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diff --git a/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.textile b/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.textile index 0f8fea2bf6..3524ea6595 100644 --- a/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.textile +++ b/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.textile @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ end h5(#actionview_deprecations). Deprecations -* Passing formats or handlers to render :template and friends like <tt>render :template => "foo.html.erb"</tt> is deprecated. Instead, you can provide :handlers and :formats directly as an options: <tt> render :template => "foo", :formats => [:html, :js], :handlers => :erb</tt>. +* Passing formats or handlers to render :template and friends like <tt>render :template => "foo.html.erb"</tt> is deprecated. Instead, you can provide :handlers and :formats directly as options: <tt> render :template => "foo", :formats => [:html, :js], :handlers => :erb</tt>. h4. Sprockets diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile index 52d134ace5..cc3350819b 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile +++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile @@ -148,18 +148,19 @@ In this case, when a user opens the URL +/clients/active+, +params[:status]+ wil h4. +default_url_options+ -You can set global default parameters that will be used when generating URLs with +default_url_options+. To do this, define a method with that name in your controller: +You can set global default parameters for URL generation by defining a method called +default_url_options+ in your controller. Such a method must return a hash with the desired defaults, whose keys must be symbols: <ruby> class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base - # The options parameter is the hash passed in to 'url_for' - def default_url_options(options) + def default_url_options {:locale => I18n.locale} end end </ruby> -These options will be used as a starting-point when generating URLs, so it's possible they'll be overridden by +url_for+. Because this method is defined in the controller, you can define it on +ApplicationController+ so it would be used for all URL generation, or you could define it on only one controller for all URLs generated there. +These options will be used as a starting point when generating URLs, so it's possible they'll be overridden by the options passed in +url_for+ calls. + +If you define +default_url_options+ in +ApplicationController+, as in the example above, it would be used for all URL generation. The method can also be defined in one specific controller, in which case it only affects URLs generated there. h3. Session diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile b/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile index 42120e9bad..6649974eea 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile +++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile @@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ Register one or more JavaScript files to be included when symbol is passed to ja ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper.register_javascript_expansion :monkey => ["head", "body", "tail"] javascript_include_tag :monkey # => - <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/head.js"></script> - <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/body.js"></script> - <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/tail.js"></script> + <script src="/javascripts/head.js"></script> + <script src="/javascripts/body.js"></script> + <script src="/javascripts/tail.js"></script> </ruby> h5. register_stylesheet_expansion @@ -563,9 +563,9 @@ Register one or more stylesheet files to be included when symbol is passed to +s ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper.register_stylesheet_expansion :monkey => ["head", "body", "tail"] stylesheet_link_tag :monkey # => - <link href="/stylesheets/head.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> - <link href="/stylesheets/body.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> - <link href="/stylesheets/tail.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> + <link href="/stylesheets/head.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" /> + <link href="/stylesheets/body.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" /> + <link href="/stylesheets/tail.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" /> </ruby> h5. auto_discovery_link_tag @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ Returns an html script tag for each of the sources provided. You can pass in the <ruby> javascript_include_tag "common" # => - <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/common.js"></script> + <script src="/javascripts/common.js"></script> </ruby> If the application does not use the asset pipeline, to include the jQuery JavaScript library in your application, pass +:defaults+ as the source. When using +:defaults+, if an +application.js+ file exists in your +public/javascripts+ directory, it will be included as well. @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ You can also cache multiple JavaScript files into one file, which requires less <ruby> javascript_include_tag :all, :cache => true # => - <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/all.js"></script> + <script src="/javascripts/all.js"></script> </ruby> h5. javascript_path @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ Returns a stylesheet link tag for the sources specified as arguments. If you don <ruby> stylesheet_link_tag "application" # => - <link href="/stylesheets/application.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> + <link href="/stylesheets/application.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" /> </ruby> You can also include all styles in the stylesheet directory using :all as the source: @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ You can also cache multiple stylesheets into one file, which requires less HTTP <ruby> stylesheet_link_tag :all, :cache => true - <link href="/stylesheets/all.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> + <link href="/stylesheets/all.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" /> </ruby> h5. stylesheet_path @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ For example, let's say we have a standard application layout, but also a special <p>This is a special page.</p> <% content_for :special_script do %> - <script type="text/javascript">alert('Hello!')</script> + <script>alert('Hello!')</script> <% end %> </ruby> @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ javascript_tag "alert('All is good')" </ruby> <html> -<script type="text/javascript"> +<script> //<![CDATA[ alert('All is good') //]]> diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile index c5755c8308..98937266ba 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile @@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ The field name can also be a string: Client.where('locked' => true) </ruby> +NOTE: The values cannot be symbols. For example, you cannot do +Client.where(:status => :active)+. + h5(#hash-range_conditions). Range Conditions The good thing about this is that we can pass in a range for our fields without it generating a large query as shown in the preamble of this section. @@ -539,7 +541,9 @@ And this will give you a single +Order+ object for each date where there are ord The SQL that would be executed would be something like this: <sql> -SELECT date(created_at) as ordered_date, sum(price) as total_price FROM orders GROUP BY date(created_at) +SELECT date(created_at) as ordered_date, sum(price) as total_price +FROM orders +GROUP BY date(created_at) </sql> h3. Having @@ -555,7 +559,10 @@ Order.select("date(created_at) as ordered_date, sum(price) as total_price").grou The SQL that would be executed would be something like this: <sql> -SELECT date(created_at) as ordered_date, sum(price) as total_price FROM orders GROUP BY date(created_at) HAVING sum(price) > 100 +SELECT date(created_at) as ordered_date, sum(price) as total_price +FROM orders +GROUP BY date(created_at) +HAVING sum(price) > 100 </sql> This will return single order objects for each day, but only those that are ordered more than $100 in a day. @@ -829,7 +836,7 @@ SELECT categories.* FROM categories INNER JOIN posts ON posts.category_id = categories.id </sql> -Or, in English: "return a Category object for all categories with posts". Note that you will see duplicate categories if more than one post has the same category. If you want unique categories, you can use Category.joins(:post).select("distinct(categories.id)"). +Or, in English: "return a Category object for all categories with posts". Note that you will see duplicate categories if more than one post has the same category. If you want unique categories, you can use Category.joins(:posts).select("distinct(categories.id)"). h5. Joining Multiple Associations @@ -1004,7 +1011,7 @@ Scopes are also chainable within scopes: <ruby> class Post < ActiveRecord::Base scope :published, -> { where(:published => true) } - scope :published_and_commented, -> { published.and(self.arel_table[:comments_count].gt(0)) } + scope :published_and_commented, -> { published.where("comments_count > 0") } end </ruby> diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.textile b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.textile index 464788f30f..d79eb01ab2 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.textile +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.textile @@ -328,9 +328,9 @@ This manifest +app/assets/javascripts/application.js+: would generate this HTML: <html> -<script src="/assets/core.js?body=1" type="text/javascript"></script> -<script src="/assets/projects.js?body=1" type="text/javascript"></script> -<script src="/assets/tickets.js?body=1" type="text/javascript"></script> +<script src="/assets/core.js?body=1"></script> +<script src="/assets/projects.js?body=1"></script> +<script src="/assets/tickets.js?body=1"></script> </html> The +body+ param is required by Sprockets. @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ config.assets.debug = false When debug mode is off, Sprockets concatenates and runs the necessary preprocessors on all files. With debug mode turned off the manifest above would generate instead: <html> -<script src="/assets/application.js" type="text/javascript"></script> +<script src="/assets/application.js"></script> </html> Assets are compiled and cached on the first request after the server is started. Sprockets sets a +must-revalidate+ Cache-Control HTTP header to reduce request overhead on subsequent requests -- on these the browser gets a 304 (Not Modified) response. @@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ For example this: generates something like this: <html> -<script src="/assets/application-908e25f4bf641868d8683022a5b62f54.js" type="text/javascript"></script> -<link href="/assets/application-4dd5b109ee3439da54f5bdfd78a80473.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> +<script src="/assets/application-908e25f4bf641868d8683022a5b62f54.js"></script> +<link href="/assets/application-4dd5b109ee3439da54f5bdfd78a80473.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" /> </html> The fingerprinting behavior is controlled by the setting of +config.assets.digest+ setting in Rails (which defaults to +true+ for production and +false+ for everything else). @@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ cannot see application objects or methods. *Heroku requires this to be false.* WARNING: If you set +config.assets.initialize_on_precompile+ to false, be sure to test +rake assets:precompile+ locally before deploying. It may expose bugs where your assets reference application objects or methods, since those are still -in scope in development mode regardless of the value of this flag. Changing this flag also effects +in scope in development mode regardless of the value of this flag. Changing this flag also affects engines. Engines can define assets for precompilation as well. Since the complete environment is not loaded, -engines (or other gems) will not be loaded which can cause missing assets. +engines (or other gems) will not be loaded, which can cause missing assets. Capistrano (v2.8.0 and above) includes a recipe to handle this in deployment. Add the following line to +Capfile+: diff --git a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.textile b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.textile index 0e811a2527..12bc32f4e1 100644 --- a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.textile +++ b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.textile @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ INFO: Page caching runs in an after filter. Thus, invalid requests won't generat h4. Action Caching -One of the issues with Page Caching is that you cannot use it for pages that require to restrict access somehow. This is where Action Caching comes in. Action Caching works like Page Caching except for the fact that the incoming web request does go from the webserver to the Rails stack and Action Pack so that before filters can be run on it before the cache is served. This allows authentication and other restriction to be run while still serving the result of the output from a cached copy. +Page Caching cannot be used for actions that have before filters - for example, pages that require authentication. This is where Action Caching comes in. Action Caching works like Page Caching except the incoming web request hits the Rails stack so that before filters can be run on it before the cache is served. This allows authentication and other restrictions to be run while still serving the result of the output from a cached copy. Clearing the cache works in a similar way to Page Caching, except you use +expire_action+ instead of +expire_page+. diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.textile b/guides/source/configuring.textile index 717654d5d8..1541428af9 100644 --- a/guides/source/configuring.textile +++ b/guides/source/configuring.textile @@ -525,6 +525,13 @@ development: password: </yaml> +If you use external connection pool manager, you can disable prepared statements in rails: +<yaml> +production: + adapter: postgresql + prepared_statements: false +</yaml> + h5. Configuring an SQLite3 Database for JRuby Platform If you choose to use SQLite3 and are using JRuby, your +config/database.yml+ will look a little different. Here's the development section: diff --git a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile index d0dbb1555a..fbb3483dae 100644 --- a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile +++ b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ h4. Install Git Ruby on Rails uses git for source code control. The "git homepage":http://git-scm.com/ has installation instructions. There are a variety of resources on the net that will help you get familiar with git: -* "Everyday Git":http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html will teach you just enough about git to get by. +* "Everyday Git":http://schacon.github.com/git/everyday.html will teach you just enough about git to get by. * The "PeepCode screencast":https://peepcode.com/products/git on git ($9) is easier to follow. * "GitHub":http://help.github.com offers links to a variety of git resources. * "Pro Git":http://progit.org/book/ is an entire book about git with a Creative Commons license. diff --git a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile index 57c7786636..903ed59e7b 100644 --- a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile +++ b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Completed in 0.01224 (81 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00044 (3%) | 302 Found [http://localh Adding extra logging like this makes it easy to search for unexpected or unusual behavior in your logs. If you add extra logging, be sure to make sensible use of log levels, to avoid filling your production logs with useless trivia. -h3. Debugging with +ruby-debug+ +h3. Debugging with the +debugger+ gem When your code is behaving in unexpected ways, you can try printing to logs or the console to diagnose the problem. Unfortunately, there are times when this sort of error tracking is not effective in finding the root cause of a problem. When you actually need to journey into your running source code, the debugger is your best companion. @@ -199,17 +199,13 @@ The debugger can also help you if you want to learn about the Rails source code h4. Setup -The debugger used by Rails, +ruby-debug+, comes as a gem. To install it, just run: +Rails uses the +debugger+ gem to set breakpoints and step through live code. To install it, just run: <shell> -$ sudo gem install ruby-debug +$ gem install debugger </shell> -TIP: If you are using Ruby 1.9, you can install a compatible version of +ruby-debug+ by running +sudo gem install ruby-debug19+ - -In case you want to download a particular version or get the source code, refer to the "project's page on rubyforge":http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-debug/. - -Rails has had built-in support for ruby-debug since Rails 2.0. Inside any Rails application you can invoke the debugger by calling the +debugger+ method. +Rails has had built-in support for debugging since Rails 2.0. Inside any Rails application you can invoke the debugger by calling the +debugger+ method. Here's an example: @@ -238,11 +234,11 @@ $ rails server --debugger ... </shell> -TIP: In development mode, you can dynamically +require \'ruby-debug\'+ instead of restarting the server, if it was started without +--debugger+. +TIP: In development mode, you can dynamically +require \'debugger\'+ instead of restarting the server, if it was started without +--debugger+. h4. The Shell -As soon as your application calls the +debugger+ method, the debugger will be started in a debugger shell inside the terminal window where you launched your application server, and you will be placed at ruby-debug's prompt +(rdb:n)+. The _n_ is the thread number. The prompt will also show you the next line of code that is waiting to run. +As soon as your application calls the +debugger+ method, the debugger will be started in a debugger shell inside the terminal window where you launched your application server, and you will be placed at the debugger's prompt +(rdb:n)+. The _n_ is the thread number. The prompt will also show you the next line of code that is waiting to run. If you got there by a browser request, the browser tab containing the request will be hung until the debugger has finished and the trace has finished processing the entire request. @@ -270,7 +266,7 @@ continue edit frame method putl set tmate where TIP: To view the help menu for any command use +help <command-name>+ in active debug mode. For example: _+help var+_ -The next command to learn is one of the most useful: +list+. You can also abbreviate ruby-debug commands by supplying just enough letters to distinguish them from other commands, so you can also use +l+ for the +list+ command. +The next command to learn is one of the most useful: +list+. You can abbreviate any debugging command by supplying just enough letters to distinguish them from other commands, so you can also use +l+ for the +list+ command. This command shows you where you are in the code by printing 10 lines centered around the current line; the current line in this particular case is line 6 and is marked by +=>+. @@ -347,7 +343,7 @@ h4. The Context When you start debugging your application, you will be placed in different contexts as you go through the different parts of the stack. -ruby-debug creates a context when a stopping point or an event is reached. The context has information about the suspended program which enables a debugger to inspect the frame stack, evaluate variables from the perspective of the debugged program, and contains information about the place where the debugged program is stopped. +The debugger creates a context when a stopping point or an event is reached. The context has information about the suspended program which enables a debugger to inspect the frame stack, evaluate variables from the perspective of the debugged program, and contains information about the place where the debugged program is stopped. At any time you can call the +backtrace+ command (or its alias +where+) to print the backtrace of the application. This can be very helpful to know how you got where you are. If you ever wondered about how you got somewhere in your code, then +backtrace+ will supply the answer. @@ -463,7 +459,7 @@ h4. Step by Step Now you should know where you are in the running trace and be able to print the available variables. But lets continue and move on with the application execution. -Use +step+ (abbreviated +s+) to continue running your program until the next logical stopping point and return control to ruby-debug. +Use +step+ (abbreviated +s+) to continue running your program until the next logical stopping point and return control to the debugger. TIP: You can also use <tt>step<plus> n</tt> and <tt>step- n</tt> to move forward or backward +n+ steps respectively. @@ -485,12 +481,12 @@ class Author < ActiveRecord::Base end </ruby> -TIP: You can use ruby-debug while using +rails console+. Just remember to +require "ruby-debug"+ before calling the +debugger+ method. +TIP: You can use the debugger while using +rails console+. Just remember to +require "debugger"+ before calling the +debugger+ method. <shell> $ rails console Loading development environment (Rails 3.1.0) ->> require "ruby-debug" +>> require "debugger" => [] >> author = Author.first => #<Author id: 1, first_name: "Bob", last_name: "Smith", created_at: "2008-07-31 12:46:10", updated_at: "2008-07-31 12:46:10"> @@ -603,7 +599,7 @@ A simple quit tries to terminate all threads in effect. Therefore your server wi h4. Settings -There are some settings that can be configured in ruby-debug to make it easier to debug your code. Here are a few of the available options: +The +debugger+ gem can automatically show the code you're stepping through and reload it when you change it in an editor. Here are a few of the available options: * +set reload+: Reload source code when changed. * +set autolist+: Execute +list+ command on every breakpoint. @@ -612,7 +608,7 @@ There are some settings that can be configured in ruby-debug to make it easier t You can see the full list by using +help set+. Use +help set _subcommand_+ to learn about a particular +set+ command. -TIP: You can include any number of these configuration lines inside a +.rdebugrc+ file in your HOME directory. ruby-debug will read this file every time it is loaded and configure itself accordingly. +TIP: You can save these settings in an +.rdebugrc+ file in your home directory. The debugger reads these global settings when it starts. Here's a good start for an +.rdebugrc+: @@ -637,7 +633,7 @@ If a Ruby object does not go out of scope, the Ruby Garbage Collector won't swee To install it run: <shell> -$ sudo gem install bleak_house +$ gem install bleak_house </shell> Then setup your application for profiling. Then add the following at the bottom of config/environment.rb: @@ -703,11 +699,12 @@ There are some Rails plugins to help you to find errors and debug your applicati h3. References * "ruby-debug Homepage":http://www.datanoise.com/ruby-debug +* "debugger Homepage":http://github.com/cldwalker/debugger * "Article: Debugging a Rails application with ruby-debug":http://www.sitepoint.com/article/debug-rails-app-ruby-debug/ * "ruby-debug Basics screencast":http://brian.maybeyoureinsane.net/blog/2007/05/07/ruby-debug-basics-screencast/ -* "Ryan Bate's ruby-debug screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/54-debugging-with-ruby-debug -* "Ryan Bate's stack trace screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/24-the-stack-trace -* "Ryan Bate's logger screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/56-the-logger +* "Ryan Bates' debugging ruby (revised) screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/54-debugging-ruby-revised +* "Ryan Bates' stack trace screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/24-the-stack-trace +* "Ryan Bates' logger screencast":http://railscasts.com/episodes/56-the-logger * "Debugging with ruby-debug":http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/ruby-debug.html * "ruby-debug cheat sheet":http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/rdebug/ * "Ruby on Rails Wiki: How to Configure Logging":http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConfigureLogging diff --git a/guides/source/form_helpers.textile b/guides/source/form_helpers.textile index 8934667c5e..b6420db798 100644 --- a/guides/source/form_helpers.textile +++ b/guides/source/form_helpers.textile @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ form_tag(:controller => "people", :action => "search", :method => "get", :class # => '<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/people/search?method=get&class=nifty_form" method="post">' </ruby> -Here, +method+ and +class+ are appended to the query string of the generated URL because you even though you mean to write two hashes, you really only specified one. So you need to tell Ruby which is which by delimiting the first hash (or both) with curly brackets. This will generate the HTML you expect: +Here, +method+ and +class+ are appended to the query string of the generated URL because even though you mean to write two hashes, you really only specified one. So you need to tell Ruby which is which by delimiting the first hash (or both) with curly brackets. This will generate the HTML you expect: <ruby> form_tag({:controller => "people", :action => "search"}, :method => "get", :class => "nifty_form") diff --git a/guides/source/generators.textile b/guides/source/generators.textile index 920ff997ae..e9d713d91d 100644 --- a/guides/source/generators.textile +++ b/guides/source/generators.textile @@ -451,6 +451,27 @@ Adds a specified source to +Gemfile+: add_source "http://gems.github.com" </ruby> +h4. +inject_into_file+ + +Injects a block of code into a defined position in your file. + +<ruby> +inject_into_file 'name_of_file.rb', :after => "#The code goes below this line. Don't forget the Line break at the end\n" do <<-'RUBY' + puts "Hello World" +RUBY +end +</ruby> + +h4. +gsub_file+ + +Replaces text inside a file. + +<ruby> +gsub_file 'name_of_file.rb', 'method.to_be_replaced', 'method.the_replacing_code' +</ruby + +Regular Expressions can be used to make this method more precise. You can also use append_file and prepend_file in the same way to place code at the beginning and end of a file respectively. + h4. +application+ Adds a line to +config/application.rb+ directly after the application class definition. diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/guides/source/getting_started.textile index d12606c5de..88d5ce6d9b 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ you should be familiar with: endprologue. -WARNING. This Guide is based on Rails 3.1. Some of the code shown here will not +WARNING. This Guide is based on Rails 3.2. Some of the code shown here will not work in earlier versions of Rails. WARNING: The Edge version of this guide is currently being re-worked. Please excuse us while we re-arrange the place. @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ prerequisites installed: TIP: Note that Ruby 1.8.7 p248 and p249 have marshaling bugs that crash Rails 3.0. Ruby Enterprise Edition have these fixed since release 1.8.7-2010.02 though. On the 1.9 front, Ruby 1.9.1 is not usable because it outright segfaults -on Rails 3.0, so if you want to use Rails 3 with 1.9.x jump on 1.9.2 for smooth -sailing. +on Rails 3.0, so if you want to use Rails 3 with 1.9.x jump on 1.9.2 or +1.9.3 for smooth sailing. * The "RubyGems":http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126 packaging system ** If you want to learn more about RubyGems, please read the "RubyGems User Guide":http://docs.rubygems.org/read/book/1 @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ h3. Creating a New Rails Project The best way to use this guide is to follow each step as it happens, no code or step needed to make this example application has been left out, so you can -literally follow along step by step. You can get the complete code "here":https://github.com/lifo/docrails/tree/master/guides/code/getting_started. +literally follow along step by step. You can get the complete code +"here":https://github.com/lifo/docrails/tree/master/guides/code/getting_started. By following along with this guide, you'll create a Rails project called <tt>blog</tt>, a (very) simple weblog. Before you can start building the application, you need to @@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ To verify that you have everything installed correctly, you should be able to ru $ rails --version </shell> -If it says something like "Rails 3.2.2" you are ready to continue. +If it says something like "Rails 3.2.3" you are ready to continue. h4. Creating the Blog Application @@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ $ rails new blog This will create a Rails application called Blog in a directory called blog. -TIP: You can see all of the switches that the Rails application builder accepts by running <tt>rails new -h</tt>. +TIP: You can see all of the command line options that the Rails application builder accepts by running <tt>rails new -h</tt>. After you create the blog application, switch to its folder to continue work directly in that application: @@ -119,10 +120,10 @@ After you create the blog application, switch to its folder to continue work dir $ cd blog </shell> -The +rails new blog+ command we ran above created a folder in your working directory called <tt>blog</tt>. The <tt>blog</tt> directory has a number of auto-generated folders that make up the structure of a Rails application. Most of the work in this tutorial will happen in the <tt>app/</tt> folder, but here's a basic rundown on the function of each of the files and folders that Rails created by default: +The +rails new blog+ command we ran above created a folder in your working directory called <tt>blog</tt>. The <tt>blog</tt> directory has a number of auto-generated files and folders that make up the structure of a Rails application. Most of the work in this tutorial will happen in the <tt>app/</tt> folder, but here's a basic rundown on the function of each of the files and folders that Rails created by default: |_.File/Folder|_.Purpose| -|app/|Contains the controllers, models, views and assets for your application. You'll focus on this folder for the remainder of this guide.| +|app/|Contains the controllers, models, views, helpers, mailers and assets for your application. You'll focus on this folder for the remainder of this guide.| |config/|Configure your application's runtime rules, routes, database, and more. This is covered in more detail in "Configuring Rails Applications":configuring.html| |config.ru|Rack configuration for Rack based servers used to start the application.| |db/|Contains your current database schema, as well as the database migrations.| @@ -225,7 +226,6 @@ h4. Laying down the ground work The first thing that you are going to need to create a new post within the application is a place to do that. A great place for that would be at +/posts/new+. If you attempt to navigate to that now -- by visiting "http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/new -- Rails will give you a routing error: - !images/getting_started/routing_error_no_route_matches.png(A routing error, no route matches /posts/new)! This is because there is nowhere inside the routes for the application -- defined inside +config/routes.rb+ -- that defines this route. By default, Rails has no routes configured at all, and so you must define your routes as you need them. @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ This route is a super-simple route: it defines a new route that only responds to With the route defined, requests can now be made to +/posts/new+ in the application. Navigate to "http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/new and you'll see another routing error: -!images/getting_started/routing_error_no_controller.png(Another routing error, uninitialized constant PostsController) +!images/getting_started/routing_error_no_controller.png(Another routing error, uninitialized constant PostsController)! This error is happening because this route need a controller to be defined. The route is attempting to find that controller so it can serve the request, but with the controller undefined, it just can't do that. The solution to this particular problem is simple: you need to create a controller called +PostsController+. You can do this by running this command: @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ A controller is simply a class that is defined to inherit from +ApplicationContr If you refresh "http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/new now, you'll get a new error: -!images/getting_started/unknown_action_new_for_posts.png(Unknown action new for PostsController!) +!images/getting_started/unknown_action_new_for_posts.png(Unknown action new for PostsController!)! This error indicates that Rails cannot find the +new+ action inside the +PostsController+ that you just generated. This is because when controllers are generated in Rails they are empty by default, unless you tell it you wanted actions during the generation process. @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ end With the +new+ method defined in +PostsController+, if you refresh "http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/new you'll see another error: -!images/getting_started/template_is_missing_posts_new.png(Template is missing for posts/new) +!images/getting_started/template_is_missing_posts_new.png(Template is missing for posts/new)! You're getting this error now because Rails expects plain actions like this one to have views associated with them to display their information. With no view available, Rails errors out. @@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ Missing template posts/new, application/new with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:ht That's quite a lot of text! Let's quickly go through and understand what each part of it does. -The first part identifies what template is missing. In this case, it's the +posts/new+ template. Rails will first look for this template. If it can't find it, then it will attempt to load a template called +application/new+. It looks for one here because the +PostsController+ inherits from +ApplicationController+. +The first part identifies what template is missing. In this case, it's the +posts/new+ template. Rails will first look for this template. If not found, then it will attempt to load a template called +application/new+. It looks for one here because the +PostsController+ inherits from +ApplicationController+. -The next part of the message contains a hash. The +:locale+ key in this hash simply indicates what spoken language template should be retrieved. By default, this is the English -- or "en" -- template. The next key, +:formats+ shows what formats of template Rails is after. The default is +:html+, and so Rails is looking for an HTML template. The final key, +:handlers+, is telling us what _template handlers_ could be used to render our template. +:erb+ is most commonly used for HTML templates, +:builder+ is used for XML templates, and +:coffee+ uses CoffeeScript to build JavaScript templates. +The next part of the message contains a hash. The +:locale+ key in this hash simply indicates what spoken language template should be retrieved. By default, this is the English -- or "en" -- template. The next key, +:formats+ specifies the format of template to be served in response . The default format is +:html+, and so Rails is looking for an HTML template. The final key, +:handlers+, is telling us what _template handlers_ could be used to render our template. +:erb+ is most commonly used for HTML templates, +:builder+ is used for XML templates, and +:coffee+ uses CoffeeScript to build JavaScript templates. The final part of this message tells us where Rails has looked for the templates. Templates within a basic Rails application like this are kept in a single location, but in more complex applications it could be many different paths. -The simplest template that would work in this case would be one located at +app/views/posts/new.html.erb+. The extension of this file name is key: the first extension is the _format_ of the template, and the second extension is the _handler_ that will be used. Rails is attempting to find a template called +posts/new+ within +app/views+ for the application. The format for this template can only be +html+ and the handler must be one of +erb+, +builder+ or +coffee+. Because you want to create a new HTML form, you will be using the +ERB+ language. Therefore the file should be called +posts/new.html.erb+ and be located inside the +app/views+ directory of the application. +The simplest template that would work in this case would be one located at +app/views/posts/new.html.erb+. The extension of this file name is key: the first extension is the _format_ of the template, and the second extension is the _handler_ that will be used. Rails is attempting to find a template called +posts/new+ within +app/views+ for the application. The format for this template can only be +html+ and the handler must be one of +erb+, +builder+ or +coffee+. Because you want to create a new HTML form, you will be using the +ERB+ language. Therefore the file should be called +posts/new.html.erb+ and needs to be located inside the +app/views+ directory of the application. Go ahead now and create a new file at +app/views/posts/new.html.erb+ and write this content in it: @@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ When you refresh "http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/n h4. The first form -To create a form within this template, you will use a _form builder_. The primary form builder for Rails is provided by a helper method called +form_for+. To use this method, write this code into +app/views/posts/new.html.erb+: +To create a form within this template, you will use a <em>form +builder</em>. The primary form builder for Rails is provided by a helper +method called +form_for+. To use this method, add this code into +app/views/posts/new.html.erb+: <erb> <%= form_for :post do |f| %> @@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ By using the +post+ method rather than the +get+ method, Rails will define a rou With the form and the route for it defined now, you will be able to fill in the form and then click the submit button to begin the process of creating a new post, so go ahead and do that. When you submit the form, you should see a familiar error: -!images/getting_started/unknown_action_create_for_posts(Unknown action create for PostsController)! +!images/getting_started/unknown_action_create_for_posts.png(Unknown action create for PostsController)! You will now need to create the +create+ action within the +PostsController+ for this to work. @@ -385,10 +387,30 @@ If you re-submit the form one more time you'll now no longer get the missing tem This action is now displaying the parameters for the post that are coming in from the form. However, this isn't really all that helpful. Yes, you can see the parameters but nothing in particular is being done with them. +h4. Creating the Post model + +Rails uses models to manage database objects, so if you want to save +data to the database you'll have to create a model. In our blog +application you want to save posts, so you'll create a +Post+ model. + +You can create a model with the following command: + +<shell> +$ rails generate model Post title:string text:text +</shell> + +With that command we told Rails that we want a +Post+ model, which in +turn should have a title attribute of type string, and a text attribute +of type text. Rails in turn responded by creating a bunch of files. For +now, we're only interested in +app/models/post.rb+ and ++db/migrate/20120419084633_create_posts.rb+. The latter is responsible +for creating the dabase structure, which is what we'll look at next. + h4. Running a Migration -One of the products of the +rails generate scaffold+ command is a _database -migration_. Migrations are Ruby classes that are designed to make it simple to +As we've just seen, +rails generate model+ created a _database +migration_ file inside the +db/migrate+ directory. +Migrations are Ruby classes that are designed to make it simple to create and modify database tables. Rails uses rake commands to run migrations, and it's possible to undo a migration after it's been applied to your database. Migration filenames include a timestamp to ensure that they're processed in the @@ -401,9 +423,8 @@ yours will have a slightly different name), here's what you'll find: class CreatePosts < ActiveRecord::Migration def change create_table :posts do |t| - t.string :name t.string :title - t.text :content + t.text :text t.timestamps end @@ -415,7 +436,7 @@ The above migration creates a method named +change+ which will be called when yo run this migration. The action defined in this method is also reversible, which means Rails knows how to reverse the change made by this migration, in case you want to reverse it later. When you run this migration it will create a -+posts+ table with two string columns and a text column. It also creates two ++posts+ table with one string column and a text column. It also creates two timestamp fields to allow Rails to track post creation and update times. More information about Rails migrations can be found in the "Rails Database Migrations":migrations.html guide. @@ -442,41 +463,191 @@ command will apply to the database defined in the +development+ section of your environment, for instance in production, you must explicitly pass it when invoking the command: <tt>rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production</tt>. -h4. Adding a Link +h4. Saving data in the controller + +Back into +posts_controller+, we need to change the +create+ action +to use the new +Post+ model to save data in the database. Open that file +and change the +create+ action to look like the following: + +<ruby> +def create + @post = Post.new(params[:post]) + + @post.save + redirect_to :action => :show, :id => @post.id +end +</ruby> + +Here's what's going on: every Rails model can be initialized with its +respective attributes, which are automatically mapped to its +database columns. In the first line we do just that (remember that ++params[:post]+ contains the attributes we're interested in). Then, ++@post.save+ is responsible for saving the model in the database. +Finally, on the last line we redirect the user to the +show+ action, +wich we have not defined yet. + +TIP: As we'll see later, +@post.save+ returns a boolean indicating +wherever the model was saved or not, and you can (and usually do) take +different actions depending on the result of calling +@post.save+. + +h4. Showing posts + +Before trying to create a new post, let's add the +show+ action, which +will be responsible for showing our posts. Open +config/routes.rb+ +and add the following route: + +<ruby> +get "posts/:id" => "posts#show" +</ruby> + +The special syntax +:id+ tells rails that this route expects an +:id+ +parameter, which in our case will be the id of the post. Note that this +time we had to specify the actual mapping, +posts#show+ because +otherwise Rails would not know which action to render. + +As we did before, we need to add the +show+ action in the ++posts_controller+ and its respective view. + +<ruby> +def show + @post = Post.find(params[:id]) +end +</ruby> + +A couple of things to note. We use +Post.find+ to find the post we're +interested in. We also use an instance variable (prefixed by +@+) to +hold a reference to the post object. We do this because Rails will pass all instance +variables to the view. + +Now, create a new file +app/view/posts/show.html.erb+ with the following +content: + +<erb> +<p> + <strong>Title:</strong> + <%= @post.title %> +</p> + +<p> + <strong>Text:</strong> + <%= @post.text %> +</p> +</erb> + +Finally, if you now go to +"http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/new you'll +be able to create a post. Try it! + +!images/getting_started/show_action_for_posts.png(Show action for posts)! + +h4. Listing all posts + +We still need a way to list all our posts, so let's do that. As usual, +we'll need a route, a controller action, and a view: + +<ruby> +# Add to config/routes.rb +get "posts" => "posts#index" + +# Add to app/controllers/posts_controller.rb +def index + @posts = Post.all +end +</ruby> + ++app/view/posts/index.html.erb+: + +<erb> +<h1>Listing posts</h1> + +<table> + <tr> + <th>Title</th> + <th>Text</th> + </tr> + +<% @posts.each do |post| %> + <tr> + <td><%= post.title %></td> + <td><%= post.text %></td> + </tr> +<% end %> +</table> +</erb> + +h4. Adding links + +You can now create, show, and list posts. Now let's add some links to +navigate through pages. -To hook the posts up to the home page you've already created, you can add a link -to the home page. Open +app/views/welcome/index.html.erb+ and modify it as follows: +Open +app/views/welcome/index.html.erb+ and modify it as follows: <ruby> <h1>Hello, Rails!</h1> -<%= link_to "My Blog", posts_path %> +<%= link_to "My Blog", :controller => "posts" %> </ruby> The +link_to+ method is one of Rails' built-in view helpers. It creates a hyperlink based on text to display and where to go - in this case, to the path for posts. -h4. Working with Posts in the Browser +Let's add links to the other views as well. -Now you're ready to start working with posts. To do that, navigate to -"http://localhost:3000":http://localhost:3000/ and then click the "My Blog" -link: +<erb> +# app/views/posts/index.html.erb -!images/posts_index.png(Posts Index screenshot)! +<h1>Listing posts</h1> -This is the result of Rails rendering the +index+ view of your posts. There -aren't currently any posts in the database, but if you click the +New Post+ link -you can create one. After that, you'll find that you can edit posts, look at -their details, or destroy them. All of the logic and HTML to handle this was -built by the single +rails generate scaffold+ command. +<%= link_to 'New post', :action => :new %> + +<table> + <tr> + <th>Title</th> + <th>Text</th> + <th></th> + </tr> + +<% @posts.each do |post| %> + <tr> + <td><%= post.title %></td> + <td><%= post.text %></td> + <td><%= link_to 'Show', :action => :show, :id => post.id %></td> + </tr> +<% end %> +</table> + +# app/views/posts/new.html.erb + +<%= form_for :post do |f| %> + ... +<% end %> + +<%= link_to 'Back', :action => :index %> + +# app/views/posts/show.html.erb + +<p> + <strong>Title:</strong> + <%= @post.title %> +</p> + +<p> + <strong>Text:</strong> + <%= @post.text %> +</p> + +<%= link_to 'Back', :action => :index %> +</erb> + +TIP: If you want to link to an action in the same controller, you don't +need to specify the +:controller+ option, as Rails will use the current +controller by default. TIP: In development mode (which is what you're working in by default), Rails reloads your application with every browser request, so there's no need to stop -and restart the web server. - -Congratulations, you're riding the rails! Now it's time to see how it all works. +and restart the web server when a change is made. -h4. The Model +h4. Adding Some Validation The model file, +app/models/post.rb+ is about as simple as it can get: @@ -491,24 +662,273 @@ your Rails models for free, including basic database CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Destroy) operations, data validation, as well as sophisticated search support and the ability to relate multiple models to one another. -h4. Adding Some Validation - Rails includes methods to help you validate the data that you send to models. Open the +app/models/post.rb+ file and edit it: <ruby> class Post < ActiveRecord::Base - validates :name, :presence => true validates :title, :presence => true, :length => { :minimum => 5 } end </ruby> -These changes will ensure that all posts have a name and a title, and that the -title is at least five characters long. Rails can validate a variety of -conditions in a model, including the presence or uniqueness of columns, their +These changes will ensure that all posts have a title that is at least five characters long. +Rails can validate a variety of conditions in a model, including the presence or uniqueness of columns, their format, and the existence of associated objects. Validations are covered in detail -in "Active Record Validations and Callbacks":active_record_validations_callbacks.html#validations-overview +in "Active Record Validations and +Callbacks":active_record_validations_callbacks.html#validations-overview + +If you open +posts_controller+ again, you'll notice that we don't check +the result of calling +@post.save+. We need to change its behavior to +show the form back to the user if any error occur: + +<ruby> +def new + @post = Post.new +end + +def create + @post = Post.new(params[:post]) + + if @post.save + redirect_to :action => :show, :id => @post.id + else + render 'new' + end +end +</ruby> + +Notice that I've also added +@post = Post.new+ to the +new+ action. I'll +explain why I did that in the next section, for now add that to your +controller as well. + +Also notice that we use +render+ instead of +redirect_to+ when +save+ +returns false. We can use +render+ so that the +@post+ object is passed +back to the view. + +If you reload +"http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/new and +try to save a post without a title, Rails will send you back to the +form, but that's not very useful. You need to tell the user that +something went wrong. To do that, you'll modify ++app/views/posts/index.html.erb+ to check for error messages: + +<erb> +<%= form_for :post, :url => { :action => :create } do |f| %> + <% if @post.errors.any? %> + <div id="errorExplanation"> + <h2><%= pluralize(@post.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited + this post from being saved:</h2> + <ul> + <% @post.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %> + <li><%= msg %></li> + <% end %> + </ul> + </div> + <% end %> + <p> + <%= f.label :title %><br> + <%= f.text_field :title %> + </p> + + <p> + <%= f.label :text %><br> + <%= f.text_area :text %> + </p> + + <p> + <%= f.submit %> + </p> +<% end %> + +<%= link_to 'Back', :action => :index %> +</erb> + +A few things are going on. We check if there are any errors with ++@post.errors.any?+, and in that case we show a list of all +errors with +@post.errors.full_messages+. + ++pluralize+ is a rails helper +that takes a number and a string as its arguments. If the number is +greater than one, the string will be automatically pluralized. + +The reason why we added +@post = Post.new+ in +posts_controller+ is that +otherwise +@post+ would be +nil+ in our view, and calling ++@post.errors.any?+ would throw an error. + +TIP: Rails automatically wraps fields that contain an error with a div +with class +field_with_errors+. You can define a css rule to make them +standout. + +Now you'll get a nice error message when saving a post without title: + +!images/getting_started/form_with_errors.png(Form With Errors)! + +h4. Updating Posts + +We've covered the "CR" part of CRUD. Now let's focus on the "U" part, +updating posts. + +The first step we'll take is adding a +edit+ action to ++posts_controller+. + +Start by adding a route to +config/routes.rb+: + +<ruby> +get "posts/:id/edit" => "posts#edit" +</ruby> + +And then add the controller action: + +<ruby> +def edit + @post = Post.find(params[:id]) +end +</ruby> + +The view will contain a form similar to the one we used when creating +new posts. Create a file called +app/views/posts/edit.html.erb+ and make +it look as follows: + +<erb> +<h1>Editing post</h1> + +<%= form_for :post, :url => { :action => :update, :id => @post.id }, +:method => :put do |f| %> + <% if @post.errors.any? %> + <div id="errorExplanation"> + <h2><%= pluralize(@post.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited + this post from being saved:</h2> + <ul> + <% @post.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %> + <li><%= msg %></li> + <% end %> + </ul> + </div> + <% end %> + <p> + <%= f.label :title %><br> + <%= f.text_field :title %> + </p> + + <p> + <%= f.label :text %><br> + <%= f.text_area :text %> + </p> + + <p> + <%= f.submit %> + </p> +<% end %> + +<%= link_to 'Back', :action => :index %> +</erb> + +This time we point the form to the +update+ action (not defined yet). +The +:method => :put+ option tells Rails that we want this form to be +submitted via +put+, which is the http method you're expected to use to +*update* resources according to the REST protocol. + +TIP: By default forms built with the +form_for_ helper are sent via +POST+. + +Moving on, we need to add the +update+ action. The file ++config/routes.rb+ will need just one more line: + +<ruby> +put "posts/:id/update" +</ruby> + +And the +update+ action in +posts_controller+ itself should not look too complicated by now: + +<ruby> +def update + @post = Post.find(params[:id]) + + if @post.update_attributes(params[:post]) + redirect_to :action => :show, :id => @post.id + else + render 'edit' + end +end +</ruby> + +The new method +update_attributes+ is used when you want to update a record +that already exists, and it accepts an hash containing the attributes +that you want to update. As before, if there was an error updating the +post we want to show the form back to the user. + +TIP: you don't need to pass all attributes to +update_attributes+. For +example, if you'd call +@post.update_attributes(:title => 'A new title')+ +Rails would only update the +title+ attribute, leaving all other +attributes untouched. + +Finally, we want to show a link to the +edit+ action in the +index+ and ++show+ views: + +<erb> +# app/view/posts/index.html.erb + +<table> + <tr> + <th>Title</th> + <th>Text</th> + <th></th> + <th></th> + </tr> + +<% @posts.each do |post| %> + <tr> + <td><%= post.title %></td> + <td><%= post.text %></td> + <td><%= link_to 'Show', :action => :show, :id => post.id %></td> + <td><%= link_to 'Edit', :action => :edit, :id => post.id %></td> + </tr> +<% end %> +</table> + +# app/view/posts/show.html.erb + +... + +<%= link_to 'Back', :action => :index %> +| <%= link_to 'Edit', :action => :edit, :id => @post.id %> +</erb> + +And here's how our app looks so far: + +!images/getting_started/index_action_with_edit_link.png(Index action +with edit link)! + +h4. Using partials to clean up duplication in views + ++partials+ are what Rails uses to remove duplication in views. Here's a +simple example: + +<erb> +# app/views/user/show.html.erb + +<h1><%= @user.name %></h1> + +<%= render 'user_details' %> + +# app/views/user/_user_details.html.erb + +<%= @user.location %> + +<%= @user.about_me %> +</erb> + +The +show+ view will automatically include the content of the ++_user_details+ view. Note that partials are prefixed by an underscore, +as to not be confused with regular views. However, you don't include the +underscore when including them with the +helper+ method. + +TIP: You can red more about partials in the "Layouts and Rendering in +Rails":layouts_and_rendering.html guide. + +Our +edit+ action looks very similar to the +new+ action, in fact they +both share the same code for displaying the form. Lets clean them up by +using a +_form+ partial. h4. Using the Console diff --git a/guides/source/i18n.textile b/guides/source/i18n.textile index 320f1e9d20..6179694c40 100644 --- a/guides/source/i18n.textile +++ b/guides/source/i18n.textile @@ -866,19 +866,35 @@ The I18n API will catch all of these exceptions when they are thrown in the back The reason for this is that during development you'd usually want your views to still render even though a translation is missing. -In other contexts you might want to change this behaviour, though. E.g. the default exception handling does not allow to catch missing translations during automated tests easily. For this purpose a different exception handler can be specified. The specified exception handler must be a method on the I18n module: +In other contexts you might want to change this behaviour, though. E.g. the default exception handling does not allow to catch missing translations during automated tests easily. For this purpose a different exception handler can be specified. The specified exception handler must be a method on the I18n module or a class with +#call+ method: <ruby> module I18n - def self.just_raise_that_exception(*args) - raise args.first + class JustRaiseExceptionHandler < ExceptionHandler + def call(exception, locale, key, options) + if exception.is_a?(MissingTranslation) + raise exception.to_exception + else + super + end + end end end -I18n.exception_handler = :just_raise_that_exception +I18n.exception_handler = I18n::JustRaiseExceptionHandler.new </ruby> -This would re-raise all caught exceptions including +MissingTranslationData+. +This would re-raise only the +MissingTranslationData+ exception, passing all other input to the default exception handler. + +However, if you are using +I18n::Backend::Pluralization+ this handler will also raise +I18n::MissingTranslationData: translation missing: en.i18n.plural.rule+ exception that should normally be ignored to fall back to the default pluralization rule for English locale. To avoid this you may use additional check for translation key: + +<ruby> +if exception.is_a?(MissingTranslation) && key.to_s != 'i18n.plural.rule' + raise exception.to_exception +else + super +end +</ruby> Another example where the default behaviour is less desirable is the Rails TranslationHelper which provides the method +#t+ (as well as +#translate+). When a +MissingTranslationData+ exception occurs in this context, the helper wraps the message into a span with the CSS class +translation_missing+. diff --git a/guides/source/layout.html.erb b/guides/source/layout.html.erb index 35b6fc7014..0a8daf7ae5 100644 --- a/guides/source/layout.html.erb +++ b/guides/source/layout.html.erb @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheets/syntaxhighlighter/shThemeRailsGuides.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheets/fixes.css" /> + +<link href="images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> </head> <body class="guide"> <% if @edge %> diff --git a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile index 7c7fc7044c..c2bba56581 100644 --- a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile +++ b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ You can specify a full path relative to the document root, or a URL, if you pref Rails will then output a +script+ tag such as this: <html> -<script src='/assets/main.js' type="text/javascript"></script> +<script src='/assets/main.js'></script> </html> The request to this asset is then served by the Sprockets gem. @@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ If the application does not use the asset pipeline, the +:defaults+ option loads Outputting +script+ tags such as this: <html> -<script src="/javascripts/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> -<script src="/javascripts/jquery_ujs.js" type="text/javascript"></script> +<script src="/javascripts/jquery.js"></script> +<script src="/javascripts/jquery_ujs.js"></script> </html> These two files for jQuery, +jquery.js+ and +jquery_ujs.js+ must be placed inside +public/javascripts+ if the application doesn't use the asset pipeline. These files can be downloaded from the "jquery-rails repository on GitHub":https://github.com/indirect/jquery-rails/tree/master/vendor/assets/javascripts @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ To include +http://example.com/main.css+: <%= stylesheet_link_tag "http://example.com/main.css" %> </erb> -By default, the +stylesheet_link_tag+ creates links with +media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"+. You can override any of these defaults by specifying an appropriate option (+:media+, +:rel+, or +:type+): +By default, the +stylesheet_link_tag+ creates links with +media="screen" rel="stylesheet"+. You can override any of these defaults by specifying an appropriate option (+:media+, +:rel+): <erb> <%= stylesheet_link_tag "main_print", :media => "print" %> @@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ Suppose you have the following +ApplicationController+ layout: <head> <title><%= @page_title or 'Page Title' %></title> <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'layout' %> - <style type="text/css"><%= yield :stylesheets %></style> + <style><%= yield :stylesheets %></style> </head> <body> <div id="top_menu">Top menu items here</div> diff --git a/guides/source/migrations.textile b/guides/source/migrations.textile index cb7ee1e6a2..f855072fd8 100644 --- a/guides/source/migrations.textile +++ b/guides/source/migrations.textile @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ end This migration adds a table called +products+ with a string column called +name+ and a text column called +description+. A primary key column called +id+ will -also be added, however since this is the default we do not need to ask for this. +also be added, however since this is the default we do not need to explicitly specify it. The timestamp columns +created_at+ and +updated_at+ which Active Record populates automatically will also be added. Reversing this migration is as simple as dropping the table. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class AddReceiveNewsletterToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration change_table :users do |t| t.boolean :receive_newsletter, :default => false end - User.update_all ["receive_newsletter = ?", true] + User.update_all :receive_newsletter => true end def down @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ it to default to +false+ for new users, but existing users are considered to have already opted in, so we use the User model to set the flag to +true+ for existing users. +h4. Using the change method + Rails 3.1 makes migrations smarter by providing a new <tt>change</tt> method. This method is preferred for writing constructive migrations (adding columns or tables). The migration knows how to migrate your database and reverse it when @@ -475,7 +477,16 @@ end </ruby> will add an +attachment_id+ column and a string +attachment_type+ column with -a default value of 'Photo'. +a default value of 'Photo'. +references+ also allows you to define an +index directly, instead of using +add_index+ after the +create_table+ call: + +<ruby> +create_table :products do |t| + t.references :category, :index => true +end +</ruby> + +will create an index identical to calling `add_index :products, :category_id`. NOTE: The +references+ helper does not actually create foreign key constraints for you. You will need to use +execute+ or a plugin that adds "foreign key @@ -635,10 +646,9 @@ example, $ rake db:migrate:up VERSION=20080906120000 </shell> -will run the +up+ method from the 20080906120000 migration. These tasks still -check whether the migration has already run, so for example +db:migrate:up -VERSION=20080906120000+ will do nothing if Active Record believes that -20080906120000 has already been run. +will run the +up+ method from the 20080906120000 migration. This task will first +check whether the migration is already performed and will do nothing if Active Record believes +that it has already been run. h4. Changing the output of running migrations @@ -728,7 +738,7 @@ class AddFlagToProduct < ActiveRecord::Migration def change add_column :products, :flag, :boolean Product.all.each do |product| - product.update_attributes!(:flag => 'false') + product.update_attributes!(:flag => false) end end end @@ -771,7 +781,7 @@ Both migrations work for Alice. Bob comes back from vacation and: -# Updates the source - which contains both migrations and the latests version of +# Updates the source - which contains both migrations and the latest version of the Product model. # Runs outstanding migrations with +rake db:migrate+, which includes the one that updates the +Product+ model. @@ -804,7 +814,7 @@ class AddFlagToProduct < ActiveRecord::Migration end def change - add_column :products, :flag, :integer + add_column :products, :flag, :boolean Product.reset_column_information Product.all.each do |product| product.update_attributes!(:flag => false) diff --git a/guides/source/plugins.textile b/guides/source/plugins.textile index 97b4eca779..95e38db483 100644 --- a/guides/source/plugins.textile +++ b/guides/source/plugins.textile @@ -25,16 +25,14 @@ endprologue. h3. Setup -Before you continue, take a moment to decide if your new plugin will be potentially shared across different Rails applications. +_"vendored plugins"_ were available in previous versions of Rails, but they are deprecated in +Rails 3.2, and will not be available in the future. -* If your plugin is specific to your application, your new plugin will be a _vendored plugin_. -* If you think your plugin may be used across applications, build it as a _gemified plugin_. +Currently, Rails plugins are built as gems, _gemified plugins_. They can be shared accross +different rails applications using RubyGems and Bundler if desired. h4. Generate a gemified plugin. -Writing your Rails plugin as a gem, rather than as a vendored plugin, - lets you share your plugin across different rails applications using - RubyGems and Bundler. Rails 3.1 ships with a +rails plugin new+ command which creates a skeleton for developing any kind of Rails extension with the ability diff --git a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile index 73e0f242cc..ff862273fd 100644 --- a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile +++ b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.textile @@ -148,20 +148,33 @@ You can swap an existing middleware in the middleware stack using +config.middle <ruby> # config/application.rb -# Replace ActionController::Failsafe with Lifo::Failsafe -config.middleware.swap ActionController::Failsafe, Lifo::Failsafe +# Replace ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions with Lifo::ShowExceptions +config.middleware.swap ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, Lifo::ShowExceptions </ruby> h5. Middleware Stack is an Array The middleware stack behaves just like a normal +Array+. You can use any +Array+ methods to insert, reorder, or remove items from the stack. Methods described in the section above are just convenience methods. -For example, the following removes the middleware matching the supplied class name: +Append following lines to your application configuration: <ruby> -config.middleware.delete(middleware) +# config/application.rb +config.middleware.delete "Rack::Lock" </ruby> +And now if you inspect the middleware stack, you'll find that +Rack::Lock+ will not be part of it. + +<shell> +$ rake middleware +(in /Users/lifo/Rails/blog) +use ActionDispatch::Static +use #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x00000001c304c8> +use Rack::Runtime +... +run Myapp::Application.routes +</shell> + h4. Internal Middleware Stack Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The following list explains the purpose of each of them: @@ -234,32 +247,6 @@ Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The fol TIP: It's possible to use any of the above middlewares in your custom Rack stack. -h4. Customizing Internal Middleware Stack - -It's possible to replace the entire middleware stack with a custom stack using <tt>ActionController::Dispatcher.middleware=</tt>. - -Put the following in an initializer: - -<ruby> -# config/initializers/stack.rb -ActionController::Dispatcher.middleware = ActionController::MiddlewareStack.new do |m| - m.use ActionController::Failsafe - m.use ActiveRecord::QueryCache - m.use Rack::Head -end -</ruby> - -And now inspecting the middleware stack: - -<shell> -$ rake middleware -(in /Users/lifo/Rails/blog) -use ActionController::Failsafe -use ActiveRecord::QueryCache -use Rack::Head -run ActionController::Dispatcher.new -</shell> - h4. Using Rack Builder The following shows how to replace use +Rack::Builder+ instead of the Rails supplied +MiddlewareStack+. diff --git a/guides/source/routing.textile b/guides/source/routing.textile index 75f4e82918..5e1cc042dc 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.textile +++ b/guides/source/routing.textile @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GET /patients/17 it asks the router to match it to a controller action. If the first matching route is <ruby> -match "/patients/:id" => "patients#show" +get "/patients/:id" => "patients#show" </ruby> the request is dispatched to the +patients+ controller's +show+ action with <tt>{ :id => "17" }</tt> in +params+. @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ h4. Singular Resources Sometimes, you have a resource that clients always look up without referencing an ID. For example, you would like +/profile+ to always show the profile of the currently logged in user. In this case, you can use a singular resource to map +/profile+ (rather than +/profile/:id+) to the +show+ action. <ruby> -match "profile" => "users#show" +get "profile" => "users#show" </ruby> This resourceful route @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ h4. Bound Parameters When you set up a regular route, you supply a series of symbols that Rails maps to parts of an incoming HTTP request. Two of these symbols are special: +:controller+ maps to the name of a controller in your application, and +:action+ maps to the name of an action within that controller. For example, consider one of the default Rails routes: <ruby> -match ':controller(/:action(/:id))' +get ':controller(/:action(/:id))' </ruby> If an incoming request of +/photos/show/1+ is processed by this route (because it hasn't matched any previous route in the file), then the result will be to invoke the +show+ action of the +PhotosController+, and to make the final parameter +"1"+ available as +params[:id]+. This route will also route the incoming request of +/photos+ to +PhotosController#index+, since +:action+ and +:id+ are optional parameters, denoted by parentheses. @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ h4. Dynamic Segments You can set up as many dynamic segments within a regular route as you like. Anything other than +:controller+ or +:action+ will be available to the action as part of +params+. If you set up this route: <ruby> -match ':controller/:action/:id/:user_id' +get ':controller/:action/:id/:user_id' </ruby> An incoming path of +/photos/show/1/2+ will be dispatched to the +show+ action of the +PhotosController+. +params[:id]+ will be +"1"+, and +params[:user_id]+ will be +"2"+. @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ An incoming path of +/photos/show/1/2+ will be dispatched to the +show+ action o NOTE: You can't use +:namespace+ or +:module+ with a +:controller+ path segment. If you need to do this then use a constraint on :controller that matches the namespace you require. e.g: <ruby> -match ':controller(/:action(/:id))', :controller => /admin\/[^\/]+/ +get ':controller(/:action(/:id))', :controller => /admin\/[^\/]+/ </ruby> TIP: By default dynamic segments don't accept dots - this is because the dot is used as a separator for formatted routes. If you need to use a dot within a dynamic segment add a constraint which overrides this - for example +:id+ => /[^\/]+/ allows anything except a slash. @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ h4. Static Segments You can specify static segments when creating a route: <ruby> -match ':controller/:action/:id/with_user/:user_id' +get ':controller/:action/:id/with_user/:user_id' </ruby> This route would respond to paths such as +/photos/show/1/with_user/2+. In this case, +params+ would be <tt>{ :controller => "photos", :action => "show", :id => "1", :user_id => "2" }</tt>. @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ h4. The Query String The +params+ will also include any parameters from the query string. For example, with this route: <ruby> -match ':controller/:action/:id' +get ':controller/:action/:id' </ruby> An incoming path of +/photos/show/1?user_id=2+ will be dispatched to the +show+ action of the +Photos+ controller. +params+ will be <tt>{ :controller => "photos", :action => "show", :id => "1", :user_id => "2" }</tt>. @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ h4. Defining Defaults You do not need to explicitly use the +:controller+ and +:action+ symbols within a route. You can supply them as defaults: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show' +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show' </ruby> With this route, Rails will match an incoming path of +/photos/12+ to the +show+ action of +PhotosController+. @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ With this route, Rails will match an incoming path of +/photos/12+ to the +show+ You can also define other defaults in a route by supplying a hash for the +:defaults+ option. This even applies to parameters that you do not specify as dynamic segments. For example: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :defaults => { :format => 'jpg' } +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :defaults => { :format => 'jpg' } </ruby> Rails would match +photos/12+ to the +show+ action of +PhotosController+, and set +params[:format]+ to +"jpg"+. @@ -440,49 +440,45 @@ h4. Naming Routes You can specify a name for any route using the +:as+ option. <ruby> -match 'exit' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :logout +get 'exit' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :logout </ruby> This will create +logout_path+ and +logout_url+ as named helpers in your application. Calling +logout_path+ will return +/exit+ h4. HTTP Verb Constraints -You can use the +:via+ option to constrain the request to one or more HTTP methods: +In general, you should use the +get+, +post+, +put+ and +delete+ methods to constrain a route to a particular verb. You can use the +match+ method with the +:via+ option to match multiple verbs at once: <ruby> -match 'photos/show' => 'photos#show', :via => :get +match 'photos' => 'photos#show', :via => [:get, :post] </ruby> -There is a shorthand version of this as well: +You can match all verbs to a particular route using +:via => :all+: <ruby> -get 'photos/show' +match 'photos' => 'photos#show', :via => :all </ruby> -You can also permit more than one verb to a single route: - -<ruby> -match 'photos/show' => 'photos#show', :via => [:get, :post] -</ruby> +You should avoid routing all verbs to an action unless you have a good reason to, as routing both +GET+ requests and +POST+ requests to a single action has security implications. h4. Segment Constraints You can use the +:constraints+ option to enforce a format for a dynamic segment: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ } +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ } </ruby> This route would match paths such as +/photos/A12345+. You can more succinctly express the same route this way: <ruby> -match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ +get 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ </ruby> +:constraints+ takes regular expressions with the restriction that regexp anchors can't be used. For example, the following route will not work: <ruby> -match '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => {:id => /^\d/} +get '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => {:id => /^\d/} </ruby> However, note that you don't need to use anchors because all routes are anchored at the start. @@ -490,8 +486,8 @@ However, note that you don't need to use anchors because all routes are anchored For example, the following routes would allow for +posts+ with +to_param+ values like +1-hello-world+ that always begin with a number and +users+ with +to_param+ values like +david+ that never begin with a number to share the root namespace: <ruby> -match '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => { :id => /\d.+/ } -match '/:username' => 'users#show' +get '/:id' => 'posts#show', :constraints => { :id => /\d.+/ } +get '/:username' => 'users#show' </ruby> h4. Request-Based Constraints @@ -501,7 +497,7 @@ You can also constrain a route based on any method on the <a href="action_contro You specify a request-based constraint the same way that you specify a segment constraint: <ruby> -match "photos", :constraints => {:subdomain => "admin"} +get "photos", :constraints => {:subdomain => "admin"} </ruby> You can also specify constraints in a block form: @@ -530,7 +526,7 @@ class BlacklistConstraint end TwitterClone::Application.routes.draw do - match "*path" => "blacklist#index", + get "*path" => "blacklist#index", :constraints => BlacklistConstraint.new end </ruby> @@ -539,7 +535,7 @@ You can also specify constraints as a lambda: <ruby> TwitterClone::Application.routes.draw do - match "*path" => "blacklist#index", + get "*path" => "blacklist#index", :constraints => lambda { |request| Blacklist.retrieve_ips.include?(request.remote_ip) } end </ruby> @@ -551,7 +547,7 @@ h4. Route Globbing Route globbing is a way to specify that a particular parameter should be matched to all the remaining parts of a route. For example <ruby> -match 'photos/*other' => 'photos#unknown' +get 'photos/*other' => 'photos#unknown' </ruby> This route would match +photos/12+ or +/photos/long/path/to/12+, setting +params[:other]+ to +"12"+ or +"long/path/to/12"+. @@ -559,7 +555,7 @@ This route would match +photos/12+ or +/photos/long/path/to/12+, setting +params Wildcard segments can occur anywhere in a route. For example, <ruby> -match 'books/*section/:title' => 'books#show' +get 'books/*section/:title' => 'books#show' </ruby> would match +books/some/section/last-words-a-memoir+ with +params[:section]+ equals +"some/section"+, and +params[:title]+ equals +"last-words-a-memoir"+. @@ -567,7 +563,7 @@ would match +books/some/section/last-words-a-memoir+ with +params[:section]+ equ Technically a route can have even more than one wildcard segment. The matcher assigns segments to parameters in an intuitive way. For example, <ruby> -match '*a/foo/*b' => 'test#index' +get '*a/foo/*b' => 'test#index' </ruby> would match +zoo/woo/foo/bar/baz+ with +params[:a]+ equals +"zoo/woo"+, and +params[:b]+ equals +"bar/baz"+. @@ -575,19 +571,19 @@ would match +zoo/woo/foo/bar/baz+ with +params[:a]+ equals +"zoo/woo"+, and +par NOTE: Starting from Rails 3.1, wildcard routes will always match the optional format segment by default. For example if you have this route: <ruby> -match '*pages' => 'pages#show' +get '*pages' => 'pages#show' </ruby> NOTE: By requesting +"/foo/bar.json"+, your +params[:pages]+ will be equals to +"foo/bar"+ with the request format of JSON. If you want the old 3.0.x behavior back, you could supply +:format => false+ like this: <ruby> -match '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => false +get '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => false </ruby> NOTE: If you want to make the format segment mandatory, so it cannot be omitted, you can supply +:format => true+ like this: <ruby> -match '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => true +get '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => true </ruby> h4. Redirection @@ -595,20 +591,20 @@ h4. Redirection You can redirect any path to another path using the +redirect+ helper in your router: <ruby> -match "/stories" => redirect("/posts") +get "/stories" => redirect("/posts") </ruby> You can also reuse dynamic segments from the match in the path to redirect to: <ruby> -match "/stories/:name" => redirect("/posts/%{name}") +get "/stories/:name" => redirect("/posts/%{name}") </ruby> You can also provide a block to redirect, which receives the params and (optionally) the request object: <ruby> -match "/stories/:name" => redirect {|params| "/posts/#{params[:name].pluralize}" } -match "/stories" => redirect {|p, req| "/posts/#{req.subdomain}" } +get "/stories/:name" => redirect {|params| "/posts/#{params[:name].pluralize}" } +get "/stories" => redirect {|p, req| "/posts/#{req.subdomain}" } </ruby> Please note that this redirection is a 301 "Moved Permanently" redirect. Keep in mind that some web browsers or proxy servers will cache this type of redirect, making the old page inaccessible. @@ -620,10 +616,10 @@ h4. Routing to Rack Applications Instead of a String, like +"posts#index"+, which corresponds to the +index+ action in the +PostsController+, you can specify any <a href="rails_on_rack.html">Rack application</a> as the endpoint for a matcher. <ruby> -match "/application.js" => Sprockets +match "/application.js" => Sprockets, :via => :all </ruby> -As long as +Sprockets+ responds to +call+ and returns a <tt>[status, headers, body]</tt>, the router won't know the difference between the Rack application and an action. +As long as +Sprockets+ responds to +call+ and returns a <tt>[status, headers, body]</tt>, the router won't know the difference between the Rack application and an action. This is an appropriate use of +:via => :all+, as you will want to allow your Rack application to handle all verbs as it considers appropriate. NOTE: For the curious, +"posts#index"+ actually expands out to +PostsController.action(:index)+, which returns a valid Rack application. @@ -638,6 +634,8 @@ root 'pages#main' # shortcut for the above You should put the +root+ route at the top of the file, because it is the most popular route and should be matched first. You also need to delete the +public/index.html+ file for the root route to take effect. +NOTE: The +root+ route only routes +GET+ requests to the action. + h3. Customizing Resourceful Routes While the default routes and helpers generated by +resources :posts+ will usually serve you well, you may want to customize them in some way. Rails allows you to customize virtually any generic part of the resourceful helpers. diff --git a/guides/source/security.textile b/guides/source/security.textile index 747a4d6791..c065529cac 100644 --- a/guides/source/security.textile +++ b/guides/source/security.textile @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ params[:user] # => {:name => “ow3ned”, :admin => true} So if you create a new user using mass-assignment, it may be too easy to become an administrator. -Note that this vulnerability is not restricted to database columns. Any setter method, unless explicitly protected, is accessible via the <tt>attributes=</tt> method. In fact, this vulnerability is extended even further with the introduction of nested mass assignment (and nested object forms) in Rails 2.3<plus>. The +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ declaration provides us the ability to extend mass assignment to model associations (+has_many+, +has_one+, +has_and_belongs_to_many+). For example: +Note that this vulnerability is not restricted to database columns. Any setter method, unless explicitly protected, is accessible via the <tt>attributes=</tt> method. In fact, this vulnerability is extended even further with the introduction of nested mass assignment (and nested object forms) in Rails 2.3. The +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ declaration provides us the ability to extend mass assignment to model associations (+has_many+, +has_one+, +has_and_belongs_to_many+). For example: <ruby> class Person < ActiveRecord::Base |