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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.**
+
Rails on Rack
=============
@@ -56,24 +58,6 @@ class Server < ::Rack::Server
end
```
-Here's how it loads the middlewares:
-
-```ruby
-def middleware
- middlewares = []
- middlewares << [Rails::Rack::Debugger] if options[:debugger]
- middlewares << [::Rack::ContentLength]
- Hash.new(middlewares)
-end
-```
-
-`Rails::Rack::Debugger` is primarily useful only in the development environment. The following table explains the usage of the loaded middlewares:
-
-| Middleware | Purpose |
-| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `Rails::Rack::Debugger` | Starts Debugger |
-| `Rack::ContentLength` | Counts the number of bytes in the response and set the HTTP Content-Length header |
-
### `rackup`
To use `rackup` instead of Rails' `rails server`, you can put the following inside `config.ru` of your Rails application's root directory:
@@ -81,9 +65,6 @@ To use `rackup` instead of Rails' `rails server`, you can put the following insi
```ruby
# Rails.root/config.ru
require ::File.expand_path('../config/environment', __FILE__)
-
-use Rails::Rack::Debugger
-use Rack::ContentLength
run Rails.application
```
@@ -99,6 +80,10 @@ To find out more about different `rackup` options:
$ rackup --help
```
+### Development and auto-reloading
+
+Middlewares are loaded once and are not monitored for changes. You will have to restart the server for changes to be reflected in the running application.
+
Action Dispatcher Middleware Stack
----------------------------------
@@ -136,7 +121,6 @@ use ActiveRecord::QueryCache
use ActionDispatch::Cookies
use ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore
use ActionDispatch::Flash
-use ActionDispatch::ParamsParser
use Rack::Head
use Rack::ConditionalGet
use Rack::ETag
@@ -187,7 +171,7 @@ Add the following lines to your application configuration:
```ruby
# config/application.rb
-config.middleware.delete "Rack::Lock"
+config.middleware.delete Rack::Lock
```
And now if you inspect the middleware stack, you'll find that `Rack::Lock` is
@@ -207,16 +191,16 @@ If you want to remove session related middleware, do the following:
```ruby
# config/application.rb
-config.middleware.delete "ActionDispatch::Cookies"
-config.middleware.delete "ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore"
-config.middleware.delete "ActionDispatch::Flash"
+config.middleware.delete ActionDispatch::Cookies
+config.middleware.delete ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore
+config.middleware.delete ActionDispatch::Flash
```
And to remove browser related middleware,
```ruby
# config/application.rb
-config.middleware.delete "Rack::MethodOverride"
+config.middleware.delete Rack::MethodOverride
```
### Internal Middleware Stack
@@ -229,7 +213,7 @@ Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The fol
**`ActionDispatch::Static`**
-* Used to serve static assets. Disabled if `config.serve_static_assets` is `false`.
+* Used to serve static files. Disabled if `config.serve_static_files` is `false`.
**`Rack::Lock`**
@@ -249,7 +233,7 @@ Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The fol
**`ActionDispatch::RequestId`**
-* Makes a unique `X-Request-Id` header available to the response and enables the `ActionDispatch::Request#uuid` method.
+* Makes a unique `X-Request-Id` header available to the response and enables the `ActionDispatch::Request#request_id` method.
**`Rails::Rack::Logger`**
@@ -273,7 +257,7 @@ Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The fol
**`ActionDispatch::Callbacks`**
-* Runs the prepare callbacks before serving the request.
+* Provides callbacks to be executed before and after dispatching the request.
**`ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending`**
@@ -299,11 +283,7 @@ Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The fol
* Sets up the flash keys. Only available if `config.action_controller.session_store` is set to a value.
-**`ActionDispatch::ParamsParser`**
-
-* Parses out parameters from the request into `params`.
-
-**`ActionDispatch::Head`**
+**`Rack::Head`**
* Converts HEAD requests to `GET` requests and serves them as so.
@@ -324,8 +304,6 @@ Resources
* [Official Rack Website](http://rack.github.io)
* [Introducing Rack](http://chneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2007/02/introducing-rack.html)
-* [Ruby on Rack #1 - Hello Rack!](http://m.onkey.org/ruby-on-rack-1-hello-rack)
-* [Ruby on Rack #2 - The Builder](http://m.onkey.org/ruby-on-rack-2-the-builder)
### Understanding Middlewares