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diff --git a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md index b385bdbe83..10b89433e7 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md +++ b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ RDoc ---- The [Rails API documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org) is generated with -[RDoc](http://docs.seattlerb.org/rdoc/). +[RDoc](https://ruby.github.io/rdoc/). To generate it, make sure you are +in the rails root directory, run `bundle install` and execute: ```bash bundle exec rake rdoc @@ -25,9 +26,9 @@ The [Rails API documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org) is generated with Resulting HTML files can be found in the ./doc/rdoc directory. Please consult the RDoc documentation for help with the -[markup](http://docs.seattlerb.org/rdoc/RDoc/Markup.html), +[markup](https://ruby.github.io/rdoc/RDoc/Markup.html), and also take into account these [additional -directives](http://docs.seattlerb.org/rdoc/RDoc/Parser/Ruby.html). +directives](https://ruby.github.io/rdoc/RDoc/Parser/Ruby.html). Wording ------- @@ -81,7 +82,13 @@ used. Instead of: English ------- -Please use American English (*color*, *center*, *modularize*, etc). See [a list of American and British English spelling differences here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences). +Please use American English (*color*, *center*, *modularize*, etc). See [a list of American and British English spelling differences here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences). + +Oxford Comma +------------ + +Please use the [Oxford comma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma) +("red, white, and blue", instead of "red, white and blue"). Example Code ------------ @@ -113,7 +120,7 @@ On the other hand, big chunks of structured documentation may have a separate "E The results of expressions follow them and are introduced by "# => ", vertically aligned: ```ruby -# For checking if a fixnum is even or odd. +# For checking if an integer is even or odd. # # 1.even? # => false # 1.odd? # => true @@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ You can quickly test the RDoc output with the following command: ``` $ echo "+:to_param+" | rdoc --pipe -#=> <p><code>:to_param</code></p> +# => <p><code>:to_param</code></p> ``` ### Regular Font @@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ Methods created with `(module|class)_eval(STRING)` have a comment by their side ```ruby for severity in Severity.constants - class_eval <<-EOT, __FILE__, __LINE__ + class_eval <<-EOT, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{severity.downcase}(message = nil, progname = nil, &block) # def debug(message = nil, progname = nil, &block) add(#{severity}, message, progname, &block) # add(DEBUG, message, progname, &block) end # end @@ -326,10 +333,6 @@ As a contributor, it's important to think about whether this API is meant for en A class or module is marked with `:nodoc:` to indicate that all methods are internal API and should never be used directly. -If you come across an existing `:nodoc:` you should tread lightly. Consider asking someone from the core team or author of the code before removing it. This should almost always happen through a pull request instead of the docrails project. - -A `:nodoc:` should never be added simply because a method or class is missing documentation. There may be an instance where an internal public method wasn't given a `:nodoc:` by mistake, for example when switching a method from private to public visibility. When this happens it should be discussed over a PR on a case-by-case basis and never committed directly to docrails. - To summarize, the Rails team uses `:nodoc:` to mark publicly visible methods and classes for internal use; changes to the visibility of API should be considered carefully and discussed over a pull request first. Regarding the Rails Stack @@ -347,7 +350,7 @@ into account, one such example is ```ruby # image_tag("icon.png") -# # => <img alt="Icon" src="/assets/icon.png" /> +# # => <img src="/assets/icon.png" /> ``` Although the default behavior for `#image_tag` is to always return |