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diff --git a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md index 34b9c0d2ca..b6ee7354f9 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md +++ b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.** +**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON https://guides.rubyonrails.org.** API Documentation Guidelines ============================ @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RDoc ---- The [Rails API documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org) is generated with -[RDoc](http://docs.seattlerb.org/rdoc/). To generate it, make sure you are +[RDoc](https://ruby.github.io/rdoc/). To generate it, make sure you are in the rails root directory, run `bundle install` and execute: ```bash @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ in the rails root directory, run `bundle install` and execute: 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 ------- @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Documentation has to be concise but comprehensive. Explore and document edge cas The proper names of Rails components have a space in between the words, like "Active Support". `ActiveRecord` is a Ruby module, whereas Active Record is an ORM. All Rails documentation should consistently refer to Rails components by their proper name, and if in your next blog post or presentation you remember this tidbit and take it into account that'd be phenomenal. -Spell names correctly: Arel, Test::Unit, RSpec, HTML, MySQL, JavaScript, ERB. When in doubt, please have a look at some authoritative source like their official documentation. +Spell names correctly: Arel, minitest, RSpec, HTML, MySQL, JavaScript, ERB. When in doubt, please have a look at some authoritative source like their official documentation. Use the article "an" for "SQL", as in "an SQL statement". Also "an SQLite database". @@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ 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](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_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 @@ -281,7 +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 @@ -333,10 +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 @@ -354,7 +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 |