rendering-content-from-string)) + + Action Mailer ------------- @@ -344,9 +370,13 @@ for detailed changes. ### Notable changes +* Added mailer previews feature based on 37 Signals mail_view + gem. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/d6dec7fcb6b8fddf8c170182d4fe64ecfc7b2261)) + * Instrument the generation of Action Mailer messages. The time it takes to generate a message is written to the log. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12556)) + Active Record ------------- @@ -366,7 +396,7 @@ for detailed changes. * Removed deprecated `scope` use without passing a callable object. * Removed deprecated `transaction_joinable=` in favor of `begin_transaction` - with `d:joinable` option. + with a `:joinable` option. * Removed deprecated `decrement_open_transactions`. @@ -411,6 +441,8 @@ for detailed changes. * Remove implicit join references that were deprecated in 4.0. * Removed `activerecord-deprecated_finders` as a dependency. + Please see [the gem README](https://github.com/rails/activerecord-deprecated_finders#active-record-deprecated-finders) + for more info. * Removed usage of `implicit_readonly`. Please use `readonly` method explicitly to mark records as @@ -420,11 +452,6 @@ for detailed changes. * Deprecated `quoted_locking_column` method, which isn't used anywhere. -* Deprecated the delegation of Array bang methods for associations. - To use them, instead first call `#to_a` on the association to access the - array to be acted - on. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12129)) - * Deprecated `ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#distinct`, as it is no longer used by internals. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10556)) @@ -438,6 +465,12 @@ for detailed changes. ### Notable changes +* Default scopes are no longer overridden by chained conditions. + + Before this change when you defined a `default_scope` in a model + it was overridden by chained conditions in the same field. Now it + is merged like any other scope. [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-on-default-scopes). + * Added `ActiveRecord::Base.to_param` for convenient "pretty" URLs derived from a model's attribute or method. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12891)) @@ -498,7 +531,35 @@ for detailed changes. object. Helper methods used by multiple fixtures should be defined on modules included in `ActiveRecord::FixtureSet.context_class`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13022)) -* Don't create or drop the test database if RAILS_ENV is specified explicitly. +* Don't create or drop the test database if RAILS_ENV is specified + explicitly. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13629)) + +* `Relation` no longer has mutator methods like `#map!` and `#delete_if`. Convert + to an `Array` by calling `#to_a` before using these methods. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13314)) + +* `find_in_batches`, `find_each`, `Result#each` and `Enumerable#index_by` now + return an `Enumerator` that can calculate its + size. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13938)) + +* `scope`, `enum` and Associations now raise on "dangerous" name + conflicts. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13450), + [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13896)) + +* `second` through `fifth` methods act like the `first` + finder. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13757)) + +* Make `touch` fire the `after_commit` and `after_rollback` + callbacks. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12031)) + +* Enable partial indexes for `sqlite >= 3.8.0`. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13350)) + +* Make `change_column_null` + revertible. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/724509a9d5322ff502aefa90dd282ba33a281a96)) + +* Added a flag to disable schema dump after migration. This is set to `false` + by default in the production environment for new applications. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13948)) Active Model ------------ @@ -517,6 +578,13 @@ for detailed changes. * Added new API methods `reset_changes` and `changes_applied` to `ActiveModel::Dirty` that control changes state. +* Ability to specify multiple contexts when defining a + validation. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13754)) + +* `attribute_changed?` now accepts a hash to check if the attribute was changed + `:from` and/or `:to` a given + value. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13131)) + Active Support -------------- @@ -567,6 +635,12 @@ for detailed changes. * Removed deprecated `assert_present` and `assert_blank` methods, use `assert object.blank?` and `assert object.present?` instead. +* Remove deprecated `#filter` method for filter objects, use the corresponding + method instead (e.g. `#before` for a before filter). + +* Removed 'cow' => 'kine' irregular inflection from default + inflections. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c300dca9963bda78b8f358dbcb59cabcdc5e1dc9)) + ### Deprecations * Deprecated `Numeric#{ago,until,since,from_now}`, the user is expected to @@ -583,11 +657,14 @@ for detailed changes. [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling)) * Deprecated `ActiveSupport.encode_big_decimal_as_string` option. This feature has - been extracetd into the [activesupport-json_encoder](https://github.com/rails/activesupport-json_encoder) + been extracted into the [activesupport-json_encoder](https://github.com/rails/activesupport-json_encoder) gem. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13060) / [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling)) +* Deprecate custom `BigDecimal` + serialization. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13911)) + ### Notable changes * `ActiveSupport`'s JSON encoder has been rewritten to take advantage of the @@ -600,9 +677,12 @@ for detailed changes. [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling)) * Added `ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers#travel` and `#travel_to`. These - methods change current time to the given time or time difference by stubbing - `Time.now` and - `Date.today`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12824)) + methods change current time to the given time or duration by stubbing + `Time.now` and `Date.today`. + +* Added `ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers#travel_back`. This method returns + the current time to the original state, by removing the stubs added by `travel` + and `travel_to`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13884)) * Added `Numeric#in_milliseconds`, like `1.hour.in_milliseconds`, so we can feed them to JavaScript functions like @@ -613,11 +693,33 @@ for detailed changes. `at_middle_of_day` as aliases. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10879)) +* Added `Date#all_week/month/quarter/year` for generating date + ranges. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/9685)) + +* Added `Time.zone.yesterday` and + `Time.zone.tomorrow`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12822)) + * Added `String#remove(pattern)` as a short-hand for the common pattern of `String#gsub(pattern,'')`. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5da23a3f921f0a4a3139495d2779ab0d3bd4cb5f)) -* Removed 'cow' => 'kine' irregular inflection from default - inflections. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c300dca9963bda78b8f358dbcb59cabcdc5e1dc9)) +* Added `Hash#compact` and `Hash#compact!` for removing items with nil value + from hash. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13632)) + +* `blank?` and `present?` commit to return + singletons. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/126dc47665c65cd129967cbd8a5926dddd0aa514)) + +* Default the new `I18n.enforce_available_locales` config to `true`, meaning + `I18n` will make sure that all locales passed to it must be declared in the + `available_locales` + list. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13341)) + +* Introduce `Module#concerning`: a natural, low-ceremony way to separate + responsibilities within a + class. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1eee0ca6de975b42524105a59e0521d18b38ab81)) + +* Added `Object#presence_in` to simplify value whitelisting. + ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4edca106daacc5a159289eae255207d160f22396)) + Credits ------- |