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diff --git a/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md b/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md index be00087f63..79634d8760 100644 --- a/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Ruby on Rails 2.2 Release Notes =============================== -Rails 2.2 delivers a number of new and improved features. This list covers the major upgrades, but doesn't include every little bug fix and change. If you want to see everything, check out the [list of commits](http://github.com/rails/rails/commits/2-2-stable) in the main Rails repository on GitHub. +Rails 2.2 delivers a number of new and improved features. This list covers the major upgrades, but doesn't include every little bug fix and change. If you want to see everything, check out the [list of commits](https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/2-2-stable) in the main Rails repository on GitHub. Along with Rails, 2.2 marks the launch of the [Ruby on Rails Guides](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/), the first results of the ongoing [Rails Guides hackfest](http://hackfest.rubyonrails.org/guide). This site will deliver high-quality documentation of the major features of Rails. @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Rails 2.2 supplies an easy system for internationalization (or i18n, for those o * Lead Contributors: Rails i18 Team * More information : * [Official Rails i18 website](http://rails-i18n.org) - * [Finally. Ruby on Rails gets internationalized](http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/finally-ruby-on-rails-gets-internationalized) - * [Localizing Rails : Demo application](http://github.com/clemens/i18n_demo_app) + * [Finally. Ruby on Rails gets internationalized](https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075019/http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/finally-ruby-on-rails-gets-internationalized) + * [Localizing Rails : Demo application](https://github.com/clemens/i18n_demo_app) ### Compatibility with Ruby 1.9 and JRuby @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ rake doc:guides This will put the guides inside `Rails.root/doc/guides` and you may start surfing straight away by opening `Rails.root/doc/guides/index.html` in your favourite browser. * Lead Contributors: [Rails Documentation Team](credits.html) -* Major contributions from [Xavier Noria":http://advogato.org/person/fxn/diary.html and "Hongli Lai](http://izumi.plan99.net/blog/.) +* Major contributions from [Xavier Noria](http://advogato.org/person/fxn/diary.html) and [Hongli Lai](http://izumi.plan99.net/blog/). * More information: * [Rails Guides hackfest](http://hackfest.rubyonrails.org/guide) * [Help improve Rails documentation on Git branch](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/5/2/help-improve-rails-documentation-on-git-branch) @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ development: * Lead Contributor: [Nick Sieger](http://blog.nicksieger.com/) * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Connection Pools](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-connection-pools) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Connection Pools](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-connection-pools) ### Hashes for Join Table Conditions @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Product.all(:joins => :photos, :conditions => { :photos => { :copyright => false ``` * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Join Table Conditions](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-easy-join-table-conditions) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Join Table Conditions](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-easy-join-table-conditions) ### New Dynamic Finders @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ This will enable recognition of (among others) these routes: * Lead Contributor: [S. Brent Faulkner](http://www.unwwwired.net/) * More information: * [Rails Routing from the Outside In](routing.html#nested-resources) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Shallow Routes](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-shallow-routes) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Shallow Routes](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-shallow-routes) ### Method Arrays for Member or Collection Routes @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Action Mailer Action Mailer now supports mailer layouts. You can make your HTML emails as pretty as your in-browser views by supplying an appropriately-named layout - for example, the `CustomerMailer` class expects to use `layouts/customer_mailer.html.erb`. * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Mailer Layouts](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-mailer-layouts) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Mailer Layouts](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-mailer-layouts) Action Mailer now offers built-in support for GMail's SMTP servers, by turning on STARTTLS automatically. This requires Ruby 1.8.7 to be installed. @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Other features of memoization include `unmemoize`, `unmemoize_all`, and `memoize * Lead Contributor: [Josh Peek](http://joshpeek.com/) * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Memoization](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/16/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-memoization) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Memoization](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/16/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-memoization) * [Memo-what? A Guide to Memoization](http://www.railway.at/articles/2008/09/20/a-guide-to-memoization) ### each_with_object @@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ To avoid deployment issues and make Rails applications more self-contained, it's You can unpack or install a single gem by specifying `GEM=_gem_name_` on the command line. -* Lead Contributor: [Matt Jones](http://github.com/al2o3cr) +* Lead Contributor: [Matt Jones](https://github.com/al2o3cr) * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Gem Dependencies](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/4/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-gem-dependencies) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Gem Dependencies](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/4/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-gem-dependencies) * [Rails 2.1.2 and 2.2RC1: Update Your RubyGems](http://afreshcup.com/2008/10/25/rails-212-and-22rc1-update-your-rubygems/) * [Detailed discussion on Lighthouse](http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/1128) @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Deprecated A few pieces of older code are deprecated in this release: * `Rails::SecretKeyGenerator` has been replaced by `ActiveSupport::SecureRandom` -* `render_component` is deprecated. There's a [render_components plugin](http://github.com/rails/render_component/tree/master) available if you need this functionality. +* `render_component` is deprecated. There's a [render_components plugin](https://github.com/rails/render_component/tree/master) available if you need this functionality. * Implicit local assignments when rendering partials has been deprecated. ```ruby diff --git a/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md b/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md index 0a62f34371..06761b67bb 100644 --- a/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Ruby on Rails 2.3 Release Notes =============================== -Rails 2.3 delivers a variety of new and improved features, including pervasive Rack integration, refreshed support for Rails Engines, nested transactions for Active Record, dynamic and default scopes, unified rendering, more efficient routing, application templates, and quiet backtraces. This list covers the major upgrades, but doesn't include every little bug fix and change. If you want to see everything, check out the [list of commits](http://github.com/rails/rails/commits/2-3-stable) in the main Rails repository on GitHub or review the `CHANGELOG` files for the individual Rails components. +Rails 2.3 delivers a variety of new and improved features, including pervasive Rack integration, refreshed support for Rails Engines, nested transactions for Active Record, dynamic and default scopes, unified rendering, more efficient routing, application templates, and quiet backtraces. This list covers the major upgrades, but doesn't include every little bug fix and change. If you want to see everything, check out the [list of commits](https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/2-3-stable) in the main Rails repository on GitHub or review the `CHANGELOG` files for the individual Rails components. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ Order.scoped_by_customer_id(12).scoped_by_status("open") There's nothing to define to use dynamic scopes: they just work. * Lead Contributor: [Yaroslav Markin](http://evilmartians.com/) -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Dynamic Scope Methods](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/29/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-dynamic-scope-methods.) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Dynamic Scope Methods](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/29/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-dynamic-scope-methods) ### Default Scopes Rails 2.3 will introduce the notion of _default scopes_ similar to named scopes, but applying to all named scopes or find methods within the model. For example, you can write `default_scope :order => 'name ASC'` and any time you retrieve records from that model they'll come out sorted by name (unless you override the option, of course). * Lead Contributor: Paweł Kondzior -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Default Scoping](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-default-scoping) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Default Scoping](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-default-scoping) ### Batch Processing @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Note that you should only use this method for batch processing: for small number * More Information (at that point the convenience method was called just `each`): * [Rails 2.3: Batch Finding](http://afreshcup.com/2009/02/23/rails-23-batch-finding/) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Batched Find](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/23/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-batched-find) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Batched Find](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/23/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-batched-find) ### Multiple Conditions for Callbacks @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ developers = Developer.find(:all, :group => "salary", :having => "sum(salary) > 10000", :select => "salary") ``` -* Lead Contributor: [Emilio Tagua](http://github.com/miloops) +* Lead Contributor: [Emilio Tagua](https://github.com/miloops) ### Reconnecting MySQL Connections @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ If you're one of the people who has always been bothered by the special-case nam * More Information: * [The Death of Application.rb](http://afreshcup.com/2008/11/17/rails-2x-the-death-of-applicationrb/) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Application.rb Duality is no More](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/19/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-application-rb-duality-is-no-more) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Application.rb Duality is no More](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/19/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-application-rb-duality-is-no-more) ### HTTP Digest Authentication Support @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ end ``` * Lead Contributor: [Gregg Kellogg](http://www.kellogg-assoc.com/) -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: HTTP Digest Authentication](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/1/30/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-http-digest-authentication) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: HTTP Digest Authentication](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/1/30/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-http-digest-authentication) ### More Efficient Routing @@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ You can write this view in Rails 2.3: * Lead Contributor: [Eloy Duran](http://superalloy.nl/) * More Information: * [Nested Model Forms](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/1/26/nested-model-forms) - * [complex-form-examples](http://github.com/alloy/complex-form-examples) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Nested Object Forms](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes) + * [complex-form-examples](https://github.com/alloy/complex-form-examples) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Nested Object Forms](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes) ### Smart Rendering of Partials @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ render @article render @articles ``` -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: render Stops Being High-Maintenance](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/20/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-render-stops-being-high-maintenance) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: render Stops Being High-Maintenance](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/20/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-render-stops-being-high-maintenance) ### Prompts for Date Select Helpers @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ You're likely familiar with Rails' practice of adding timestamps to static asset Asset hosts get more flexible in edge Rails with the ability to declare an asset host as a specific object that responds to a call. This allows you to implement any complex logic you need in your asset hosting. -* More Information: [asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl](http://github.com/dhh/asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl/tree/master) +* More Information: [asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl](https://github.com/dhh/asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl/tree/master) ### grouped_options_for_select Helper Method @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ Active Support has a few interesting changes, including the introduction of `Obj A lot of folks have adopted the notion of using try() to attempt operations on objects. It's especially helpful in views where you can avoid nil-checking by writing code like `<%= @person.try(:name) %>`. Well, now it's baked right into Rails. As implemented in Rails, it raises `NoMethodError` on private methods and always returns `nil` if the object is nil. -* More Information: [try()](http://ozmm.org/posts/try.html.) +* More Information: [try()](http://ozmm.org/posts/try.html) ### Object#tap Backport @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ If you look up the spec on the "json.org" site, you'll discover that all keys in ### Other Active Support Changes * You can use `Enumerable#none?` to check that none of the elements match the supplied block. -* If you're using Active Support [delegates](http://afreshcup.com/2008/10/19/coming-in-rails-22-delegate-prefixes/,) the new `:allow_nil` option lets you return `nil` instead of raising an exception when the target object is nil. +* If you're using Active Support [delegates](http://afreshcup.com/2008/10/19/coming-in-rails-22-delegate-prefixes/) the new `:allow_nil` option lets you return `nil` instead of raising an exception when the target object is nil. * `ActiveSupport::OrderedHash`: now implements `each_key` and `each_value`. * `ActiveSupport::MessageEncryptor` provides a simple way to encrypt information for storage in an untrusted location (like cookies). * Active Support's `from_xml` no longer depends on XmlSimple. Instead, Rails now includes its own XmlMini implementation, with just the functionality that it requires. This lets Rails dispense with the bundled copy of XmlSimple that it's been carting around. @@ -555,11 +555,11 @@ Rails Metal is a new mechanism that provides superfast endpoints inside of your * [Introducing Rails Metal](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/12/17/introducing-rails-metal) * [Rails Metal: a micro-framework with the power of Rails](http://soylentfoo.jnewland.com/articles/2008/12/16/rails-metal-a-micro-framework-with-the-power-of-rails-m) * [Metal: Super-fast Endpoints within your Rails Apps](http://www.railsinside.com/deployment/180-metal-super-fast-endpoints-within-your-rails-apps.html) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Rails Metal](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-rails-metal) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Rails Metal](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-rails-metal) ### Application Templates -Rails 2.3 incorporates Jeremy McAnally's [rg](http://github.com/jeremymcanally/rg/tree/master) application generator. What this means is that we now have template-based application generation built right into Rails; if you have a set of plugins you include in every application (among many other use cases), you can just set up a template once and use it over and over again when you run the `rails` command. There's also a rake task to apply a template to an existing application: +Rails 2.3 incorporates Jeremy McAnally's [rg](https://github.com/jm/rg) application generator. What this means is that we now have template-based application generation built right into Rails; if you have a set of plugins you include in every application (among many other use cases), you can just set up a template once and use it over and over again when you run the `rails` command. There's also a rake task to apply a template to an existing application: ``` rake rails:template LOCATION=~/template.rb @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ This will layer the changes from the template on top of whatever code the projec ### Quieter Backtraces -Building on Thoughtbot's [Quiet Backtrace](https://github.com/thoughtbot/quietbacktrace) plugin, which allows you to selectively remove lines from `Test::Unit` backtraces, Rails 2.3 implements `ActiveSupport::BacktraceCleaner` and `Rails::BacktraceCleaner` in core. This supports both filters (to perform regex-based substitutions on backtrace lines) and silencers (to remove backtrace lines entirely). Rails automatically adds silencers to get rid of the most common noise in a new application, and builds a `config/backtrace_silencers.rb` file to hold your own additions. This feature also enables prettier printing from any gem in the backtrace. +Building on thoughtbot's [Quiet Backtrace](https://github.com/thoughtbot/quietbacktrace) plugin, which allows you to selectively remove lines from `Test::Unit` backtraces, Rails 2.3 implements `ActiveSupport::BacktraceCleaner` and `Rails::BacktraceCleaner` in core. This supports both filters (to perform regex-based substitutions on backtrace lines) and silencers (to remove backtrace lines entirely). Rails automatically adds silencers to get rid of the most common noise in a new application, and builds a `config/backtrace_silencers.rb` file to hold your own additions. This feature also enables prettier printing from any gem in the backtrace. ### Faster Boot Time in Development Mode with Lazy Loading/Autoload @@ -605,8 +605,8 @@ Deprecated A few pieces of older code are deprecated in this release: -* If you're one of the (fairly rare) Rails developers who deploys in a fashion that depends on the inspector, reaper, and spawner scripts, you'll need to know that those scripts are no longer included in core Rails. If you need them, you'll be able to pick up copies via the [irs_process_scripts](http://github.com/rails/irs_process_scripts/tree) plugin. -* `render_component` goes from "deprecated" to "nonexistent" in Rails 2.3. If you still need it, you can install the [render_component plugin](http://github.com/rails/render_component/tree/master). +* If you're one of the (fairly rare) Rails developers who deploys in a fashion that depends on the inspector, reaper, and spawner scripts, you'll need to know that those scripts are no longer included in core Rails. If you need them, you'll be able to pick up copies via the [irs_process_scripts](https://github.com/rails/irs_process_scripts/tree) plugin. +* `render_component` goes from "deprecated" to "nonexistent" in Rails 2.3. If you still need it, you can install the [render_component plugin](https://github.com/rails/render_component/tree/master). * Support for Rails components has been removed. * If you were one of the people who got used to running `script/performance/request` to look at performance based on integration tests, you need to learn a new trick: that script has been removed from core Rails now. There's a new request_profiler plugin that you can install to get the exact same functionality back. * `ActionController::Base#session_enabled?` is deprecated because sessions are lazy-loaded now. @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ A few pieces of older code are deprecated in this release: * Some integration test helpers have been removed. `response.headers["Status"]` and `headers["Status"]` will no longer return anything. Rack does not allow "Status" in its return headers. However you can still use the `status` and `status_message` helpers. `response.headers["cookie"]` and `headers["cookie"]` will no longer return any CGI cookies. You can inspect `headers["Set-Cookie"]` to see the raw cookie header or use the `cookies` helper to get a hash of the cookies sent to the client. * `formatted_polymorphic_url` is deprecated. Use `polymorphic_url` with `:format` instead. * The `:http_only` option in `ActionController::Response#set_cookie` has been renamed to `:httponly`. -* The `:connector` and `:skip_last_comma` options of `to_sentence` have been replaced by `:words_connnector`, `:two_words_connector`, and `:last_word_connector` options. +* The `:connector` and `:skip_last_comma` options of `to_sentence` have been replaced by `:words_connector`, `:two_words_connector`, and `:last_word_connector` options. * Posting a multipart form with an empty `file_field` control used to submit an empty string to the controller. Now it submits a nil, due to differences between Rack's multipart parser and the old Rails one. Credits diff --git a/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md index 696493a3cf..49d37ba489 100644 --- a/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Even if you don't give a hoot about any of our internal cleanups, Rails 3.0 is g On top of all that, we've tried our best to deprecate the old APIs with nice warnings. That means that you can move your existing application to Rails 3 without immediately rewriting all your old code to the latest best practices. -These release notes cover the major upgrades, but don't include every little bug fix and change. Rails 3.0 consists of almost 4,000 commits by more than 250 authors! If you want to see everything, check out the [list of commits](http://github.com/rails/rails/commits/3-0-stable) in the main Rails repository on GitHub. +These release notes cover the major upgrades, but don't include every little bug fix and change. Rails 3.0 consists of almost 4,000 commits by more than 250 authors! If you want to see everything, check out the [list of commits](https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/3-0-stable) in the main Rails repository on GitHub. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The `config.gem` method is gone and has been replaced by using `bundler` and a ` ### Upgrade Process -To help with the upgrade process, a plugin named [Rails Upgrade](http://github.com/rails/rails_upgrade) has been created to automate part of it. +To help with the upgrade process, a plugin named [Rails Upgrade](https://github.com/rails/rails_upgrade) has been created to automate part of it. Simply install the plugin, then run `rake rails:upgrade:check` to check your app for pieces that need to be updated (with links to information on how to update them). It also offers a task to generate a `Gemfile` based on your current `config.gem` calls and a task to generate a new routes file from your current one. To get the plugin, simply run the following: @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ $ cd myapp ### Vendoring Gems -Rails now uses a `Gemfile` in the application root to determine the gems you require for your application to start. This `Gemfile` is processed by the [Bundler](http://github.com/carlhuda/bundler,) which then installs all your dependencies. It can even install all the dependencies locally to your application so that it doesn't depend on the system gems. +Rails now uses a `Gemfile` in the application root to determine the gems you require for your application to start. This `Gemfile` is processed by the [Bundler](https://github.com/bundler/bundler) which then installs all your dependencies. It can even install all the dependencies locally to your application so that it doesn't depend on the system gems. More information: - [bundler homepage](http://bundler.io/) @@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ More Information: - [Rails Edge Architecture](http://yehudakatz.com/2009/06/11/r ### Arel Integration -[Arel](http://github.com/brynary/arel) (or Active Relation) has been taken on as the underpinnings of Active Record and is now required for Rails. Arel provides an SQL abstraction that simplifies out Active Record and provides the underpinnings for the relation functionality in Active Record. +[Arel](https://github.com/brynary/arel) (or Active Relation) has been taken on as the underpinnings of Active Record and is now required for Rails. Arel provides an SQL abstraction that simplifies out Active Record and provides the underpinnings for the relation functionality in Active Record. More information: - [Why I wrote Arel](https://web.archive.org/web/20120718093140/http://magicscalingsprinkles.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/why-i-wrote-arel/) ### Mail Extraction -Action Mailer ever since its beginnings has had monkey patches, pre parsers and even delivery and receiver agents, all in addition to having TMail vendored in the source tree. Version 3 changes that with all email message related functionality abstracted out to the [Mail](http://github.com/mikel/mail) gem. This again reduces code duplication and helps create definable boundaries between Action Mailer and the email parser. +Action Mailer ever since its beginnings has had monkey patches, pre parsers and even delivery and receiver agents, all in addition to having TMail vendored in the source tree. Version 3 changes that with all email message related functionality abstracted out to the [Mail](https://github.com/mikel/mail) gem. This again reduces code duplication and helps create definable boundaries between Action Mailer and the email parser. More information: - [New Action Mailer API in Rails 3](http://lindsaar.net/2010/1/26/new-actionmailer-api-in-rails-3) @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ More Information: - [Rails Documentation Projects](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org Internationalization -------------------- -A large amount of work has been done with I18n support in Rails 3, including the latest [I18n](http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n) gem supplying many speed improvements. +A large amount of work has been done with I18n support in Rails 3, including the latest [I18n](https://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n) gem supplying many speed improvements. * I18n for any object - I18n behavior can be added to any object by including `ActiveModel::Translation` and `ActiveModel::Validations`. There is also an `errors.messages` fallback for translations. * Attributes can have default translations. @@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ Railties now deprecates: More information: * [Discovering Rails 3 generators](http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2010/01/discovering-rails-3-generators) -* [Making Generators for Rails 3 with Thor](http://caffeinedd.com/guides/331-making-generators-for-rails-3-with-thor) * [The Rails Module (in Rails 3)](http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2010/02/03/the-rails-module/) Action Pack @@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ Deprecations: More Information: -* [Render Options in Rails 3](http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/render-options-in-rails-3/) +* [Render Options in Rails 3](https://blog.engineyard.com/2010/render-options-in-rails-3) * [Three reasons to love ActionController::Responder](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/8/31/three-reasons-love-responder) @@ -310,7 +309,7 @@ More Information: Major re-write was done in the Action View helpers, implementing Unobtrusive JavaScript (UJS) hooks and removing the old inline AJAX commands. This enables Rails to use any compliant UJS driver to implement the UJS hooks in the helpers. -What this means is that all previous `remote_<method>` helpers have been removed from Rails core and put into the [Prototype Legacy Helper](http://github.com/rails/prototype_legacy_helper). To get UJS hooks into your HTML, you now pass `:remote => true` instead. For example: +What this means is that all previous `remote_<method>` helpers have been removed from Rails core and put into the [Prototype Legacy Helper](https://github.com/rails/prototype_legacy_helper). To get UJS hooks into your HTML, you now pass `:remote => true` instead. For example: ```ruby form_for @post, :remote => true @@ -576,7 +575,7 @@ The following methods have been removed because they are no longer used in the f Action Mailer ------------- -Action Mailer has been given a new API with TMail being replaced out with the new [Mail](http://github.com/mikel/mail) as the email library. Action Mailer itself has been given an almost complete re-write with pretty much every line of code touched. The result is that Action Mailer now simply inherits from Abstract Controller and wraps the Mail gem in a Rails DSL. This reduces the amount of code and duplication of other libraries in Action Mailer considerably. +Action Mailer has been given a new API with TMail being replaced out with the new [Mail](https://github.com/mikel/mail) as the email library. Action Mailer itself has been given an almost complete re-write with pretty much every line of code touched. The result is that Action Mailer now simply inherits from Abstract Controller and wraps the Mail gem in a Rails DSL. This reduces the amount of code and duplication of other libraries in Action Mailer considerably. * All mailers are now in `app/mailers` by default. * Can now send email using new API with three methods: `attachments`, `headers` and `mail`. diff --git a/guides/source/3_1_release_notes.md b/guides/source/3_1_release_notes.md index 327495704a..feee0f9920 100644 --- a/guides/source/3_1_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/3_1_release_notes.md @@ -558,4 +558,4 @@ Credits See the [full list of contributors to Rails](http://contributors.rubyonrails.org/) for the many people who spent many hours making Rails, the stable and robust framework it is. Kudos to all of them. -Rails 3.1 Release Notes were compiled by [Vijay Dev](https://github.com/vijaydev.) +Rails 3.1 Release Notes were compiled by [Vijay Dev](https://github.com/vijaydev) diff --git a/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md index b9444510ea..4615cf18e6 100644 --- a/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ In Rails 4.0, several features have been extracted into gems. You can simply add * Mass assignment protection in Active Record models ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/protected_attributes), [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/7251)) * ActiveRecord::SessionStore ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/activerecord-session_store), [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/7436)) * Active Record Observers ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/rails-observers), [Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/39e85b3b90c58449164673909a6f1893cba290b2)) -* Active Resource ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/activeresource), [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/572), [Blog](http://yetimedia.tumblr.com/post/35233051627/activeresource-is-dead-long-live-activeresource)) +* Active Resource ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/activeresource), [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/572), [Blog](http://yetimedia-blog-blog.tumblr.com/post/35233051627/activeresource-is-dead-long-live-activeresource)) * Action Caching ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/actionpack-action_caching), [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/7833)) * Page Caching ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/actionpack-page_caching), [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/7833)) * Sprockets ([GitHub](https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails)) diff --git a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md index 7c11fad7bf..07cdf84c9c 100644 --- a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md @@ -48,7 +48,74 @@ ToDo... ### Active Record attributes API -ToDo... +Defines an attribute with a type on a model. It will override the type of existing attributes if needed. +This allows control over how values are converted to and from SQL when assigned to a model. +It also changes the behavior of values passed to ActiveRecord::Base.where, which lets use our domain objects across much of Active Record, +without having to rely on implementation details or monkey patching. + +Some things that you can achieve with this: +* The type detected by Active Record can be overridden. +* A default can also be provided. +* Attributes do not need to be backed by a database column. + +```ruby + +# db/schema.rb +create_table :store_listings, force: true do |t| + t.decimal :price_in_cents + t.string :my_string, default: "original default" +end + +# app/models/store_listing.rb +class StoreListing < ActiveRecord::Base +end + +store_listing = StoreListing.new(price_in_cents: '10.1') + +# before +store_listing.price_in_cents # => BigDecimal.new(10.1) +StoreListing.new.my_string # => "original default" + +class StoreListing < ActiveRecord::Base + attribute :price_in_cents, :integer # custom type + attribute :my_string, :string, default: "new default" # default value + attribute :my_default_proc, :datetime, default: -> { Time.now } # default value + attribute :field_without_db_column, :integer, array: true +end + +# after +store_listing.price_in_cents # => 10 +StoreListing.new.my_string # => "new default" +StoreListing.new.my_default_proc # => 2015-05-30 11:04:48 -0600 +model = StoreListing.new(field_without_db_column: ["1", "2", "3"]) +model.attributes #=> {field_without_db_column: [1, 2, 3]} +``` + +**Creating Custom Types:** + +You can define your own custom types, as long as they respond +to the methods defined on the value type. The method +deserialize+ or ++cast+ will be called on your type object, with raw input from the +database or from your controllers. This is useful, for example, when doing custom conversion, +like Money data. + +**Querying:** + +When `ActiveRecord::Base.where` is called, it will +use the type defined by the model class to convert the value to SQL, +calling +serialize+ on your type object. + +This gives the objects ability to specify, how to convert values when performing SQL queries. + +**Dirty Tracking:** + +The type of an attribute is given the opportunity to change how dirty +tracking is performed. + +See its +[documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Attributes/ClassMethods.html) +for a detailed write up. + ### Test Runner [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/19216) @@ -94,6 +161,10 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][railties] for detailed changes. * Deprecated `config.serve_static_files` in favor of `config.public_file_server.enabled`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22173)) +* Deprecated the tasks in the `rails` task namespace in favor of the `app` namespace. + (e.g. `rails:update` and `rails:template` tasks is renamed to `app:update` and `app:template`.) + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23439)) + ### Notable changes * Added Rails test runner `bin/rails test`. @@ -120,6 +191,23 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][railties] for detailed changes. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22457), [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22288)) +* New applications are generated with the evented file system monitor enabled + on Linux and Mac OS X. The feature can be opted out by passing + `--skip-listen` to the generator. + ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/de6ad5665d2679944a9ee9407826ba88395a1003), + [commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/94dbc48887bf39c241ee2ce1741ee680d773f202)) + +* Generate applications with an option to log to STDOUT in production + using the environment variable `RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT`. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23734)) + +* Enable HSTS with IncludeSudomains header for new applications. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23852)) + +* The application generator writes a new file `config/spring.rb`, which tells + Spring to watch additional common files. + ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b04d07337fd7bc17e88500e9d6bcd361885a45f8)) + Action Pack ----------- @@ -206,6 +294,12 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-pack] for detailed changes. `RedirectBackError`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22506)) +* `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` and `ActionController::TestCase` deprecate positional arguments in favor of + keyword arguments. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18323)) + +* Deprecated `:controller` and `:action` path parameters. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23980)) + ### Notable changes * Added `ActionController::Renderer` to render arbitrary templates @@ -249,7 +343,7 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-pack] for detailed changes. * Changed the `protect_from_forgery` prepend default to `false`. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/39794037817703575c35a75f1961b01b83791191)) -* `ActionController::TestCase` will be moved to it's own gem in Rails 5.1. Use +* `ActionController::TestCase` will be moved to its own gem in Rails 5.1. Use `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` instead. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4414c5d1795e815b102571425974a8b1d46d932d)) @@ -262,6 +356,21 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-pack] for detailed changes. (Pull Request [1](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/19377), [2](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23827)) +* Added an option for per-form CSRF tokens. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22275)) + +* Added request encoding and response parsing to integration tests. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/21671)) + +* Update default rendering policies when the controller action did + not explicitly indicate a response. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23827)) + + +* Add `ActionController#helpers` to get access to the view context + at the controller level. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/24866)) + Action View ------------- @@ -281,17 +390,21 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-view] for detailed changes. supported by I18n. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20019)) +### Deprecations + +* Deprecated `datetime_field` and `datetime_field_tag` helpers. + Datetime input type was removed from HTML specification. + One can use `datetime_local_field` and `datetime_local_field_tag` instead. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/24385)) + ### Notable Changes * Changed the default template handler from `ERB` to `Raw`. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4be859f0fdf7b3059a28d03c279f03f5938efc80)) -* Collection rendering automatically caches and fetches multiple partials. - ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18948)) - -* Allow defining explicit collection caching using a `# Template Collection: ...` - directive inside templates. - ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20781)) +* Collection rendering can cache and fetches multiple partials at once. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18948), + [commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e93f0f0f133717f9b06b1eaefd3442bd0ff43985)) * Added wildcard matching to explicit dependencies. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20904)) @@ -300,7 +413,6 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-view] for detailed changes. button on submit to prevent double submits. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/21135)) - Action Mailer ------------- @@ -319,9 +431,6 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-mailer] for detailed changes. * Template lookup now respects default locale and I18n fallbacks. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ecb1981b)) -* Template can use fragment cache like Action View template. - ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22825)) - * Added `_mailer` suffix to mailers created via generator, following the same naming convention used in controllers and jobs. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18074)) @@ -333,7 +442,9 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-mailer] for detailed changes. the mailer queue name. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18587)) -* Added `config.action_mailer.perform_caching` configuration to determine whether your templates should perform caching or not. +* Added support for fragment caching in Action Mailer views. + Added new config option `config.action_mailer.perform_caching` to determine + whether your templates should perform caching or not. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22825)) @@ -408,10 +519,6 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes. * Deprecated `ActiveRecord::Base.errors_in_transactional_callbacks=`. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/07d3d402341e81ada0214f2cb2be1da69eadfe72)) -* Deprecated passing of `start` value to `find_in_batches` and `find_each` - in favour of `begin_at` value. - ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18961)) - * Deprecated `Relation#uniq` use `Relation#distinct` instead. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/adfab2dcf4003ca564d78d4425566dd2d9cd8b4f)) @@ -453,6 +560,14 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes. `offset` method on relation instead. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22053)) +* Deprecated `{insert|update|delete}_sql` in `DatabaseStatements`. + Use the `{insert|update|delete}` public methods instead. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23086)) + +* Deprecated `use_transactional_fixtures` in favor of + `use_transactional_tests` for more clarity. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/19282)) + ### Notable changes * Added a `foreign_key` option to `references` while creating the table. @@ -467,13 +582,6 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes. * Added `#cache_key` to `ActiveRecord::Relation`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20884)) -* Added `ActiveRecord::Relation#outer_joins`. - ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12071)) - -* Require `belongs_to` by default. - ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18937)) - Deprecate - `required` option in favor of `optional` for `belongs_to` - * Changed the default `null` value for `timestamps` to `false`. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/a939506f297b667291480f26fa32a373a18ae06a)) @@ -502,7 +610,8 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes. * `belongs_to` will now trigger a validation error by default if the association is not present. You can turn this off on a per-association basis - with `optional: true`. + with `optional: true`. Also deprecate `required` option in favor of `optional` + for `belongs_to`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18937)) * Added `config.active_record.dump_schemas` to configure the behavior of @@ -554,6 +663,17 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes. model behavior. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22567)) +* Added ActiveRecord `#second_to_last` and `#third_to_last` methods. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23583)) + +* Added ability to annotate database objects (tables, columns, indexes) + with comments stored in database metadata for PostgreSQL & MySQL. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22911)) + +* Added prepared statements support to `mysql2` adapter, for mysql2 0.4.4+, + Previously this was only supported on the deprecated `mysql` legacy adapter. + To enable, set `prepared_statements: true` in config/database.yml. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23461)) Active Model ------------ @@ -613,23 +733,32 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-job] for detailed changes. ### Notable changes -* `ActiveJob::Base.deserialize` delegates to the job class. this allows jobs +* `ActiveJob::Base.deserialize` delegates to the job class. This allows jobs to attach arbitrary metadata when they get serialized and read it back when they get performed. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18260)) +* Add ability to configure the queue adapter on a per job basis without + affecting each other. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/16992)) + * A generated job now inherits from `app/jobs/application_job.rb` by default. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/19034)) -* Allow `DelayedJob`, `Sidekiq`, `qu`, and `que` to report the job id back to - `ActiveJob::Base` as `provider_job_id`. +* Allow `DelayedJob`, `Sidekiq`, `qu`, `que`, and `queue_classic` to report + the job id back to `ActiveJob::Base` as `provider_job_id`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20064), - [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20056)) + [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20056), + [commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/68e3279163d06e6b04e043f91c9470e9259bbbe0)) * Implement a simple `AsyncJob` processor and associated `AsyncAdapter` that queue jobs to a `concurrent-ruby` thread pool. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/21257)) +* Change the default adapter from inline to async. It's a better default as + tests will then not mistakenly come to rely on behavior happening + synchronously. + ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/625baa69d14881ac49ba2e5c7d9cac4b222d7022)) Active Support -------------- @@ -698,6 +827,13 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes. Deprecated `ActiveSupport::Cache::LocaleCache#set_cache_value` in favor of `write_cache_value`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22215)) +* Deprecated passing arguments to `assert_nothing_raised`. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23789)) + +* Deprecated `Module.local_constants` in favor of `Module.constants(false)`. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23936)) + + ### Notable changes * Added `#verified` and `#valid_message?` methods to @@ -748,7 +884,7 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/a5e507fa0b8180c3d97458a9b86c195e9857d8f6)) * Added `Integer#positive?` and `Integer#negative?` query methods - in the vein of `Fixnum#zero?`. + in the vein of `Integer#zero?`. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e54277a45da3c86fecdfa930663d7692fd083daa)) * Added a bang version to `ActiveSupport::OrderedOptions` get methods which will raise @@ -767,6 +903,20 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes. class and module variables that live per-thread. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22630)) +* Added `Array#second_to_last` and `Array#third_to_last` methods. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23583)) + +* Added `#on_weekday?` method to `Date`, `Time`, and `DateTime`. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23687)) + +* Publish `ActiveSupport::Executor` and `ActiveSupport::Reloader` APIs to allow + components and libraries to manage, and participate in, the execution of + application code, and the application reloading process. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23807)) + +* `ActiveSupport::Duration` now supports ISO8601 formatting and parsing. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/16917)) + Credits ------- diff --git a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md index 28578b3369..93bcb6157a 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md @@ -12,41 +12,39 @@ After reading this guide, you will know: Introduction ------------ -Action Cable seamlessly integrates WebSockets with the rest of your Rails application. -It allows for real-time features to be written in Ruby in the same style and form as -the rest of your Rails application, while still being performant and scalable. It's -a full-stack offering that provides both a client-side JavaScript framework and a -server-side Ruby framework. You have access to your full domain model written with -Active Record or your ORM of choice. +Action Cable seamlessly integrates +[WebSockets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket) with the rest of your +Rails application. It allows for real-time features to be written in Ruby in the +same style and form as the rest of your Rails application, while still being +performant and scalable. It's a full-stack offering that provides both a +client-side JavaScript framework and a server-side Ruby framework. You have +access to your full domain model written with Active Record or your ORM of +choice. What is Pub/Sub --------------- -Pub/Sub, or Publish-Subscribe, refers to a message queue paradigm whereby senders -of information (publishers), send data to an abstract class of recipients (subscribers), -without specifying individual recipients. Action Cable uses this approach to communicate -between the server and many clients. - -What is Action Cable --------------------- - -Action Cable is a server which can handle multiple connection instances, with one -client-server connection instance established per WebSocket connection. +[Pub/Sub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish%E2%80%93subscribe_pattern), or +Publish-Subscribe, refers to a message queue paradigm whereby senders of +information (publishers), send data to an abstract class of recipients +(subscribers), without specifying individual recipients. Action Cable uses this +approach to communicate between the server and many clients. ## Server-Side Components ### Connections -Connections form the foundation of the client-server relationship. For every WebSocket -the cable server is accepting, a Connection object will be instantiated on the server side. -This instance becomes the parent of all the channel subscriptions that are created from there on. -The Connection itself does not deal with any specific application logic beyond authentication -and authorization. The client of a WebSocket connection is called a consumer. An individual -user will create one consumer-connection pair per browser tab, window, or device they have open. +*Connections* form the foundation of the client-server relationship. For every +WebSocket accepted by the server, a connection object is instantiated. This +object becomes the parent of all the *channel subscriptions* that are created +from there on. The connection itself does not deal with any specific application +logic beyond authentication and authorization. The client of a WebSocket +connection is called the connection *consumer*. An individual user will create +one consumer-connection pair per browser tab, window, or device they have open. -Connections are instantiated via the `ApplicationCable::Connection` class in Ruby. -In this class, you authorize the incoming connection, and proceed to establish it -if the user can be identified. +Connections are instances of `ApplicationCable::Connection`. In this class, you +authorize the incoming connection, and proceed to establish it if the user can +be identified. #### Connection Setup @@ -73,24 +71,24 @@ end ``` Here `identified_by` is a connection identifier that can be used to find the -specific connection later. Note that anything marked as an identifier will automatically +specific connection later. Note that anything marked as an identifier will automatically create a delegate by the same name on any channel instances created off the connection. This example relies on the fact that you will already have handled authentication of the user -somewhere else in your application, and that a successful authentication sets a signed -cookie with the `user_id`. +somewhere else in your application, and that a successful authentication sets a signed +cookie with the user ID. The cookie is then automatically sent to the connection instance when a new connection is attempted, and you use that to set the `current_user`. By identifying the connection -by this same current_user, you're also ensuring that you can later retrieve all open +by this same current user, you're also ensuring that you can later retrieve all open connections by a given user (and potentially disconnect them all if the user is deleted or deauthorized). ### Channels -A channel encapsulates a logical unit of work, similar to what a controller does in a -regular MVC setup. By default, Rails creates a parent `ApplicationCable::Channel` class -for encapsulating shared logic between your channels. +A *channel* encapsulates a logical unit of work, similar to what a controller does in a +regular MVC setup. By default, Rails creates a parent `ApplicationCable::Channel` class +for encapsulating shared logic between your channels. #### Parent Channel Setup @@ -103,14 +101,14 @@ end ``` Then you would create your own channel classes. For example, you could have a -**ChatChannel** and an **AppearanceChannel**: +`ChatChannel` and an `AppearanceChannel`: ```ruby -# app/channels/application_cable/chat_channel.rb +# app/channels/chat_channel.rb class ChatChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end -# app/channels/application_cable/appearance_channel.rb +# app/channels/appearance_channel.rb class AppearanceChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end ``` @@ -119,15 +117,15 @@ A consumer could then be subscribed to either or both of these channels. #### Subscriptions -When a consumer is subscribed to a channel, they act as a subscriber; -This connection is called a subscription. -Incoming messages are then routed to these channel subscriptions based on -an identifier sent by the cable consumer. +Consumers subscribe to channels, acting as *subscribers*. Their connection is +called a *subscription*. Produced messages are then routed to these channel +subscriptions based on an identifier sent by the cable consumer. ```ruby -# app/channels/application_cable/chat_channel.rb +# app/channels/chat_channel.rb class ChatChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel - # Called when the consumer has successfully become a subscriber of this channel + # Called when the consumer has successfully + # become a subscriber of this channel. def subscribed end end @@ -138,30 +136,30 @@ end ### Connections Consumers require an instance of the connection on their side. This can be -established using the following Javascript, which is generated by default in Rails: +established using the following JavaScript, which is generated by default by Rails: #### Connect Consumer -```coffeescript -# app/assets/javascripts/cable.coffee -#= require action_cable +```js +// app/assets/javascripts/cable.js +//= require action_cable +//= require_self +//= require_tree ./channels + +(function() { + this.App || (this.App = {}); -@App = {} -App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer() + App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer(); +}).call(this); ``` -This will ready a consumer that'll connect against /cable on your server by default. +This will ready a consumer that'll connect against `/cable` on your server by default. The connection won't be established until you've also specified at least one subscription you're interested in having. #### Subscriber -When a consumer is subscribed to a channel, they act as a subscriber. A -consumer can act as a subscriber to a given channel any number of times. -For example, a consumer could subscribe to multiple chat rooms at the same time. -(remember that a physical user may have multiple consumers, one per tab/device open to your connection). - -A consumer becomes a subscriber, by creating a subscription to a given channel: +A consumer becomes a subscriber by creating a subscription to a given channel: ```coffeescript # app/assets/javascripts/cable/subscriptions/chat.coffee @@ -174,15 +172,23 @@ App.cable.subscriptions.create { channel: "AppearanceChannel" } While this creates the subscription, the functionality needed to respond to received data will be described later on. +A consumer can act as a subscriber to a given channel any number of times. For +example, a consumer could subscribe to multiple chat rooms at the same time: + +```coffeescript +App.cable.subscriptions.create { channel: "ChatChannel", room: "1st Room" } +App.cable.subscriptions.create { channel: "ChatChannel", room: "2nd Room" } +``` + ## Client-Server Interactions ### Streams -Streams provide the mechanism by which channels route published content -(broadcasts) to its subscribers. +*Streams* provide the mechanism by which channels route published content +(broadcasts) to their subscribers. ```ruby -# app/channels/application_cable/chat_channel.rb +# app/channels/chat_channel.rb class ChatChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel def subscribed stream_from "chat_#{params[:room]}" @@ -203,20 +209,30 @@ class CommentsChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end ``` -You can then broadcast to this channel using: `CommentsChannel.broadcast_to(@post, @comment)` +You can then broadcast to this channel like this: -### Broadcastings +```ruby +CommentsChannel.broadcast_to(@post, @comment) +``` -A broadcasting is a pub/sub link where anything transmitted by a publisher +### Broadcasting + +A *broadcasting* is a pub/sub link where anything transmitted by a publisher is routed directly to the channel subscribers who are streaming that named broadcasting. Each channel can be streaming zero or more broadcastings. -Broadcastings are purely an online queue and time dependent; -If a consumer is not streaming (subscribed to a given channel), they'll not -get the broadcast should they connect later. + +Broadcastings are purely an online queue and time dependent. If a consumer is +not streaming (subscribed to a given channel), they'll not get the broadcast +should they connect later. Broadcasts are called elsewhere in your Rails application: + ```ruby - WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to current_user, title: 'New things!', body: 'All the news fit to print' +WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to( + current_user, + title: 'New things!', + body: 'All the news fit to print' +) ``` The `WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to` call places a message in the current @@ -225,14 +241,14 @@ broadcasting name for each user. For a user with an ID of 1, the broadcasting name would be `web_notifications_1`. The channel has been instructed to stream everything that arrives at -`web_notifications_1` directly to the client by invoking the `#received(data)` +`web_notifications_1` directly to the client by invoking the `received` callback. ### Subscriptions -When a consumer is subscribed to a channel, they act as a subscriber; -This connection is called a subscription. Incoming messages are then routed -to these channel subscriptions based on an identifier sent by the cable consumer. +When a consumer is subscribed to a channel, they act as a subscriber. This +connection is called a subscription. Incoming messages are then routed to +these channel subscriptions based on an identifier sent by the cable consumer. ```coffeescript # app/assets/javascripts/cable/subscriptions/chat.coffee @@ -254,10 +270,10 @@ App.cable.subscriptions.create { channel: "ChatChannel", room: "Best Room" }, """ ``` -### Passing Parameters to Channel +### Passing Parameters to Channels -You can pass parameters from the client-side to the server-side when -creating a subscription. For example: +You can pass parameters from the client side to the server side when creating a +subscription. For example: ```ruby # app/channels/chat_channel.rb @@ -268,8 +284,8 @@ class ChatChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end ``` -Pass an object as the first argument to `subscriptions.create`, and that object -will become your params hash in your cable channel. The keyword `channel` is required. +An object passed as the first argument to `subscriptions.create` becomes the +params hash in the cable channel. The keyword `channel` is required: ```coffeescript # app/assets/javascripts/cable/subscriptions/chat.coffee @@ -291,14 +307,18 @@ App.cable.subscriptions.create { channel: "ChatChannel", room: "Best Room" }, ``` ```ruby -# Somewhere in your app this is called, perhaps from a NewCommentJob -ChatChannel.broadcast_to "chat_#{room}", sent_by: 'Paul', body: 'This is a cool chat app.' +# Somewhere in your app this is called, perhaps +# from a NewCommentJob. +ChatChannel.broadcast_to( + "chat_#{room}", + sent_by: 'Paul', + body: 'This is a cool chat app.' +) ``` +### Rebroadcasting a Message -### Rebroadcasting message - -A common use case is to rebroadcast a message sent by one client to any +A common use case is to *rebroadcast* a message sent by one client to any other connected clients. ```ruby @@ -309,7 +329,7 @@ class ChatChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end def receive(data) - ChatChannel.broadcast_to "chat_#{params[:room]}", data + ChatChannel.broadcast_to("chat_#{params[:room]}", data) end end ``` @@ -327,20 +347,21 @@ The rebroadcast will be received by all connected clients, _including_ the client that sent the message. Note that params are the same as they were when you subscribed to the channel. -## Full-stack examples +## Full-Stack Examples The following setup steps are common to both examples: - 1. [Setup your connection](#connection-setup) - 2. [Setup your parent channel](#parent-channel-setup) - 3. [Connect your consumer](#connect-consumer) + 1. [Setup your connection](#connection-setup). + 2. [Setup your parent channel](#parent-channel-setup). + 3. [Connect your consumer](#connect-consumer). + +### Example 1: User Appearances -### Example 1: User appearances Here's a simple example of a channel that tracks whether a user is online or not and what page they're on. (This is useful for creating presence features like showing a green dot next to a user name if they're online). -#### Create the server-side Appearance Channel: +Create the server-side appearance channel: ```ruby # app/channels/appearance_channel.rb @@ -354,7 +375,7 @@ class AppearanceChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end def appear(data) - current_user.appear on: data['appearing_on'] + current_user.appear(on: data['appearing_on']) end def away @@ -363,35 +384,34 @@ class AppearanceChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end ``` -When `#subscribed` callback is invoked by the consumer, a client-side subscription -is initiated. In this case, we take that opportunity to say "the current user has -indeed appeared". That appear/disappear API could be backed by Redis, a database, -or whatever else. +When a subscription is initiated the `subscribed` callback gets fired and we +take that opportunity to say "the current user has indeed appeared". That +appear/disappear API could be backed by Redis, a database, or whatever else. -#### Create the client-side Appearance Channel subscription: +Create the client-side appearance channel subscription: ```coffeescript # app/assets/javascripts/cable/subscriptions/appearance.coffee App.cable.subscriptions.create "AppearanceChannel", - # Called when the subscription is ready for use on the server + # Called when the subscription is ready for use on the server. connected: -> @install() @appear() - # Called when the WebSocket connection is closed + # Called when the WebSocket connection is closed. disconnected: -> @uninstall() - # Called when the subscription is rejected by the server + # Called when the subscription is rejected by the server. rejected: -> @uninstall() appear: -> - # Calls `AppearanceChannel#appear(data)` on the server + # Calls `AppearanceChannel#appear(data)` on the server. @perform("appear", appearing_on: $("main").data("appearing-on")) away: -> - # Calls `AppearanceChannel#away` on the server + # Calls `AppearanceChannel#away` on the server. @perform("away") @@ -413,13 +433,33 @@ App.cable.subscriptions.create "AppearanceChannel", ``` ##### Client-Server Interaction -1. **Client** establishes a connection with the **Server** via `App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer("ws://cable.example.com")`. [*` cable.coffee`*] The **Server** identified this connection instance by `current_user`. -2. **Client** initiates a subscription to the `Appearance Channel` for their connection via `App.cable.subscriptions.create "AppearanceChannel"`. [*`appearance.coffee`*] -3. **Server** recognizes a new subscription has been initiated for `AppearanceChannel` channel performs the `subscribed` callback, which calls the `appear` method on the `current_user`. [*`appearance_channel.rb`*] -4. **Client** recognizes that a subscription has been established and calls `connected` [*`appearance.coffee`*] which in turn calls `@install` and `@appear`. `@appear` calls`AppearanceChannel#appear(data)` on the server, and supplies a data hash of `appearing_on: $("main").data("appearing-on")`. This is possible because the server-side channel instance will automatically expose the public methods declared on the class (minus the callbacks), so that these can be reached as remote procedure calls via a subscription's `perform` method. -5. **Server** receives the request for the `appear` action on the `AppearanceChannel` channel for the connection identified by `current_user`. [*`appearance_channel.rb`*] The server retrieves the data with the `appearing_on` key from the data hash and sets it as the value for the `on:` key being passed to `current_user.appear`. -### Example 2: Receiving new web notifications +1. **Client** connects to the **Server** via `App.cable = +ActionCable.createConsumer("ws://cable.example.com")`. (`cable.js`). The +**Server** identifies this connection by `current_user`. + +2. **Client** subscribes to the appearance channel via +`App.cable.subscriptions.create(channel: "AppearanceChannel")`. (`appearance.coffee`) + +3. **Server** recognizes a new subscription has been initiated for the +appearance channel and runs its `subscribed` callback, calling the `appear` +method on `current_user`. (`appearance_channel.rb`) + +4. **Client** recognizes that a subscription has been established and calls +`connected` (`appearance.coffee`) which in turn calls `@install` and `@appear`. +`@appear` calls `AppearanceChannel#appear(data)` on the server, and supplies a +data hash of `{ appearing_on: $("main").data("appearing-on") }`. This is +possible because the server-side channel instance automatically exposes all +public methods declared on the class (minus the callbacks), so that these can be +reached as remote procedure calls via a subscription's `perform` method. + +5. **Server** receives the request for the `appear` action on the appearance +channel for the connection identified by `current_user` +(`appearance_channel.rb`). **Server** retrieves the data with the +`:appearing_on` key from the data hash and sets it as the value for the `:on` +key being passed to `current_user.appear`. + +### Example 2: Receiving New Web Notifications The appearance example was all about exposing server functionality to client-side invocation over the WebSocket connection. But the great thing @@ -429,7 +469,7 @@ where the server invokes an action on the client. This is a web notification channel that allows you to trigger client-side web notifications when you broadcast to the right streams: -#### Create the server-side Web Notifications Channel: +Create the server-side web notifications channel: ```ruby # app/channels/web_notifications_channel.rb @@ -440,36 +480,43 @@ class WebNotificationsChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel end ``` -#### Create the client-side Web Notifications Channel subscription: +Create the client-side web notifications channel subscription: + ```coffeescript # app/assets/javascripts/cable/subscriptions/web_notifications.coffee -# Client-side which assumes you've already requested the right to send web notifications +# Client-side which assumes you've already requested +# the right to send web notifications. App.cable.subscriptions.create "WebNotificationsChannel", received: (data) -> new Notification data["title"], body: data["body"] ``` -#### Broadcast content to a Web Notification Channel instance from elsewhere in your application +Broadcast content to a web notification channel instance from elsewhere in your +application: ```ruby # Somewhere in your app this is called, perhaps from a NewCommentJob - WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to current_user, title: 'New things!', body: 'All the news fit to print' +WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to( + current_user, + title: 'New things!', + body: 'All the news fit to print' +) ``` The `WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to` call places a message in the current -subscription adapter (Redis by default)'s pubsub queue under a separate -broadcasting name for each user. For a user with an ID of 1, the broadcasting -name would be `web_notifications_1`. +subscription adapter's pubsub queue under a separate broadcasting name for each +user. For a user with an ID of 1, the broadcasting name would be +"web_notifications_1". The channel has been instructed to stream everything that arrives at -`web_notifications_1` directly to the client by invoking the `#received(data)` -callback. The data is the hash sent as the second parameter to the server-side -broadcast call, JSON encoded for the trip across the wire, and unpacked for -the data argument arriving to `#received`. +"web_notifications_1" directly to the client by invoking the `received` +callback. The data passed as argument is the hash sent as the second parameter +to the server-side broadcast call, JSON encoded for the trip across the wire, +and unpacked for the data argument arriving to `received`. -### More complete examples +### More Complete Examples -See the [rails/actioncable-examples](http://github.com/rails/actioncable-examples) +See the [rails/actioncable-examples](https://github.com/rails/actioncable-examples) repository for a full example of how to setup Action Cable in a Rails app and adding channels. ## Configuration @@ -478,26 +525,20 @@ Action Cable has two required configurations: a subscription adapter and allowed ### Subscription Adapter -By default, `ActionCable::Server::Base` will look for a configuration file -in `Rails.root.join('config/cable.yml')`. The file must specify an adapter -and a URL for each Rails environment. See the "Dependencies" section for -additional information on adapters. +By default, Action Cable looks for a configuration file in `config/cable.yml`. +The file must specify an adapter and a URL for each Rails environment. See the +[Dependencies](#dependencies) section for additional information on adapters. ```yaml -production: &production - adapter: redis - url: redis://10.10.3.153:6381 -development: &development +development: adapter: async -test: *development -``` -This format allows you to specify one configuration per Rails environment. -You can also change the location of the Action Cable config file in -a Rails initializer with something like: +test: + adapter: async -```ruby -Rails.application.paths.add "config/redis/cable", with: "somewhere/else/cable.yml" +production: + adapter: redis + url: redis://10.10.3.153:6381 ``` ### Allowed Request Origins @@ -507,81 +548,84 @@ passed to the server config as an array. The origins can be instances of strings or regular expressions, against which a check for match will be performed. ```ruby -Rails.application.config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = ['http://rubyonrails.com', /http:\/\/ruby.*/] +config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = ['http://rubyonrails.com', %r{http://ruby.*}] ``` To disable and allow requests from any origin: ```ruby -Rails.application.config.action_cable.disable_request_forgery_protection = true +config.action_cable.disable_request_forgery_protection = true ``` By default, Action Cable allows all requests from localhost:3000 when running in the development environment. - ### Consumer Configuration -To configure the URL, add a call to `action_cable_meta_tag` in your HTML layout HEAD. -This uses a url or path typically set via `config.action_cable.url` in the environment configuration files. +To configure the URL, add a call to `action_cable_meta_tag` in your HTML layout +HEAD. This uses a URL or path typically set via `config.action_cable.url` in the +environment configuration files. ### Other Configurations -The other common option to configure is the log tags applied to the per-connection logger. Here's close to what we're using in Basecamp: +The other common option to configure is the log tags applied to the +per-connection logger. Here's close to what we're using in Basecamp: ```ruby -Rails.application.config.action_cable.log_tags = [ +config.action_cable.log_tags = [ -> request { request.env['bc.account_id'] || "no-account" }, :action_cable, -> request { request.uuid } ] ``` -For a full list of all configuration options, see the `ActionCable::Server::Configuration` class. +For a full list of all configuration options, see the +`ActionCable::Server::Configuration` class. -Also note that your server must provide at least the same number of -database connections as you have workers. The default worker pool is -set to 100, so that means you have to make at least that available. -You can change that in `config/database.yml` through the `pool` attribute. +Also note that your server must provide at least the same number of database +connections as you have workers. The default worker pool size is set to 100, so +that means you have to make at least that available. You can change that in +`config/database.yml` through the `pool` attribute. -## Running standalone cable servers +## Running Standalone Cable Servers ### In App Action Cable can run alongside your Rails application. For example, to -listen for WebSocket requests on `/websocket`, mount the server at that path: +listen for WebSocket requests on `/websocket`, specify that path to +`config.action_cable.mount_path`: ```ruby -# config/routes.rb -Example::Application.routes.draw do - mount ActionCable.server => '/cable' +# config/application.rb +class Application < Rails::Application + config.action_cable.mount_path = '/websocket' end ``` -You can use `App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer()` to connect to the -cable server if `action_cable_meta_tag` is included in the layout. A custom -path is specified as first argument to `createConsumer` -(e.g. `App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer("/websocket")`). +You can use `App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer()` to connect to the cable +server if `action_cable_meta_tag` is invoked in the layout. A custom path is +specified as first argument to `createConsumer` (e.g. `App.cable = +ActionCable.createConsumer("/websocket")`). -For every instance of your server you create and for every worker -your server spawns, you will also have a new instance of ActionCable, -but the use of Redis keeps messages synced across connections. +For every instance of your server you create and for every worker your server +spawns, you will also have a new instance of Action Cable, but the use of Redis +keeps messages synced across connections. ### Standalone -The cable servers can be separated from your normal application server. -It's still a Rack application, but it is its own Rack application. -The recommended basic setup is as follows: +The cable servers can be separated from your normal application server. It's +still a Rack application, but it is its own Rack application. The recommended +basic setup is as follows: ```ruby # cable/config.ru -require ::File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__) +require_relative 'config/environment' Rails.application.eager_load! run ActionCable.server ``` -Then you start the server using a binstub in bin/cable ala: +Then you start the server using a binstub in `bin/cable` ala: ``` #!/bin/bash @@ -617,4 +661,5 @@ The Action Cable server implements the Rack socket hijacking API, thereby allowing the use of a multithreaded pattern for managing connections internally, irrespective of whether the application server is multi-threaded or not. -Accordingly, Action Cable works with all the popular application servers -- Unicorn, Puma and Passenger. +Accordingly, Action Cable works with popular servers like Unicorn, Puma, and +Passenger. diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md index 9ef2c1a441..848c9caa59 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md @@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ class LoginsController < ApplicationController end ``` -Now, the `LoginsController`'s `new` and `create` actions will work as before without requiring the user to be logged in. The `:only` option is used to only skip this filter for these actions, and there is also an `:except` option which works the other way. These options can be used when adding filters too, so you can add a filter which only runs for selected actions in the first place. +Now, the `LoginsController`'s `new` and `create` actions will work as before without requiring the user to be logged in. The `:only` option is used to skip this filter only for these actions, and there is also an `:except` option which works the other way. These options can be used when adding filters too, so you can add a filter which only runs for selected actions in the first place. ### After Filters and Around Filters @@ -1088,6 +1088,8 @@ You can filter out sensitive request parameters from your log files by appending config.filter_parameters << :password ``` +NOTE: Provided parameters will be filtered out by partial matching regular expression. Rails adds default `:password` in the appropriate initializer (`initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`) and cares about typical application parameters `password` and `password_confirmation`. + ### Redirects Filtering Sometimes it's desirable to filter out from log files some sensitive locations your application is redirecting to. diff --git a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md index 558c16f5b0..5346b7c32b 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md @@ -204,10 +204,14 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController end ``` -NOTE: Active Job's default behavior is to execute jobs ':inline'. So, you can use -`deliver_later` now to send emails, and when you later decide to start sending -them from a background job, you'll only need to set up Active Job to use a queueing -backend (Sidekiq, Resque, etc). +NOTE: Active Job's default behavior is to execute jobs via the `:async` adapter. So, you can use +`deliver_later` now to send emails asynchronously. +Active Job's default adapter runs jobs with an in-process thread pool. +It's well-suited for the development/test environments, since it doesn't require +any external infrastructure, but it's a poor fit for production since it drops +pending jobs on restart. +If you need a persistent backend, you will need to use an Active Job adapter +that has a persistent backend (Sidekiq, Resque, etc). If you want to send emails right away (from a cronjob for example) just call `deliver_now`: diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md index 46116b1e47..0e6bb76101 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ would produce: } ``` -See the [Jbuilder documention](https://github.com/rails/jbuilder#jbuilder) for +See the [Jbuilder documentation](https://github.com/rails/jbuilder#jbuilder) for more examples and information. #### Template Caching @@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ number_to_percentage(100, precision: 0) # => 100% #### number_to_phone -Formats a number into a US phone number. +Formats a number into a phone number (US by default). ```ruby number_to_phone(1235551234) # => 123-555-1234 diff --git a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md index d8ea1ee079..d6de92ace6 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md @@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ module YourApp end ``` +You can also configure your backend on a per job basis. + +```ruby +class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base + self.queue_adapter = :resque + #.... +end + +# Now your job will use `resque` as it's backend queue adapter overriding what +# was configured in `config.active_job.queue_adapter`. +``` + ### Starting the Backend Since jobs run in parallel to your Rails application, most queuing libraries diff --git a/guides/source/active_model_basics.md b/guides/source/active_model_basics.md index a8199e5d02..e834aeadb1 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_model_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/active_model_basics.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ After reading this guide, you will know: * How an Active Record model behaves. * How Callbacks and validations work. * How serializers work. -* The Rails internationalization (i18n) framework. +* How Active Model integrates with the Rails internationalization (i18n) framework. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md index cd6b7fdd67..f914122242 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md @@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ end ``` This migration will create a `user_id` column and appropriate index. +For more `add_reference` options, visit the [API documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatements.html#method-i-add_reference). There is also a generator which will produce join tables if `JoinTable` is part of the name: @@ -353,7 +354,14 @@ end ``` will append `ENGINE=BLACKHOLE` to the SQL statement used to create the table -(when using MySQL, the default is `ENGINE=InnoDB`). +(when using MySQL or MariaDB, the default is `ENGINE=InnoDB`). + +Also you can pass the `:comment` option with any description for the table +that will be stored in database itself and can be viewed with database administration +tools, such as MySQL Workbench or PgAdmin III. It's highly recommended to specify +comments in migrations for applications with large databases as it helps people +to understand data model and generate documentation. +Currently only the MySQL and PostgreSQL adapters support comments. ### Creating a Join Table @@ -454,6 +462,7 @@ number of digits after the decimal point. are using a dynamic value (such as a date), the default will only be calculated the first time (i.e. on the date the migration is applied). * `index` Adds an index for the column. +* `comment` Adds a comment for the column. Some adapters may support additional options; see the adapter specific API docs for further information. @@ -970,7 +979,7 @@ this, then you should set the schema format to `:sql`. Instead of using Active Record's schema dumper, the database's structure will be dumped using a tool specific to the database (via the `db:structure:dump` rails task) into `db/structure.sql`. For example, for PostgreSQL, the `pg_dump` -utility is used. For MySQL, this file will contain the output of +utility is used. For MySQL and MariaDB, this file will contain the output of `SHOW CREATE TABLE` for the various tables. Loading these schemas is simply a question of executing the SQL statements they diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md index af15d4870c..928ab43b3b 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Role < ApplicationRecord end ``` -Active Record will perform queries on the database for you and is compatible with most database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite to name a few). Regardless of which database system you're using, the Active Record method format will always be the same. +Active Record will perform queries on the database for you and is compatible with most database systems, including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite. Regardless of which database system you're using, the Active Record method format will always be the same. Retrieving Objects from the Database ------------------------------------ @@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ You can pass in a numerical argument to the `take` method to return up to that n ```ruby client = Client.take(2) # => [ - #<Client id: 1, first_name: "Lifo">, - #<Client id: 220, first_name: "Sara"> -] +# #<Client id: 1, first_name: "Lifo">, +# #<Client id: 220, first_name: "Sara"> +# ] ``` The SQL equivalent of the above is: @@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ You can pass in a numerical argument to the `first` method to return up to that ```ruby client = Client.first(3) # => [ - #<Client id: 1, first_name: "Lifo">, - #<Client id: 2, first_name: "Fifo">, - #<Client id: 3, first_name: "Filo"> -] +# #<Client id: 1, first_name: "Lifo">, +# #<Client id: 2, first_name: "Fifo">, +# #<Client id: 3, first_name: "Filo"> +# ] ``` The SQL equivalent of the above is: @@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ You can pass in a numerical argument to the `last` method to return up to that n ```ruby client = Client.last(3) # => [ - #<Client id: 219, first_name: "James">, - #<Client id: 220, first_name: "Sara">, - #<Client id: 221, first_name: "Russel"> -] +# #<Client id: 219, first_name: "James">, +# #<Client id: 220, first_name: "Sara">, +# #<Client id: 221, first_name: "Russel"> +# ] ``` The SQL equivalent of the above is: @@ -472,6 +472,12 @@ NOTE: Only equality, range and subset checking are possible with Hash conditions Client.where(locked: true) ``` +This will generate SQL like this: + +```sql +SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.locked = 1) +``` + The field name can also be a string: ```ruby @@ -517,13 +523,17 @@ SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.orders_count IN (1,3,5)) ### NOT Conditions -`NOT` SQL queries can be built by `where.not`. +`NOT` SQL queries can be built by `where.not`: ```ruby -Article.where.not(author: author) +Client.where.not(locked: true) ``` -In other words, this query can be generated by calling `where` with no argument, then immediately chain with `not` passing `where` conditions. +In other words, this query can be generated by calling `where` with no argument, then immediately chain with `not` passing `where` conditions. This will generate SQL like this: + +```sql +SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.locked != 1) +``` Ordering -------- @@ -1111,7 +1121,7 @@ If you want to select a set of records whether or not they have associated records you can use the `left_outer_joins` method. ```ruby -Author.left_outer_joins(:posts).uniq.select('authors.*, COUNT(posts.*) AS posts_count').group('authors.id') +Author.left_outer_joins(:posts).distinct.select('authors.*, COUNT(posts.*) AS posts_count').group('authors.id') ``` Which produces: @@ -1613,7 +1623,7 @@ now want the client named 'Nick': ```ruby nick = Client.find_or_initialize_by(first_name: 'Nick') -# => <Client id: nil, first_name: "Nick", orders_count: 0, locked: true, created_at: "2011-08-30 06:09:27", updated_at: "2011-08-30 06:09:27"> +# => #<Client id: nil, first_name: "Nick", orders_count: 0, locked: true, created_at: "2011-08-30 06:09:27", updated_at: "2011-08-30 06:09:27"> nick.persisted? # => false @@ -1645,10 +1655,10 @@ Client.find_by_sql("SELECT * FROM clients INNER JOIN orders ON clients.id = orders.client_id ORDER BY clients.created_at desc") # => [ - #<Client id: 1, first_name: "Lucas" >, - #<Client id: 2, first_name: "Jan" >, - # ... -] +# #<Client id: 1, first_name: "Lucas" >, +# #<Client id: 2, first_name: "Jan" >, +# ... +# ] ``` `find_by_sql` provides you with a simple way of making custom calls to the database and retrieving instantiated objects. @@ -1660,9 +1670,9 @@ Client.find_by_sql("SELECT * FROM clients ```ruby Client.connection.select_all("SELECT first_name, created_at FROM clients WHERE id = '1'") # => [ - {"first_name"=>"Rafael", "created_at"=>"2012-11-10 23:23:45.281189"}, - {"first_name"=>"Eileen", "created_at"=>"2013-12-09 11:22:35.221282"} -] +# {"first_name"=>"Rafael", "created_at"=>"2012-11-10 23:23:45.281189"}, +# {"first_name"=>"Eileen", "created_at"=>"2013-12-09 11:22:35.221282"} +# ] ``` ### `pluck` @@ -1915,7 +1925,7 @@ EXPLAIN for: SELECT `users`.* FROM `users` INNER JOIN `articles` ON `articles`.` 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) ``` -under MySQL. +under MySQL and MariaDB. Active Record performs a pretty printing that emulates that of the corresponding database shell. So, the same query running with the @@ -1975,7 +1985,7 @@ EXPLAIN for: SELECT `articles`.* FROM `articles` WHERE `articles`.`user_id` IN 1 row in set (0.00 sec) ``` -under MySQL. +under MySQL and MariaDB. ### Interpreting EXPLAIN @@ -1986,4 +1996,6 @@ following pointers may be helpful: * MySQL: [EXPLAIN Output Format](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/explain-output.html) +* MariaDB: [EXPLAIN](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/explain/) + * PostgreSQL: [Using EXPLAIN](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/using-explain.html) diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md index 10bd201145..936d6a30b8 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md @@ -278,12 +278,6 @@ form was submitted. This is typically used when the user needs to agree to your application's terms of service, confirm that some text is read, or any similar concept. -This validation is very specific to web applications and this -'acceptance' does not need to be recorded anywhere in your database. If you -don't have a field for it, the helper will just create a virtual attribute. If -the field does exist in your database, the `accept` option must be set to -`true` or else the validation will not run. - ```ruby class Person < ApplicationRecord validates :terms_of_service, acceptance: true @@ -292,16 +286,31 @@ end This check is performed only if `terms_of_service` is not `nil`. The default error message for this helper is _"must be accepted"_. +You can also pass custom message via the `message` option. -It can receive an `:accept` option, which determines the value that will be -considered acceptance. It defaults to "1" and can be easily changed. +```ruby +class Person < ApplicationRecord + validates :terms_of_service, acceptance: true, message: 'must be abided' +end +``` + +It can also receive an `:accept` option, which determines the allowed values +that will be considered as accepted. It defaults to `['1', true]` and can be +easily changed. ```ruby class Person < ApplicationRecord validates :terms_of_service, acceptance: { accept: 'yes' } + validates :eula, acceptance: { accept: ['TRUE', 'accepted'] } end ``` +This validation is very specific to web applications and this +'acceptance' does not need to be recorded anywhere in your database. If you +don't have a field for it, the helper will just create a virtual attribute. If +the field does exist in your database, the `accept` option must be set to +or include `true` or else the validation will not run. + ### `validates_associated` You should use this helper when your model has associations with other models @@ -505,6 +514,8 @@ constraints to acceptable values: * `:less_than_or_equal_to` - Specifies the value must be less than or equal to the supplied value. The default error message for this option is _"must be less than or equal to %{count}"_. +* `:other_than` - Specifies the value must be other than the supplied value. + The default error message for this option is _"must be other than %{count}"_. * `:odd` - Specifies the value must be an odd number if set to true. The default error message for this option is _"must be odd"_. * `:even` - Specifies the value must be an even number if set to true. The @@ -783,7 +794,7 @@ A `String` `:message` value can optionally contain any/all of `%{value}`, `%{attribute}`, and `%{model}` which will be dynamically replaced when validation fails. -A `Proc` `:message` value is given two arguments: a message key for i18n, and +A `Proc` `:message` value is given two arguments: the object being validated, and a hash with `:model`, `:attribute`, and `:value` key-value pairs. ```ruby @@ -799,10 +810,10 @@ class Person < ApplicationRecord # Proc validates :username, uniqueness: { - # key = "activerecord.errors.models.person.attributes.username.taken" + # object = person object being validated # data = { model: "Person", attribute: "Username", value: <username> } - message: ->(key, data) do - "#{data[:value]} taken! Try again #{Time.zone.tomorrow}" + message: ->(object, data) do + "Hey #{object.name}!, #{data[:value]} is taken already! Try again #{Time.zone.tomorrow}" end } end @@ -830,6 +841,25 @@ class Person < ApplicationRecord end ``` +You can also use `on:` to define custom context. +Custom contexts need to be triggered explicitly +by passing name of the context to `valid?`, `invalid?` or `save`. + +```ruby +class Person < ApplicationRecord + validates :email, uniqueness: true, on: :account_setup + validates :age, numericality: true, on: :account_setup +end + +person = Person.new +``` + +`person.valid?(:account_setup)` executes both the validations +without saving the model. And `person.save(context: :account_setup)` +validates `person` in `account_setup` context before saving. +On explicit triggers, model is validated by +validations of only that context and validations without context. + Strict Validations ------------------ @@ -1196,9 +1226,9 @@ person.errors[:name] person.errors.clear person.errors.empty? # => true -p.save # => false +person.save # => false -p.errors[:name] +person.errors[:name] # => ["can't be blank", "is too short (minimum is 3 characters)"] ``` diff --git a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md index b994c863d1..a45690c03f 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md +++ b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Note that `try` will swallow no-method errors, returning nil instead. If you wan ```ruby @number.try(:nest) # => nil -@number.try!(:nest) # NoMethodError: undefined method `nest' for 1:Fixnum +@number.try!(:nest) # NoMethodError: undefined method `nest' for 1:Integer ``` NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb`. @@ -632,8 +632,6 @@ module ActiveSupport mattr_accessor :load_once_paths mattr_accessor :autoloaded_constants mattr_accessor :explicitly_unloadable_constants - mattr_accessor :logger - mattr_accessor :log_activity mattr_accessor :constant_watch_stack mattr_accessor :constant_watch_stack_mutex end @@ -1744,7 +1742,7 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb`. The method `constantize` resolves the constant reference expression in its receiver: ```ruby -"Fixnum".constantize # => Fixnum +"Integer".constantize # => Integer module M X = 1 @@ -2351,7 +2349,7 @@ Contributor.limit(2).order(:rank).to_xml To do so it sends `to_xml` to every item in turn, and collects the results under a root node. All items must respond to `to_xml`, an exception is raised otherwise. -By default, the name of the root element is the underscorized and dasherized plural of the name of the class of the first item, provided the rest of elements belong to that type (checked with `is_a?`) and they are not hashes. In the example above that's "contributors". +By default, the name of the root element is the underscored and dasherized plural of the name of the class of the first item, provided the rest of elements belong to that type (checked with `is_a?`) and they are not hashes. In the example above that's "contributors". If there's any element that does not belong to the type of the first one the root node becomes "objects": @@ -2613,8 +2611,7 @@ To do so, the method loops over the pairs and builds nodes that depend on the _v ```ruby XML_TYPE_NAMES = { "Symbol" => "symbol", - "Fixnum" => "integer", - "Bignum" => "integer", + "Integer" => "integer", "BigDecimal" => "decimal", "Float" => "float", "TrueClass" => "boolean", diff --git a/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md b/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md index 0fd0112c9f..03af3cf819 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md +++ b/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Action Controller | `:controller` | The controller name | | `:action` | The action | | `:params` | Hash of request parameters without any filtered parameter | +| `:headers` | Request headers | | `:format` | html/js/json/xml etc | | `:method` | HTTP request verb | | `:path` | Request path | @@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ Action Controller controller: "PostsController", action: "new", params: { "action" => "new", "controller" => "posts" }, + headers: #<ActionDispatch::Http::Headers:0x0055a67a519b88>, format: :html, method: "GET", path: "/posts/new" @@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ Action Controller | `:controller` | The controller name | | `:action` | The action | | `:params` | Hash of request parameters without any filtered parameter | +| `:headers` | Request headers | | `:format` | html/js/json/xml etc | | `:method` | HTTP request verb | | `:path` | Request path | @@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ Action Controller controller: "PostsController", action: "index", params: {"action" => "index", "controller" => "posts"}, + headers: #<ActionDispatch::Http::Headers:0x0055a67a519b88>, format: :html, method: "GET", path: "/posts", diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md index 8dba914923..485294dc02 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_app.md +++ b/guides/source/api_app.md @@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ Handled at the middleware layer: code. All you need to do is use the [`stale?`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/ConditionalGet.html#method-i-stale-3F) check in your controller, and Rails will handle all of the HTTP details for you. -- Caching: If you use `dirty?` with public cache control, Rails will automatically - cache your responses. You can easily configure the cache store. - HEAD requests: Rails will transparently convert `HEAD` requests into `GET` ones, and return just the headers on the way out. This makes `HEAD` work reliably in all Rails APIs. @@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ To render debugging information preserving the response format, use the value `: config.debug_exception_response_format = :api ``` -By default, `config.debug_exception_response_format` is set to `:api`. +By default, `config.debug_exception_response_format` is set to `:api`, when `config.api_only` is set to true. Finally, inside `app/controllers/application_controller.rb`, instead of: @@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ An API application comes with the following middleware by default: - `Rack::Sendfile` - `ActionDispatch::Static` -- `ActionDispatch::LoadInterlock` +- `ActionDispatch::Executor` - `ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware` - `Rack::Runtime` - `ActionDispatch::RequestId` @@ -291,7 +289,7 @@ You can learn more about how to use `Rack::Sendfile` with popular front-ends in [the Rack::Sendfile documentation](http://rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/master/Rack/Sendfile). -Here are some values for popular servers, once they are configured, to support +Here are some values for this header for some popular servers, once these servers are configured to support accelerated file sending: ```ruby @@ -397,6 +395,13 @@ included into `ActionController::API` in the rails console: ```bash $ bin/rails c >> ActionController::API.ancestors - ActionController::Metal.ancestors +=> [ActionController::API, + ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime, + ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet::MountedHelpers, + ActionController::ParamsWrapper, + ... , + AbstractController::Rendering, + ActionView::ViewPaths] ``` ### Adding Other Modules @@ -411,7 +416,7 @@ Some common modules you might want to add: and translation methods. - `ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic` (or `Digest` or `Token`): Support for basic, digest or token HTTP authentication. -- `AbstractController::Layouts`: Support for layouts when rendering. +- `ActionView::Layouts`: Support for layouts when rendering. - `ActionController::MimeResponds`: Support for `respond_to`. - `ActionController::Cookies`: Support for `cookies`, which includes support for signed and encrypted cookies. This requires the cookies middleware. diff --git a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md index cd208c2e13..5b34330936 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md +++ b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md @@ -120,7 +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 diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md index c3b9e4c2ed..e6631a513c 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md @@ -25,13 +25,9 @@ It allows assets in your application to be automatically combined with assets from other gems. For example, jquery-rails includes a copy of jquery.js and enables AJAX features in Rails. -The asset pipeline is technically no longer a core feature from Rails 4 onwards -- it has -been extracted out of the framework into the -[sprockets-rails](https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails) gem. - -The asset pipeline is enabled by default. - -You can disable the asset pipeline while creating a new application by +The asset pipeline is implemented by the +[sprockets-rails](https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails) gem, +and is enabled by default. You can disable it while creating a new application by passing the `--skip-sprockets` option. ```bash @@ -439,11 +435,11 @@ Sprockets uses manifest files to determine which assets to include and serve. These manifest files contain _directives_ - instructions that tell Sprockets which files to require in order to build a single CSS or JavaScript file. With these directives, Sprockets loads the files specified, processes them if -necessary, concatenates them into one single file and then compresses them (if -`Rails.application.config.assets.compress` is true). By serving one file rather -than many, the load time of pages can be greatly reduced because the browser -makes fewer requests. Compression also reduces file size, enabling the -browser to download them faster. +necessary, concatenates them into one single file and then compresses them +(based on value of `Rails.application.config.assets.js_compressor`). By serving +one file rather than many, the load time of pages can be greatly reduced because +the browser makes fewer requests. Compression also reduces file size, enabling +the browser to download them faster. For example, a new Rails application includes a default @@ -1109,11 +1105,17 @@ NOTE: You will need an [ExecJS](https://github.com/rails/execjs#readme) supported runtime in order to use `uglifier`. If you are using Mac OS X or Windows you have a JavaScript runtime installed in your operating system. -NOTE: The `config.assets.compress` initialization option is no longer used in -Rails to enable either CSS or JavaScript compression. Setting it will have no -effect on the application. Instead, setting `config.assets.css_compressor` and -`config.assets.js_compressor` will control compression of CSS and JavaScript -assets. + + +### Serving GZipped version of assets + +By default, gzipped version of compiled assets will be generated, along +with the non-gzipped version of assets. Gzipped assets help reduce the transmission of +data over the wire. You can configure this by setting the `gzip` flag. + +```ruby +config.assets.gzip = false # disable gzipped assets generation +``` ### Using Your Own Compressor @@ -1284,7 +1286,7 @@ config.assets.js_compressor = :uglifier # Don't fallback to assets pipeline if a precompiled asset is missed config.assets.compile = false -# Generate digests for assets URLs. This is planned for deprecation. +# Generate digests for assets URLs. config.assets.digest = true # Precompile additional assets (application.js, application.css, and all diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index 67fd758fe1..4977d4f30e 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -545,12 +545,12 @@ author.books.size # uses the cached copy of books author.books.empty? # uses the cached copy of books ``` -But what if you want to reload the cache, because data might have been changed by some other part of the application? Just pass `true` to the association call: +But what if you want to reload the cache, because data might have been changed by some other part of the application? Just call `reload` on the association: ```ruby author.books # retrieves books from the database author.books.size # uses the cached copy of books -author.books(true).empty? # discards the cached copy of books +author.books.reload.empty? # discards the cached copy of books # and goes back to the database ``` diff --git a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md index de0fa2fdc0..246fde69d5 100644 --- a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md +++ b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ On the contrary, if `ApplicationController` is unknown, the constant is considered missing and an autoload is going to be attempted by Rails. In order to load `ApplicationController`, Rails iterates over `autoload_paths`. -First checks if `app/assets/application_controller.rb` exists. If it does not, +First it checks if `app/assets/application_controller.rb` exists. If it does not, which is normally the case, it continues and finds `app/controllers/application_controller.rb`. @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ file is loaded. If the file actually defines `Post` all is fine, otherwise ### Qualified References When a qualified constant is missing Rails does not look for it in the parent -namespaces. But there is a caveat: When a constant is missing, Rails is +namespaces. But there is a caveat: when a constant is missing, Rails is unable to tell if the trigger was a relative reference or a qualified one. For example, consider diff --git a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md index ebd67a4adb..6c734c1d78 100644 --- a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ called key-based expiration. Cache fragments will also be expired when the view fragment changes (e.g., the HTML in the view changes). The string of characters at the end of the key is a -template tree digest. It is an md5 hash computed based on the contents of the -view fragment you are caching. If you change the view fragment, the md5 hash +template tree digest. It is an MD5 hash computed based on the contents of the +view fragment you are caching. If you change the view fragment, the MD5 hash will change, expiring the existing file. TIP: Cache stores like Memcached will automatically delete old cache files. @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ comment format anywhere in the template, like: If you use a helper method, for example, inside a cached block and you then update that helper, you'll have to bump the cache as well. It doesn't really matter how -you do it, but the md5 of the template file must change. One recommendation is to +you do it, but the MD5 of the template file must change. One recommendation is to simply be explicit in a comment, like: ```html+erb @@ -512,12 +512,38 @@ class ProductsController < ApplicationController end ``` -### A note on weak ETags +### Strong v/s Weak ETags -Etags generated by Rails are weak by default. Weak etags allow symantically equivalent responses to have the same etags, even if their bodies do not match exactly. This is useful when we don't want the page to be regenerated for minor changes in response body. If you absolutely need to generate a strong etag, it can be assigned to the header directly. +Rails generates weak ETags by default. Weak ETags allow semantically equivalent +responses to have the same ETags, even if their bodies do not match exactly. +This is useful when we don't want the page to be regenerated for minor changes in +response body. + +Weak ETags have a leading `W/` to differentiate them from strong ETags. + +``` + W/"618bbc92e2d35ea1945008b42799b0e7" → Weak ETag + "618bbc92e2d35ea1945008b42799b0e7" → Strong ETag +``` + +Unlike weak ETag, strong ETag implies that response should be exactly the same +and byte by byte identical. Useful when doing Range requests within a +large video or PDF file. Some CDNs support only strong ETags, like Akamai. +If you absolutely need to generate a strong ETag, it can be done as follows. + +```ruby + class ProductsController < ApplicationController + def show + @product = Product.find(params[:id]) + fresh_when last_modified: @product.published_at.utc, strong_etag: @product + end + end +``` + +You can also set the strong ETag directly on the response. ```ruby - response.add_header "ETag", Digest::MD5.hexdigest(response.body) + response.strong_etag = response.body # => "618bbc92e2d35ea1945008b42799b0e7" ``` References diff --git a/guides/source/command_line.md b/guides/source/command_line.md index 62d742fc28..0e6d119681 100644 --- a/guides/source/command_line.md +++ b/guides/source/command_line.md @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ With the `helper` method it is possible to access Rails and your application's h ### `rails dbconsole` -`rails dbconsole` figures out which database you're using and drops you into whichever command line interface you would use with it (and figures out the command line parameters to give to it, too!). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite3. +`rails dbconsole` figures out which database you're using and drops you into whichever command line interface you would use with it (and figures out the command line parameters to give to it, too!). It supports MySQL (including MariaDB), PostgreSQL and SQLite3. INFO: You can also use the alias "db" to invoke the dbconsole: `rails db`. @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ Ruby version 2.2.2 (x86_64-linux) RubyGems version 2.4.6 Rack version 1.6 JavaScript Runtime Node.js (V8) -Middleware Rack::Sendfile, ActionDispatch::Static, ActionDispatch::LoadInterlock, #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x007ffd131a7c88>, Rack::Runtime, Rack::MethodOverride, ActionDispatch::RequestId, Rails::Rack::Logger, ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions, ActionDispatch::RemoteIp, ActionDispatch::Reloader, ActionDispatch::Callbacks, ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement, ActiveRecord::QueryCache, ActionDispatch::Cookies, ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, ActionDispatch::Flash, Rack::Head, Rack::ConditionalGet, Rack::ETag +Middleware Rack::Sendfile, ActionDispatch::Static, ActionDispatch::Executor, #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x007ffd131a7c88>, Rack::Runtime, Rack::MethodOverride, ActionDispatch::RequestId, Rails::Rack::Logger, ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions, ActionDispatch::RemoteIp, ActionDispatch::Reloader, ActionDispatch::Callbacks, ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement, ActiveRecord::QueryCache, ActionDispatch::Cookies, ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, ActionDispatch::Flash, Rack::Head, Rack::ConditionalGet, Rack::ETag Application root /home/foobar/commandsapp Environment development Database adapter sqlite3 diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md index d3a87c3820..66aae112d8 100644 --- a/guides/source/configuring.md +++ b/guides/source/configuring.md @@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ These configuration methods are to be called on a `Rails::Railtie` object, such * `config.asset_host` sets the host for the assets. Useful when CDNs are used for hosting assets, or when you want to work around the concurrency constraints built-in in browsers using different domain aliases. Shorter version of `config.action_controller.asset_host`. -* `config.autoload_once_paths` accepts an array of paths from which Rails will autoload constants that won't be wiped per request. Relevant if `config.cache_classes` is false, which is the case in development mode by default. Otherwise, all autoloading happens only once. All elements of this array must also be in `autoload_paths`. Default is an empty array. +* `config.autoload_once_paths` accepts an array of paths from which Rails will autoload constants that won't be wiped per request. Relevant if `config.cache_classes` is `false`, which is the case in development mode by default. Otherwise, all autoloading happens only once. All elements of this array must also be in `autoload_paths`. Default is an empty array. * `config.autoload_paths` accepts an array of paths from which Rails will autoload constants. Default is all directories under `app`. -* `config.cache_classes` controls whether or not application classes and modules should be reloaded on each request. Defaults to false in development mode, and true in test and production modes. +* `config.cache_classes` controls whether or not application classes and modules should be reloaded on each request. Defaults to `false` in development mode, and `true` in test and production modes. * `config.action_view.cache_template_loading` controls whether or not templates should be reloaded on each request. Defaults to whatever is set for `config.cache_classes`. @@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ application. Accepts a valid week day symbol (e.g. `:monday`). * `config.cache_store` configures which cache store to use for Rails caching. Options include one of the symbols `:memory_store`, `:file_store`, `:mem_cache_store`, `:null_store`, or an object that implements the cache API. Defaults to `:file_store` if the directory `tmp/cache` exists, and to `:memory_store` otherwise. -* `config.colorize_logging` specifies whether or not to use ANSI color codes when logging information. Defaults to true. +* `config.colorize_logging` specifies whether or not to use ANSI color codes when logging information. Defaults to `true`. -* `config.consider_all_requests_local` is a flag. If true then any error will cause detailed debugging information to be dumped in the HTTP response, and the `Rails::Info` controller will show the application runtime context in `/rails/info/properties`. True by default in development and test environments, and false in production mode. For finer-grained control, set this to false and implement `local_request?` in controllers to specify which requests should provide debugging information on errors. +* `config.consider_all_requests_local` is a flag. If `true` then any error will cause detailed debugging information to be dumped in the HTTP response, and the `Rails::Info` controller will show the application runtime context in `/rails/info/properties`. `true` by default in development and test environments, and `false` in production mode. For finer-grained control, set this to `false` and implement `local_request?` in controllers to specify which requests should provide debugging information on errors. * `config.console` allows you to set class that will be used as console you run `rails console`. It's best to run it in `console` block: @@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ application. Accepts a valid week day symbol (e.g. `:monday`). end ``` -* `config.eager_load` when true, eager loads all registered `config.eager_load_namespaces`. This includes your application, engines, Rails frameworks and any other registered namespace. +* `config.eager_load` when `true`, eager loads all registered `config.eager_load_namespaces`. This includes your application, engines, Rails frameworks and any other registered namespace. -* `config.eager_load_namespaces` registers namespaces that are eager loaded when `config.eager_load` is true. All namespaces in the list must respond to the `eager_load!` method. +* `config.eager_load_namespaces` registers namespaces that are eager loaded when `config.eager_load` is `true`. All namespaces in the list must respond to the `eager_load!` method. * `config.eager_load_paths` accepts an array of paths from which Rails will eager load on boot if cache classes is enabled. Defaults to every folder in the `app` directory of the application. @@ -98,17 +98,17 @@ application. Accepts a valid week day symbol (e.g. `:monday`). * `config.exceptions_app` sets the exceptions application invoked by the ShowException middleware when an exception happens. Defaults to `ActionDispatch::PublicExceptions.new(Rails.public_path)`. -* `config.debug_exception_response_format` sets the format used in responses when errors occur in development mode. +* `config.debug_exception_response_format` sets the format used in responses when errors occur in development mode. Defaults to `:api` for API only apps and `:default` for normal apps. -* `config.file_watcher` is the class used to detect file updates in the file system when `config.reload_classes_only_on_change` is true. Rails ships with `ActiveSupport::FileUpdateChecker`, the default, and `ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker` (this one depends on the [listen](https://github.com/guard/listen) gem). Custom classes must conform to the `ActiveSupport::FileUpdateChecker` API. +* `config.file_watcher` is the class used to detect file updates in the file system when `config.reload_classes_only_on_change` is `true`. Rails ships with `ActiveSupport::FileUpdateChecker`, the default, and `ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker` (this one depends on the [listen](https://github.com/guard/listen) gem). Custom classes must conform to the `ActiveSupport::FileUpdateChecker` API. * `config.filter_parameters` used for filtering out the parameters that you don't want shown in the logs, such as passwords or credit card -numbers. New applications filter out passwords by adding the following `config.filter_parameters+=[:password]` in `config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`. +numbers. By default, Rails filters out passwords by adding `Rails.application.config.filter_parameters += [:password]` in `config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`. Parameters filter works by partial matching regular expression. * `config.force_ssl` forces all requests to be served over HTTPS by using the `ActionDispatch::SSL` middleware, and sets `config.action_mailer.default_url_options` to be `{ protocol: 'https' }`. This can be configured by setting `config.ssl_options` - see the [ActionDispatch::SSL documentation](http://edgeapi.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/SSL.html) for details. -* `config.log_formatter` defines the formatter of the Rails logger. This option defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger::SimpleFormatter` for all modes except production, where it defaults to `Logger::Formatter`. +* `config.log_formatter` defines the formatter of the Rails logger. This option defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger::SimpleFormatter` for all modes except production, where it defaults to `Logger::Formatter`. If you are setting a value for `config.logger` you must manually pass the value of your formatter to your logger before it is wrapped in an `ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging` instance, Rails will not do it for you. * `config.log_level` defines the verbosity of the Rails logger. This option defaults to `:debug` for all environments. The available log levels are: `:debug`, @@ -116,15 +116,29 @@ defaults to `:debug` for all environments. The available log levels are: `:debug * `config.log_tags` accepts a list of: methods that the `request` object responds to, a `Proc` that accepts the `request` object, or something that responds to `to_s`. This makes it easy to tag log lines with debug information like subdomain and request id - both very helpful in debugging multi-user production applications. -* `config.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby `Logger` class. Defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger`. +* `config.logger` is the logger that will be used for `Rails.logger` and any related Rails logging such as `ActiveRecord::Base.logger`. It defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging` that wraps an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger` which outputs a log to the `log/` directory. You can supply a custom logger, to get full compatibility you must follow these guidelines: + * To support a formatter, you must manually assign a formatter from the `config.log_formatter` value to the logger. + * To support tagged logs, the log instance must be wrapped with `ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging`. + * To support silencing, the logger must include `LoggerSilence` and `ActiveSupport::LoggerThreadSafeLevel` modules. The `ActiveSupport::Logger` class already includes these modules. + + ```ruby + class MyLogger < ::Logger + include ActiveSupport::LoggerThreadSafeLevel + include LoggerSilence + end + + mylogger = MyLogger.new(STDOUT) + mylogger.formatter = config.log_formatter + config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(mylogger) + ``` * `config.middleware` allows you to configure the application's middleware. This is covered in depth in the [Configuring Middleware](#configuring-middleware) section below. -* `config.reload_classes_only_on_change` enables or disables reloading of classes only when tracked files change. By default tracks everything on autoload paths and is set to true. If `config.cache_classes` is true, this option is ignored. +* `config.reload_classes_only_on_change` enables or disables reloading of classes only when tracked files change. By default tracks everything on autoload paths and is set to `true`. If `config.cache_classes` is `true`, this option is ignored. * `secrets.secret_key_base` is used for specifying a key which allows sessions for the application to be verified against a known secure key to prevent tampering. Applications get `secrets.secret_key_base` initialized to a random key present in `config/secrets.yml`. -* `config.public_file_server.enabled` configures Rails to serve static files from the public directory. This option defaults to true, but in the production environment it is set to false because the server software (e.g. NGINX or Apache) used to run the application should serve static files instead. If you are running or testing your app in production mode using WEBrick (it is not recommended to use WEBrick in production) set the option to true. Otherwise, you won't be able to use page caching and request for files that exist under the public directory. +* `config.public_file_server.enabled` configures Rails to serve static files from the public directory. This option defaults to `true`, but in the production environment it is set to `false` because the server software (e.g. NGINX or Apache) used to run the application should serve static files instead. If you are running or testing your app in production mode using WEBrick (it is not recommended to use WEBrick in production) set the option to `true.` Otherwise, you won't be able to use page caching and request for files that exist under the public directory. * `config.session_store` is usually set up in `config/initializers/session_store.rb` and specifies what class to use to store the session. Possible values are `:cookie_store` which is the default, `:mem_cache_store`, and `:disabled`. The last one tells Rails not to deal with sessions. Custom session stores can also be specified: @@ -139,16 +153,16 @@ defaults to `:debug` for all environments. The available log levels are: `:debug ### Configuring Assets * `config.assets.enabled` a flag that controls whether the asset -pipeline is enabled. It is set to true by default. +pipeline is enabled. It is set to `true` by default. * `config.assets.raise_runtime_errors` Set this flag to `true` to enable additional runtime error checking. Recommended in `config/environments/development.rb` to minimize unexpected behavior when deploying to `production`. -* `config.assets.compress` a flag that enables the compression of compiled assets. It is explicitly set to true in `config/environments/production.rb`. - * `config.assets.css_compressor` defines the CSS compressor to use. It is set by default by `sass-rails`. The unique alternative value at the moment is `:yui`, which uses the `yui-compressor` gem. * `config.assets.js_compressor` defines the JavaScript compressor to use. Possible values are `:closure`, `:uglifier` and `:yui` which require the use of the `closure-compiler`, `uglifier` or `yui-compressor` gems respectively. +* `config.assets.gzip` a flag that enables the creation of gzipped version of compiled assets, along with non-gzipped assets. Set to `true` by default. + * `config.assets.paths` contains the paths which are used to look for assets. Appending paths to this configuration option will cause those paths to be used in the search for assets. * `config.assets.precompile` allows you to specify additional assets (other than `application.css` and `application.js`) which are to be precompiled when `rake assets:precompile` is run. @@ -163,7 +177,7 @@ pipeline is enabled. It is set to true by default. * `config.assets.compile` is a boolean that can be used to turn on live Sprockets compilation in production. -* `config.assets.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby `Logger` class. Defaults to the same configured at `config.logger`. Setting `config.assets.logger` to false will turn off served assets logging. +* `config.assets.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby `Logger` class. Defaults to the same configured at `config.logger`. Setting `config.assets.logger` to `false` will turn off served assets logging. ### Configuring Generators @@ -201,7 +215,7 @@ Every Rails application comes with a standard set of middleware which it uses in * `ActionDispatch::SSL` forces every request to be served using HTTPS. Enabled if `config.force_ssl` is set to `true`. Options passed to this can be configured by setting `config.ssl_options`. * `ActionDispatch::Static` is used to serve static assets. Disabled if `config.public_file_server.enabled` is `false`. Set `config.public_file_server.index_name` if you need to serve a static directory index file that is not named `index`. For example, to serve `main.html` instead of `index.html` for directory requests, set `config.public_file_server.index_name` to `"main"`. -* `ActionDispatch::LoadInterlock` allows thread safe code reloading. Disabled if `config.allow_concurrency` is `false`, which causes `Rack::Lock` to be loaded. `Rack::Lock` wraps the app in mutex so it can only be called by a single thread at a time. +* `ActionDispatch::Executor` allows thread safe code reloading. Disabled if `config.allow_concurrency` is `false`, which causes `Rack::Lock` to be loaded. `Rack::Lock` wraps the app in mutex so it can only be called by a single thread at a time. * `ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache` serves as a basic memory backed cache. This cache is not thread safe and is intended only for serving as a temporary memory cache for a single thread. * `Rack::Runtime` sets an `X-Runtime` header, containing the time (in seconds) taken to execute the request. * `Rails::Rack::Logger` notifies the logs that the request has begun. After request is complete, flushes all the logs. @@ -267,8 +281,8 @@ All these configuration options are delegated to the `I18n` library. * `config.active_record.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby Logger class, which is then passed on to any new database connections made. You can retrieve this logger by calling `logger` on either an Active Record model class or an Active Record model instance. Set to `nil` to disable logging. * `config.active_record.primary_key_prefix_type` lets you adjust the naming for primary key columns. By default, Rails assumes that primary key columns are named `id` (and this configuration option doesn't need to be set.) There are two other choices: - * `:table_name` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customerid` - * `:table_name_with_underscore` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customer_id` + * `:table_name` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customerid`. + * `:table_name_with_underscore` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customer_id`. * `config.active_record.table_name_prefix` lets you set a global string to be prepended to table names. If you set this to `northwest_`, then the Customer class will look for `northwest_customers` as its table. The default is an empty string. @@ -276,17 +290,17 @@ All these configuration options are delegated to the `I18n` library. * `config.active_record.schema_migrations_table_name` lets you set a string to be used as the name of the schema migrations table. -* `config.active_record.pluralize_table_names` specifies whether Rails will look for singular or plural table names in the database. If set to true (the default), then the Customer class will use the `customers` table. If set to false, then the Customer class will use the `customer` table. +* `config.active_record.pluralize_table_names` specifies whether Rails will look for singular or plural table names in the database. If set to `true` (the default), then the Customer class will use the `customers` table. If set to false, then the Customer class will use the `customer` table. * `config.active_record.default_timezone` determines whether to use `Time.local` (if set to `:local`) or `Time.utc` (if set to `:utc`) when pulling dates and times from the database. The default is `:utc`. * `config.active_record.schema_format` controls the format for dumping the database schema to a file. The options are `:ruby` (the default) for a database-independent version that depends on migrations, or `:sql` for a set of (potentially database-dependent) SQL statements. -* `config.active_record.error_on_ignored_order_or_limit` specifies if an error should be raised if the order or limit of a query is ignored during a batch query. The options are true (raise error) or false (warn). Default is false. +* `config.active_record.error_on_ignored_order_or_limit` specifies if an error should be raised if the order or limit of a query is ignored during a batch query. The options are `true` (raise error) or `false` (warn). Default is `false`. -* `config.active_record.timestamped_migrations` controls whether migrations are numbered with serial integers or with timestamps. The default is true, to use timestamps, which are preferred if there are multiple developers working on the same application. +* `config.active_record.timestamped_migrations` controls whether migrations are numbered with serial integers or with timestamps. The default is `true`, to use timestamps, which are preferred if there are multiple developers working on the same application. -* `config.active_record.lock_optimistically` controls whether Active Record will use optimistic locking and is true by default. +* `config.active_record.lock_optimistically` controls whether Active Record will use optimistic locking and is `true` by default. * `config.active_record.cache_timestamp_format` controls the format of the timestamp value in the cache key. Default is `:nsec`. @@ -294,13 +308,13 @@ All these configuration options are delegated to the `I18n` library. * `config.active_record.partial_writes` is a boolean value and controls whether or not partial writes are used (i.e. whether updates only set attributes that are dirty). Note that when using partial writes, you should also use optimistic locking `config.active_record.lock_optimistically` since concurrent updates may write attributes based on a possibly stale read state. The default value is `true`. -* `config.active_record.maintain_test_schema` is a boolean value which controls whether Active Record should try to keep your test database schema up-to-date with `db/schema.rb` (or `db/structure.sql`) when you run your tests. The default is true. +* `config.active_record.maintain_test_schema` is a boolean value which controls whether Active Record should try to keep your test database schema up-to-date with `db/schema.rb` (or `db/structure.sql`) when you run your tests. The default is `true`. * `config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration` is a flag which controls whether or not schema dump should happen (`db/schema.rb` or - `db/structure.sql`) when you run migrations. This is set to false in + `db/structure.sql`) when you run migrations. This is set to `false` in `config/environments/production.rb` which is generated by Rails. The - default value is true if this configuration is not set. + default value is `true` if this configuration is not set. * `config.active_record.dump_schemas` controls which database schemas will be dumped when calling db:structure:dump. The options are `:schema_search_path` (the default) which dumps any schemas listed in schema_search_path, @@ -318,11 +332,11 @@ All these configuration options are delegated to the `I18n` library. * `config.active_record.index_nested_attribute_errors` allows errors for nested has_many relationships to be displayed with an index as well as the error. - Defaults to false. + Defaults to `false`. The MySQL adapter adds one additional configuration option: -* `ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter.emulate_booleans` controls whether Active Record will consider all `tinyint(1)` columns in a MySQL database to be booleans and is true by default. +* `ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter.emulate_booleans` controls whether Active Record will consider all `tinyint(1)` columns as booleans. Defaults to `true`. The schema dumper adds one additional configuration option: @@ -334,11 +348,11 @@ The schema dumper adds one additional configuration option: * `config.action_controller.asset_host` sets the host for the assets. Useful when CDNs are used for hosting assets rather than the application server itself. -* `config.action_controller.perform_caching` configures whether the application should perform the caching features provided by the Action Controller component or not. Set to false in development mode, true in production. +* `config.action_controller.perform_caching` configures whether the application should perform the caching features provided by the Action Controller component or not. Set to `false` in development mode, `true` in production. * `config.action_controller.default_static_extension` configures the extension used for cached pages. Defaults to `.html`. -* `config.action_controller.include_all_helpers` configures whether all view helpers are available everywhere or are scoped to the corresponding controller. If set to `false`, `UsersHelper` methods are only available for views rendered as part of `UsersController`. If `true`, `UsersHelper` methods are available everywhere. The default is `true`. +* `config.action_controller.include_all_helpers` configures whether all view helpers are available everywhere or are scoped to the corresponding controller. If set to `false`, `UsersHelper` methods are only available for views rendered as part of `UsersController`. If `true`, `UsersHelper` methods are available everywhere. The default configuration behavior (when this option is not explicitly set to `true` or `false`) is that all view helpers are available to each controller. * `config.action_controller.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby Logger class, which is then used to log information from Action Controller. Set to `nil` to disable logging. @@ -376,6 +390,10 @@ The schema dumper adds one additional configuration option: * `config.action_dispatch.tld_length` sets the TLD (top-level domain) length for the application. Defaults to `1`. +* `config.action_dispatch.ignore_accept_header` is used to determine whether to ignore accept headers from a request. Defaults to `false`. + +* `config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header` specifies server specific X-Sendfile header. This is useful for accelerated file sending from server. For example it can be set to 'X-Sendfile' for Apache. + * `config.action_dispatch.http_auth_salt` sets the HTTP Auth salt value. Defaults to `'http authentication'`. @@ -390,7 +408,7 @@ encrypted cookies salt value. Defaults to `'signed encrypted cookie'`. * `config.action_dispatch.perform_deep_munge` configures whether `deep_munge` method should be performed on the parameters. See [Security Guide](security.html#unsafe-query-generation) - for more information. It defaults to true. + for more information. It defaults to `true`. * `config.action_dispatch.rescue_responses` configures what exceptions are assigned to an HTTP status. It accepts a hash and you can specify pairs of exception/status. By default, this is defined as: @@ -445,7 +463,7 @@ encrypted cookies salt value. Defaults to `'signed encrypted cookie'`. * `config.action_view.embed_authenticity_token_in_remote_forms` allows you to set the default behavior for `authenticity_token` in forms with `remote: - true`. By default it's set to false, which means that remote forms will not + true`. By default it's set to `false`, which means that remote forms will not include `authenticity_token`, which is helpful when you're fragment-caching the form. Remote forms get the authenticity from the `meta` tag, so embedding is unnecessary unless you support browsers without JavaScript. In such case @@ -464,9 +482,9 @@ encrypted cookies salt value. Defaults to `'signed encrypted cookie'`. error should be raised for missing translations. * `config.action_view.automatically_disable_submit_tag` determines whether - submit_tag should automatically disable on click, this defaults to true. + submit_tag should automatically disable on click, this defaults to `true`. -* `config.action_view.debug_missing_translation` determins whether to wrap the missing translations key in a `<span>` tag or not. This defaults to true. +* `config.action_view.debug_missing_translation` determines whether to wrap the missing translations key in a `<span>` tag or not. This defaults to `true`. ### Configuring Action Mailer @@ -481,16 +499,19 @@ There are a number of settings available on `config.action_mailer`: * `:user_name` - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting. * `:password` - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting. * `:authentication` - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here. This is a symbol and one of `:plain`, `:login`, `:cram_md5`. + * `:enable_starttls_auto` - Detects if STARTTLS is enabled in your SMTP server and starts to use it. It defaults to `true`. + * `:openssl_verify_mode` - When using TLS, you can set how OpenSSL checks the certificate. This is useful if you need to validate a self-signed and/or a wildcard certificate. This can be one of the OpenSSL verify constants, `:none`, `:peer`, `:client_once`, `:fail_if_no_peer_cert`, or the constant directly `OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE`. + * `:ssl/:tls` - Enables the SMTP connection to use SMTP/TLS (SMTPS: SMTP over direct TLS connection). * `config.action_mailer.sendmail_settings` allows detailed configuration for the `sendmail` delivery method. It accepts a hash of options, which can include any of these options: * `:location` - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to `/usr/sbin/sendmail`. * `:arguments` - The command line arguments. Defaults to `-i -t`. -* `config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors` specifies whether to raise an error if email delivery cannot be completed. It defaults to true. +* `config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors` specifies whether to raise an error if email delivery cannot be completed. It defaults to `true`. * `config.action_mailer.delivery_method` defines the delivery method and defaults to `:smtp`. See the [configuration section in the Action Mailer guide](action_mailer_basics.html#action-mailer-configuration) for more info. -* `config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries` specifies whether mail will actually be delivered and is true by default. It can be convenient to set it to false for testing. +* `config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries` specifies whether mail will actually be delivered and is true by default. It can be convenient to set it to `false` for testing. * `config.action_mailer.default_options` configures Action Mailer defaults. Use to set options like `from` or `reply_to` for every mailer. These default to: @@ -536,7 +557,7 @@ There are a number of settings available on `config.action_mailer`: * `config.action_mailer.deliver_later_queue_name` specifies the queue name for mailers. By default this is `mailers`. -* `config.action_mailer.perform_caching` specifies whether the mailer templates should perform fragment caching or not. By default this is false in all environments. +* `config.action_mailer.perform_caching` specifies whether the mailer templates should perform fragment caching or not. By default this is `false` in all environments. ### Configuring Active Support @@ -553,7 +574,7 @@ There are a few configuration options available in Active Support: * `config.active_support.time_precision` sets the precision of JSON encoded time values. Defaults to `3`. -* `ActiveSupport.halt_callback_chains_on_return_false` specifies whether Active Record and Active Model callback chains can be halted by returning `false` in a 'before' callback. When set to `false`, callback chains are halted only when explicitly done so with `throw(:abort)`. When set to `true`, callback chains are halted when a callback returns false (the previous behavior before Rails 5) and a deprecation warning is given. Defaults to `true` during the deprecation period. New Rails 5 apps generate an initializer file called `callback_terminator.rb` which sets the value to `false`. This file is *not* added when running `rails app:update`, so returning `false` will still work on older apps ported to Rails 5 and display a deprecation warning to prompt users to update their code. +* `ActiveSupport.halt_callback_chains_on_return_false` specifies whether Active Record and Active Model callback chains can be halted by returning `false` in a 'before' callback. When set to `false`, callback chains are halted only when explicitly done so with `throw(:abort)`. When set to `true`, callback chains are halted when a callback returns `false` (the previous behavior before Rails 5) and a deprecation warning is given. Defaults to `true` during the deprecation period. New Rails 5 apps generate an initializer file called `callback_terminator.rb` which sets the value to `false`. This file is *not* added when running `rails app:update`, so returning `false` will still work on older apps ported to Rails 5 and display a deprecation warning to prompt users to update their code. * `ActiveSupport::Logger.silencer` is set to `false` to disable the ability to silence logging in a block. The default is `true`. @@ -569,7 +590,7 @@ There are a few configuration options available in Active Support: `config.active_job` provides the following configuration options: -* `config.active_job.queue_adapter` sets the adapter for the queueing backend. The default adapter is `:inline` which will perform jobs immediately. For an up-to-date list of built-in adapters see the [ActiveJob::QueueAdapters API documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveJob/QueueAdapters.html). +* `config.active_job.queue_adapter` sets the adapter for the queueing backend. The default adapter is `:async`. For an up-to-date list of built-in adapters see the [ActiveJob::QueueAdapters API documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveJob/QueueAdapters.html). ```ruby # Be sure to have the adapter's gem in your Gemfile @@ -770,11 +791,11 @@ development: timeout: 5000 ``` -NOTE: Rails uses an SQLite3 database for data storage by default because it is a zero configuration database that just works. Rails also supports MySQL and PostgreSQL "out of the box", and has plugins for many database systems. If you are using a database in a production environment Rails most likely has an adapter for it. +NOTE: Rails uses an SQLite3 database for data storage by default because it is a zero configuration database that just works. Rails also supports MySQL (including MariaDB) and PostgreSQL "out of the box", and has plugins for many database systems. If you are using a database in a production environment Rails most likely has an adapter for it. -#### Configuring a MySQL Database +#### Configuring a MySQL or MariaDB Database -If you choose to use MySQL instead of the shipped SQLite3 database, your `config/database.yml` will look a little different. Here's the development section: +If you choose to use MySQL or MariaDB instead of the shipped SQLite3 database, your `config/database.yml` will look a little different. Here's the development section: ```yaml development: @@ -787,7 +808,7 @@ development: socket: /tmp/mysql.sock ``` -If your development computer's MySQL installation includes a root user with an empty password, this configuration should work for you. Otherwise, change the username and password in the `development` section as appropriate. +If your development database has a root user with an empty password, this configuration should work for you. Otherwise, change the username and password in the `development` section as appropriate. #### Configuring a PostgreSQL Database @@ -829,9 +850,9 @@ development: database: db/development.sqlite3 ``` -#### Configuring a MySQL Database for JRuby Platform +#### Configuring a MySQL or MariaDB Database for JRuby Platform -If you choose to use MySQL and are using JRuby, your `config/database.yml` will look a little different. Here's the development section: +If you choose to use MySQL or MariaDB and are using JRuby, your `config/database.yml` will look a little different. Here's the development section: ```yaml development: @@ -884,7 +905,7 @@ Rails will now prepend "/app1" when generating links. #### Using Passenger -Passenger makes it easy to run your application in a subdirectory. You can find the relevant configuration in the [Passenger manual](http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#deploying_rails_to_sub_uri). +Passenger makes it easy to run your application in a subdirectory. You can find the relevant configuration in the [Passenger manual](https://www.phusionpassenger.com/library/deploy/apache/deploy/ruby/#deploying-an-app-to-a-sub-uri-or-subdirectory). #### Using a Reverse Proxy @@ -1009,110 +1030,110 @@ Because `Rails::Application` inherits from `Rails::Railtie` (indirectly), you ca Below is a comprehensive list of all the initializers found in Rails in the order that they are defined (and therefore run in, unless otherwise stated). -* `load_environment_hook` Serves as a placeholder so that `:load_environment_config` can be defined to run before it. +* `load_environment_hook`: Serves as a placeholder so that `:load_environment_config` can be defined to run before it. -* `load_active_support` Requires `active_support/dependencies` which sets up the basis for Active Support. Optionally requires `active_support/all` if `config.active_support.bare` is un-truthful, which is the default. +* `load_active_support`: Requires `active_support/dependencies` which sets up the basis for Active Support. Optionally requires `active_support/all` if `config.active_support.bare` is un-truthful, which is the default. -* `initialize_logger` Initializes the logger (an `ActiveSupport::Logger` object) for the application and makes it accessible at `Rails.logger`, provided that no initializer inserted before this point has defined `Rails.logger`. +* `initialize_logger`: Initializes the logger (an `ActiveSupport::Logger` object) for the application and makes it accessible at `Rails.logger`, provided that no initializer inserted before this point has defined `Rails.logger`. -* `initialize_cache` If `Rails.cache` isn't set yet, initializes the cache by referencing the value in `config.cache_store` and stores the outcome as `Rails.cache`. If this object responds to the `middleware` method, its middleware is inserted before `Rack::Runtime` in the middleware stack. +* `initialize_cache`: If `Rails.cache` isn't set yet, initializes the cache by referencing the value in `config.cache_store` and stores the outcome as `Rails.cache`. If this object responds to the `middleware` method, its middleware is inserted before `Rack::Runtime` in the middleware stack. -* `set_clear_dependencies_hook` This initializer - which runs only if `cache_classes` is set to `false` - uses `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.after` to remove the constants which have been referenced during the request from the object space so that they will be reloaded during the following request. +* `set_clear_dependencies_hook`: This initializer - which runs only if `cache_classes` is set to `false` - uses `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.after` to remove the constants which have been referenced during the request from the object space so that they will be reloaded during the following request. -* `initialize_dependency_mechanism` If `config.cache_classes` is true, configures `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.mechanism` to `require` dependencies rather than `load` them. +* `initialize_dependency_mechanism`: If `config.cache_classes` is true, configures `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.mechanism` to `require` dependencies rather than `load` them. -* `bootstrap_hook` Runs all configured `before_initialize` blocks. +* `bootstrap_hook`: Runs all configured `before_initialize` blocks. -* `i18n.callbacks` In the development environment, sets up a `to_prepare` callback which will call `I18n.reload!` if any of the locales have changed since the last request. In production mode this callback will only run on the first request. +* `i18n.callbacks`: In the development environment, sets up a `to_prepare` callback which will call `I18n.reload!` if any of the locales have changed since the last request. In production mode this callback will only run on the first request. -* `active_support.deprecation_behavior` Sets up deprecation reporting for environments, defaulting to `:log` for development, `:notify` for production and `:stderr` for test. If a value isn't set for `config.active_support.deprecation` then this initializer will prompt the user to configure this line in the current environment's `config/environments` file. Can be set to an array of values. +* `active_support.deprecation_behavior`: Sets up deprecation reporting for environments, defaulting to `:log` for development, `:notify` for production and `:stderr` for test. If a value isn't set for `config.active_support.deprecation` then this initializer will prompt the user to configure this line in the current environment's `config/environments` file. Can be set to an array of values. -* `active_support.initialize_time_zone` Sets the default time zone for the application based on the `config.time_zone` setting, which defaults to "UTC". +* `active_support.initialize_time_zone`: Sets the default time zone for the application based on the `config.time_zone` setting, which defaults to "UTC". -* `active_support.initialize_beginning_of_week` Sets the default beginning of week for the application based on `config.beginning_of_week` setting, which defaults to `:monday`. +* `active_support.initialize_beginning_of_week`: Sets the default beginning of week for the application based on `config.beginning_of_week` setting, which defaults to `:monday`. -* `active_support.set_configs` Sets up Active Support by using the settings in `config.active_support` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveSupport` and passing the values through. +* `active_support.set_configs`: Sets up Active Support by using the settings in `config.active_support` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveSupport` and passing the values through. -* `action_dispatch.configure` Configures the `ActionDispatch::Http::URL.tld_length` to be set to the value of `config.action_dispatch.tld_length`. +* `action_dispatch.configure`: Configures the `ActionDispatch::Http::URL.tld_length` to be set to the value of `config.action_dispatch.tld_length`. -* `action_view.set_configs` Sets up Action View by using the settings in `config.action_view` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionView::Base` and passing the values through. +* `action_view.set_configs`: Sets up Action View by using the settings in `config.action_view` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionView::Base` and passing the values through. -* `action_controller.assets_config` Initializes the `config.actions_controller.assets_dir` to the app's public directory if not explicitly configured +* `action_controller.assets_config`: Initializes the `config.actions_controller.assets_dir` to the app's public directory if not explicitly configured. -* `action_controller.set_helpers_path` Sets Action Controller's helpers_path to the application's helpers_path +* `action_controller.set_helpers_path`: Sets Action Controller's `helpers_path` to the application's `helpers_path`. -* `action_controller.parameters_config` Configures strong parameters options for `ActionController::Parameters` +* `action_controller.parameters_config`: Configures strong parameters options for `ActionController::Parameters`. -* `action_controller.set_configs` Sets up Action Controller by using the settings in `config.action_controller` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionController::Base` and passing the values through. +* `action_controller.set_configs`: Sets up Action Controller by using the settings in `config.action_controller` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionController::Base` and passing the values through. -* `action_controller.compile_config_methods` Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. +* `action_controller.compile_config_methods`: Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. -* `active_record.initialize_timezone` Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes` to true, as well as setting `ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone` to UTC. When attributes are read from the database, they will be converted into the time zone specified by `Time.zone`. +* `active_record.initialize_timezone`: Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes` to `true`, as well as setting `ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone` to UTC. When attributes are read from the database, they will be converted into the time zone specified by `Time.zone`. -* `active_record.logger` Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. +* `active_record.logger`: Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. -* `active_record.migration_error` Configures middleware to check for pending migrations +* `active_record.migration_error`: Configures middleware to check for pending migrations. -* `active_record.check_schema_cache_dump` Loads the schema cache dump if configured and available +* `active_record.check_schema_cache_dump`: Loads the schema cache dump if configured and available. -* `active_record.warn_on_records_fetched_greater_than` Enables warnings when queries return large numbers of records +* `active_record.warn_on_records_fetched_greater_than`: Enables warnings when queries return large numbers of records. -* `active_record.set_configs` Sets up Active Record by using the settings in `config.active_record` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveRecord::Base` and passing the values through. +* `active_record.set_configs`: Sets up Active Record by using the settings in `config.active_record` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveRecord::Base` and passing the values through. -* `active_record.initialize_database` Loads the database configuration (by default) from `config/database.yml` and establishes a connection for the current environment. +* `active_record.initialize_database`: Loads the database configuration (by default) from `config/database.yml` and establishes a connection for the current environment. -* `active_record.log_runtime` Includes `ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime` which is responsible for reporting the time taken by Active Record calls for the request back to the logger. +* `active_record.log_runtime`: Includes `ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime` which is responsible for reporting the time taken by Active Record calls for the request back to the logger. -* `active_record.set_reloader_hooks` Resets all reloadable connections to the database if `config.cache_classes` is set to `false`. +* `active_record.set_reloader_hooks`: Resets all reloadable connections to the database if `config.cache_classes` is set to `false`. -* `active_record.add_watchable_files` Adds `schema.rb` and `structure.sql` files to watchable files +* `active_record.add_watchable_files`: Adds `schema.rb` and `structure.sql` files to watchable files. -* `active_job.logger` Sets `ActiveJob::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - +* `active_job.logger`: Sets `ActiveJob::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. -* `active_job.set_configs` Sets up Active Job by using the settings in `config.active_job` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveJob::Base` and passing the values through. +* `active_job.set_configs`: Sets up Active Job by using the settings in `config.active_job` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveJob::Base` and passing the values through. -* `action_mailer.logger` Sets `ActionMailer::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. +* `action_mailer.logger`: Sets `ActionMailer::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. -* `action_mailer.set_configs` Sets up Action Mailer by using the settings in `config.action_mailer` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionMailer::Base` and passing the values through. +* `action_mailer.set_configs`: Sets up Action Mailer by using the settings in `config.action_mailer` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionMailer::Base` and passing the values through. -* `action_mailer.compile_config_methods` Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. +* `action_mailer.compile_config_methods`: Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. -* `set_load_path` This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds paths specified by `config.load_paths` and all autoload paths to `$LOAD_PATH`. +* `set_load_path`: This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds paths specified by `config.load_paths` and all autoload paths to `$LOAD_PATH`. -* `set_autoload_paths` This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds all sub-directories of `app` and paths specified by `config.autoload_paths`, `config.eager_load_paths` and `config.autoload_once_paths` to `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths`. +* `set_autoload_paths`: This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds all sub-directories of `app` and paths specified by `config.autoload_paths`, `config.eager_load_paths` and `config.autoload_once_paths` to `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths`. -* `add_routing_paths` Loads (by default) all `config/routes.rb` files (in the application and railties, including engines) and sets up the routes for the application. +* `add_routing_paths`: Loads (by default) all `config/routes.rb` files (in the application and railties, including engines) and sets up the routes for the application. -* `add_locales` Adds the files in `config/locales` (from the application, railties and engines) to `I18n.load_path`, making available the translations in these files. +* `add_locales`: Adds the files in `config/locales` (from the application, railties and engines) to `I18n.load_path`, making available the translations in these files. -* `add_view_paths` Adds the directory `app/views` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for view files for the application. +* `add_view_paths`: Adds the directory `app/views` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for view files for the application. -* `load_environment_config` Loads the `config/environments` file for the current environment. +* `load_environment_config`: Loads the `config/environments` file for the current environment. -* `prepend_helpers_path` Adds the directory `app/helpers` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for helpers for the application. +* `prepend_helpers_path`: Adds the directory `app/helpers` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for helpers for the application. -* `load_config_initializers` Loads all Ruby files from `config/initializers` in the application, railties and engines. The files in this directory can be used to hold configuration settings that should be made after all of the frameworks are loaded. +* `load_config_initializers`: Loads all Ruby files from `config/initializers` in the application, railties and engines. The files in this directory can be used to hold configuration settings that should be made after all of the frameworks are loaded. -* `engines_blank_point` Provides a point-in-initialization to hook into if you wish to do anything before engines are loaded. After this point, all railtie and engine initializers are run. +* `engines_blank_point`: Provides a point-in-initialization to hook into if you wish to do anything before engines are loaded. After this point, all railtie and engine initializers are run. -* `add_generator_templates` Finds templates for generators at `lib/templates` for the application, railties and engines and adds these to the `config.generators.templates` setting, which will make the templates available for all generators to reference. +* `add_generator_templates`: Finds templates for generators at `lib/templates` for the application, railties and engines and adds these to the `config.generators.templates` setting, which will make the templates available for all generators to reference. -* `ensure_autoload_once_paths_as_subset` Ensures that the `config.autoload_once_paths` only contains paths from `config.autoload_paths`. If it contains extra paths, then an exception will be raised. +* `ensure_autoload_once_paths_as_subset`: Ensures that the `config.autoload_once_paths` only contains paths from `config.autoload_paths`. If it contains extra paths, then an exception will be raised. -* `add_to_prepare_blocks` The block for every `config.to_prepare` call in the application, a railtie or engine is added to the `to_prepare` callbacks for Action Dispatch which will be run per request in development, or before the first request in production. +* `add_to_prepare_blocks`: The block for every `config.to_prepare` call in the application, a railtie or engine is added to the `to_prepare` callbacks for Action Dispatch which will be run per request in development, or before the first request in production. -* `add_builtin_route` If the application is running under the development environment then this will append the route for `rails/info/properties` to the application routes. This route provides the detailed information such as Rails and Ruby version for `public/index.html` in a default Rails application. +* `add_builtin_route`: If the application is running under the development environment then this will append the route for `rails/info/properties` to the application routes. This route provides the detailed information such as Rails and Ruby version for `public/index.html` in a default Rails application. -* `build_middleware_stack` Builds the middleware stack for the application, returning an object which has a `call` method which takes a Rack environment object for the request. +* `build_middleware_stack`: Builds the middleware stack for the application, returning an object which has a `call` method which takes a Rack environment object for the request. -* `eager_load!` If `config.eager_load` is true, runs the `config.before_eager_load` hooks and then calls `eager_load!` which will load all `config.eager_load_namespaces`. +* `eager_load!`: If `config.eager_load` is `true`, runs the `config.before_eager_load` hooks and then calls `eager_load!` which will load all `config.eager_load_namespaces`. -* `finisher_hook` Provides a hook for after the initialization of process of the application is complete, as well as running all the `config.after_initialize` blocks for the application, railties and engines. +* `finisher_hook`: Provides a hook for after the initialization of process of the application is complete, as well as running all the `config.after_initialize` blocks for the application, railties and engines. -* `set_routes_reloader` Configures Action Dispatch to reload the routes file using `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.to_prepare`. +* `set_routes_reloader`: Configures Action Dispatch to reload the routes file using `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.to_prepare`. -* `disable_dependency_loading` Disables the automatic dependency loading if the `config.eager_load` is set to true. +* `disable_dependency_loading`: Disables the automatic dependency loading if the `config.eager_load` is set to `true`. Database pooling ---------------- @@ -1217,7 +1238,7 @@ Evented File System Monitor If the [listen gem](https://github.com/guard/listen) is loaded Rails uses an evented file system monitor to detect changes when `config.cache_classes` is -false: +`false`: ```ruby group :development do diff --git a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md index 12d0280116..59c902e148 100644 --- a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ learn about Ruby on Rails, and the API, which serves as a reference. You can help improve the Rails guides by making them more coherent, consistent or readable, adding missing information, correcting factual errors, fixing typos, or bringing them up to date with the latest edge Rails. -You can either open a pull request to [Rails](http://github.com/rails/rails) or +You can either open a pull request to [Rails](https://github.com/rails/rails) or ask the [Rails core team](http://rubyonrails.org/core) for commit access on docrails if you contribute regularly. Please do not open pull requests in docrails, if you'd like to get feedback on your -change, ask for it in [Rails](http://github.com/rails/rails) instead. +change, ask for it in [Rails](https://github.com/rails/rails) instead. Docrails is merged with master regularly, so you are effectively editing the Ruby on Rails documentation. @@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ Translation efforts we know about (various versions): * **Italian**: [https://github.com/rixlabs/docrails](https://github.com/rixlabs/docrails) * **Spanish**: [http://wiki.github.com/gramos/docrails](http://wiki.github.com/gramos/docrails) -* **Polish**: [http://github.com/apohllo/docrails/tree/master](http://github.com/apohllo/docrails/tree/master) -* **French** : [http://github.com/railsfrance/docrails](http://github.com/railsfrance/docrails) +* **Polish**: [https://github.com/apohllo/docrails/tree/master](https://github.com/apohllo/docrails/tree/master) +* **French** : [https://github.com/railsfrance/docrails](https://github.com/railsfrance/docrails) * **Czech** : [https://github.com/rubyonrails-cz/docrails/tree/czech](https://github.com/rubyonrails-cz/docrails/tree/czech) * **Turkish** : [https://github.com/ujk/docrails/tree/master](https://github.com/ujk/docrails/tree/master) * **Korean** : [https://github.com/rorlakr/rails-guides](https://github.com/rorlakr/rails-guides) diff --git a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md index 877c87e9fa..f0d0f9753a 100644 --- a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md +++ b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md @@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ is your best companion. The debugger can also help you if you want to learn about the Rails source code but don't know where to start. Just debug any request to your application and -use this guide to learn how to move from the code you have written into the underlying Rails code. +use this guide to learn how to move from the code you have written into the +underlying Rails code. ### Setup @@ -315,13 +316,11 @@ For example: => Rails 5.0.0 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000 => Run `rails server -h` for more startup options Puma starting in single mode... -* Version 3.0.2 (ruby 2.3.0-p0), codename: Plethora of Penguin Pinatas +* Version 3.4.0 (ruby 2.3.1-p112), codename: Owl Bowl Brawl * Min threads: 5, max threads: 5 * Environment: development * Listening on tcp://localhost:3000 Use Ctrl-C to stop - - Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-04-11 13:11:48 +0200 ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration Load (0.2ms) SELECT "schema_migrations".* FROM "schema_migrations" Processing by ArticlesController#index as HTML @@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ Processing by ArticlesController#index as HTML 10: respond_to do |format| 11: format.html # index.html.erb 12: format.json { render json: @articles } - (byebug) ``` @@ -347,11 +345,45 @@ by asking the debugger for help. Type: `help` ``` (byebug) help - h[elp][ <cmd>[ <subcmd>]] + break -- Sets breakpoints in the source code + catch -- Handles exception catchpoints + condition -- Sets conditions on breakpoints + continue -- Runs until program ends, hits a breakpoint or reaches a line + debug -- Spawns a subdebugger + delete -- Deletes breakpoints + disable -- Disables breakpoints or displays + display -- Evaluates expressions every time the debugger stops + down -- Moves to a lower frame in the stack trace + edit -- Edits source files + enable -- Enables breakpoints or displays + finish -- Runs the program until frame returns + frame -- Moves to a frame in the call stack + help -- Helps you using byebug + history -- Shows byebug's history of commands + info -- Shows several informations about the program being debugged + interrupt -- Interrupts the program + irb -- Starts an IRB session + kill -- Sends a signal to the current process + list -- Lists lines of source code + method -- Shows methods of an object, class or module + next -- Runs one or more lines of code + pry -- Starts a Pry session + quit -- Exits byebug + restart -- Restarts the debugged program + save -- Saves current byebug session to a file + set -- Modifies byebug settings + show -- Shows byebug settings + source -- Restores a previously saved byebug session + step -- Steps into blocks or methods one or more times + thread -- Commands to manipulate threads + tracevar -- Enables tracing of a global variable + undisplay -- Stops displaying all or some expressions when program stops + untracevar -- Stops tracing a global variable + up -- Moves to a higher frame in the stack trace + var -- Shows variables and its values + where -- Displays the backtrace - help -- prints this help. - help <cmd> -- prints help on command <cmd>. - help <cmd> <subcmd> -- prints help on <cmd>'s subcommand <subcmd>. +(byebug) ``` To see the previous ten lines you should type `list-` (or `l-`). @@ -370,12 +402,11 @@ To see the previous ten lines you should type `list-` (or `l-`). 8 @articles = Article.find_recent 9 10 respond_to do |format| - ``` -This way you can move inside the file and see the code above -the line where you added the `byebug` call. Finally, to see where you are in -the code again you can type `list=` +This way you can move inside the file and see the code above the line where you +added the `byebug` call. Finally, to see where you are in the code again you can +type `list=` ``` (byebug) list= @@ -391,7 +422,6 @@ the code again you can type `list=` 10: respond_to do |format| 11: format.html # index.html.erb 12: format.json { render json: @articles } - (byebug) ``` @@ -413,46 +443,45 @@ then `backtrace` will supply the answer. ``` (byebug) where --> #0 ArticlesController.index - at /PathTo/project/test_app/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:8 - #1 ActionController::ImplicitRender.send_action(method#String, *args#Array) - at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb:4 + at /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:8 + #1 ActionController::BasicImplicitRender.send_action(method#String, *args#Array) + at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:4 #2 AbstractController::Base.process_action(action#NilClass, *args#Array) - at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:189 - #3 ActionController::Rendering.process_action(action#NilClass, *args#NilClass) - at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:10 + at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:181 + #3 ActionController::Rendering.process_action(action, *args) + at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30 ... ``` The current frame is marked with `-->`. You can move anywhere you want in this -trace (thus changing the context) by using the `frame _n_` command, where _n_ is +trace (thus changing the context) by using the `frame n` command, where _n_ is the specified frame number. If you do that, `byebug` will display your new context. ``` (byebug) frame 2 -[184, 193] in /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb - 184: # is the intended way to override action dispatching. - 185: # - 186: # Notice that the first argument is the method to be dispatched - 187: # which is *not* necessarily the same as the action name. - 188: def process_action(method_name, *args) -=> 189: send_action(method_name, *args) - 190: end - 191: - 192: # Actually call the method associated with the action. Override - 193: # this method if you wish to change how action methods are called, - +[176, 185] in /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb + 176: # is the intended way to override action dispatching. + 177: # + 178: # Notice that the first argument is the method to be dispatched + 179: # which is *not* necessarily the same as the action name. + 180: def process_action(method_name, *args) +=> 181: send_action(method_name, *args) + 182: end + 183: + 184: # Actually call the method associated with the action. Override + 185: # this method if you wish to change how action methods are called, (byebug) ``` The available variables are the same as if you were running the code line by line. After all, that's what debugging is. -You can also use `up [n]` (`u` for abbreviated) and `down [n]` commands in order -to change the context _n_ frames up or down the stack respectively. _n_ defaults -to one. Up in this case is towards higher-numbered stack frames, and down is -towards lower-numbered stack frames. +You can also use `up [n]` and `down [n]` commands in order to change the context +_n_ frames up or down the stack respectively. _n_ defaults to one. Up in this +case is towards higher-numbered stack frames, and down is towards lower-numbered +stack frames. ### Threads @@ -461,11 +490,11 @@ the `thread` command (or the abbreviated `th`). This command has a handful of options: * `thread`: shows the current thread. -* `thread list`: is used to list all threads and their statuses. The plus + -character and the number indicates the current thread of execution. -* `thread stop _n_`: stop thread _n_. -* `thread resume _n_`: resumes thread _n_. -* `thread switch _n_`: switches the current thread context to _n_. +* `thread list`: is used to list all threads and their statuses. The current +thread is marked with a plus (+) sign. +* `thread stop n`: stops thread _n_. +* `thread resume n`: resumes thread _n_. +* `thread switch n`: switches the current thread context to _n_. This command is very helpful when you are debugging concurrent threads and need to verify that there are no race conditions in your code. @@ -492,9 +521,9 @@ current context: 12: format.json { render json: @articles } (byebug) instance_variables -[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_headers, :@_status, :@_request, - :@_response, :@_prefixes, :@_lookup_context, :@_action_name, - :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, :@_config] +[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_request, :@_response, :@_lookup_context, + :@_action_name, :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, + :@_config] ``` As you may have figured out, all of the variables that you can access from a @@ -504,6 +533,7 @@ command later in this guide). ``` (byebug) next + [5, 14] in /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb 5 # GET /articles.json 6 def index @@ -523,29 +553,35 @@ And then ask again for the instance_variables: ``` (byebug) instance_variables -[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_headers, :@_status, :@_request, - :@_response, :@_prefixes, :@_lookup_context, :@_action_name, - :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, :@_config, - :@articles] +[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_request, :@_response, :@_lookup_context, + :@_action_name, :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, + :@_config, :@articles] ``` -Now `@articles` is included in the instance variables, because the line defining it -was executed. +Now `@articles` is included in the instance variables, because the line defining +it was executed. TIP: You can also step into **irb** mode with the command `irb` (of course!). -This will start an irb session within the context you invoked it. But -be warned: this is an experimental feature. +This will start an irb session within the context you invoked it. The `var` method is the most convenient way to show variables and their values. Let's have `byebug` help us with it. ``` (byebug) help var -v[ar] cl[ass] show class variables of self -v[ar] const <object> show constants of object -v[ar] g[lobal] show global variables -v[ar] i[nstance] <object> show instance variables of object -v[ar] l[ocal] show local variables + + [v]ar <subcommand> + + Shows variables and its values + + + var all -- Shows local, global and instance variables of self. + var args -- Information about arguments of the current scope + var const -- Shows constants of an object. + var global -- Shows global variables. + var instance -- Shows instance variables of self or a specific object. + var local -- Shows local variables in current scope. + ``` This is a great way to inspect the values of the current context variables. For @@ -563,16 +599,17 @@ You can also inspect for an object method this way: @_start_transaction_state = {} @aggregation_cache = {} @association_cache = {} -@attributes = {"id"=>nil, "created_at"=>nil, "updated_at"=>nil} -@attributes_cache = {} -@changed_attributes = nil -... +@attributes = #<ActiveRecord::AttributeSet:0x007fd0682a9b18 @attributes={"id"=>#<ActiveRecord::Attribute::FromDatabase:0x007fd0682a9a00 @name="id", @value_be... +@destroyed = false +@destroyed_by_association = nil +@marked_for_destruction = false +@new_record = true +@readonly = false +@transaction_state = nil +@txn = nil ``` -TIP: The commands `p` (print) and `pp` (pretty print) can be used to evaluate -Ruby expressions and display the value of variables to the console. - -You can use also `display` to start watching variables. This is a good way of +You can also use `display` to start watching variables. This is a good way of tracking the values of a variable while the execution goes on. ``` @@ -581,7 +618,7 @@ tracking the values of a variable while the execution goes on. ``` The variables inside the displayed list will be printed with their values after -you move in the stack. To stop displaying a variable use `undisplay _n_` where +you move in the stack. To stop displaying a variable use `undisplay n` where _n_ is the variable number (1 in the last example). ### Step by Step @@ -591,32 +628,23 @@ available variables. But let's 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 the debugger. - -You may also use `next` which is similar to step, but function or method calls -that appear within the line of code are executed without stopping. - -TIP: You can also use `step n` or `next n` to move forwards `n` steps at once. - -The difference between `next` and `step` is that `step` stops at the next line -of code executed, doing just a single step, while `next` moves to the next line -without descending inside methods. +logical stopping point and return control to the debugger. `next` is similar to +`step`, but while `step` stops at the next line of code executed, doing just a +single step, `next` moves to the next line without descending inside methods. For example, consider the following situation: -```ruby +``` Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-04-11 13:39:23 +0200 Processing by ArticlesController#index as HTML -[1, 8] in /home/davidr/Proyectos/test_app/app/models/article.rb +[1, 6] in /PathToProject/app/models/article.rb 1: class Article < ApplicationRecord - 2: - 3: def self.find_recent(limit = 10) - 4: byebug -=> 5: where('created_at > ?', 1.week.ago).limit(limit) - 6: end - 7: - 8: end + 2: def self.find_recent(limit = 10) + 3: byebug +=> 4: where('created_at > ?', 1.week.ago).limit(limit) + 5: end + 6: end (byebug) ``` @@ -628,11 +656,7 @@ method. ``` (byebug) next - -Next advances to the next line (line 6: `end`), which returns to the next line -of the caller method: - -[4, 13] in /PathTo/project/test_app/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb +[4, 13] in /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb 4: # GET /articles 5: # GET /articles.json 6: def index @@ -653,23 +677,24 @@ Ruby instruction to be executed -- in this case, Active Support's `week` method. ``` (byebug) step -[50, 59] in /PathToGems/activesupport-5.0.0/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb - 50: ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 24.hours, [[:days, self]]) - 51: end - 52: alias :day :days - 53: - 54: def weeks -=> 55: ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 7.days, [[:days, self * 7]]) - 56: end - 57: alias :week :weeks - 58: - 59: def fortnights - +[49, 58] in /PathToGems/activesupport-5.0.0/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb + 49: + 50: # Returns a Duration instance matching the number of weeks provided. + 51: # + 52: # 2.weeks # => 14 days + 53: def weeks +=> 54: ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 7.days, [[:days, self * 7]]) + 55: end + 56: alias :week :weeks + 57: + 58: # Returns a Duration instance matching the number of fortnights provided. (byebug) ``` This is one of the best ways to find bugs in your code. +TIP: You can also use `step n` or `next n` to move forward `n` steps at once. + ### Breakpoints A breakpoint makes your application stop whenever a certain point in the program @@ -678,19 +703,18 @@ is reached. The debugger shell is invoked in that line. You can add breakpoints dynamically with the command `break` (or just `b`). There are 3 possible ways of adding breakpoints manually: -* `break line`: set breakpoint in the _line_ in the current source file. -* `break file:line [if expression]`: set breakpoint in the _line_ number inside -the _file_. If an _expression_ is given it must evaluated to _true_ to fire up -the debugger. +* `break n`: set breakpoint in line number _n_ in the current source file. +* `break file:n [if expression]`: set breakpoint in line number _n_ inside +file named _file_. If an _expression_ is given it must evaluated to _true_ to +fire up the debugger. * `break class(.|\#)method [if expression]`: set breakpoint in _method_ (. and \# for class and instance method respectively) defined in _class_. The -_expression_ works the same way as with file:line. - +_expression_ works the same way as with file:n. For example, in the previous situation ``` -[4, 13] in /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb +[4, 13] in /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb 4: # GET /articles 5: # GET /articles.json 6: def index @@ -703,20 +727,20 @@ For example, in the previous situation 13: end (byebug) break 11 -Created breakpoint 1 at /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:11 +Successfully created breakpoint with id 1 ``` -Use `info breakpoints _n_` or `info break _n_` to list breakpoints. If you -supply a number, it lists that breakpoint. Otherwise it lists all breakpoints. +Use `info breakpoints` to list breakpoints. If you supply a number, it lists +that breakpoint. Otherwise it lists all breakpoints. ``` (byebug) info breakpoints Num Enb What -1 y at /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:11 +1 y at /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:11 ``` -To delete breakpoints: use the command `delete _n_` to remove the breakpoint +To delete breakpoints: use the command `delete n` to remove the breakpoint number _n_. If no number is specified, it deletes all breakpoints that are currently active. @@ -728,10 +752,11 @@ No breakpoints. You can also enable or disable breakpoints: -* `enable breakpoints`: allow a _breakpoints_ list or all of them if no list is -specified, to stop your program. This is the default state when you create a +* `enable breakpoints [n [m [...]]]`: allows a specific breakpoint list or all +breakpoints to stop your program. This is the default state when you create a breakpoint. -* `disable breakpoints`: the _breakpoints_ will have no effect on your program. +* `disable breakpoints [n [m [...]]]`: make certain (or all) breakpoints have +no effect on your program. ### Catching Exceptions @@ -746,24 +771,22 @@ To list all active catchpoints use `catch`. There are two ways to resume execution of an application that is stopped in the debugger: -* `continue [line-specification]` \(or `c`): resume program execution, at the -address where your script last stopped; any breakpoints set at that address are -bypassed. The optional argument line-specification allows you to specify a line -number to set a one-time breakpoint which is deleted when that breakpoint is -reached. -* `finish [frame-number]` \(or `fin`): execute until the selected stack frame -returns. If no frame number is given, the application will run until the -currently selected frame returns. The currently selected frame starts out the -most-recent frame or 0 if no frame positioning (e.g up, down or frame) has been -performed. If a frame number is given it will run until the specified frame -returns. +* `continue [n]`: resumes program execution at the address where your script last +stopped; any breakpoints set at that address are bypassed. The optional argument +`n` allows you to specify a line number to set a one-time breakpoint which is +deleted when that breakpoint is reached. +* `finish [n]`: execute until the selected stack frame returns. If no frame +number is given, the application will run until the currently selected frame +returns. The currently selected frame starts out the most-recent frame or 0 if +no frame positioning (e.g up, down or frame) has been performed. If a frame +number is given it will run until the specified frame returns. ### Editing Two commands allow you to open code from the debugger into an editor: -* `edit [file:line]`: edit _file_ using the editor specified by the EDITOR -environment variable. A specific _line_ can also be given. +* `edit [file:n]`: edit file named _file_ using the editor specified by the +EDITOR environment variable. A specific line _n_ can also be given. ### Quitting @@ -777,21 +800,43 @@ will be stopped and you will have to start it again. `byebug` has a few available options to tweak its behavior: -* `set autoreload`: Reload source code when changed (defaults: true). -* `set autolist`: Execute `list` command on every breakpoint (defaults: true). -* `set listsize _n_`: Set number of source lines to list by default to _n_ -(defaults: 10) -* `set forcestep`: Make sure the `next` and `step` commands always move to a new -line. +``` +(byebug) help set + + set <setting> <value> + + Modifies byebug settings -You can see the full list by using `help set`. Use `help set _subcommand_` to -learn about a particular `set` command. + Boolean values take "on", "off", "true", "false", "1" or "0". If you + don't specify a value, the boolean setting will be enabled. Conversely, + you can use "set no<setting>" to disable them. + + You can see these environment settings with the "show" command. + + List of supported settings: + + autosave -- Automatically save command history record on exit + autolist -- Invoke list command on every stop + width -- Number of characters per line in byebug's output + autoirb -- Invoke IRB on every stop + basename -- <file>:<line> information after every stop uses short paths + linetrace -- Enable line execution tracing + autopry -- Invoke Pry on every stop + stack_on_error -- Display stack trace when `eval` raises an exception + fullpath -- Display full file names in backtraces + histfile -- File where cmd history is saved to. Default: ./.byebug_history + listsize -- Set number of source lines to list by default + post_mortem -- Enable/disable post-mortem mode + callstyle -- Set how you want method call parameters to be displayed + histsize -- Maximum number of commands that can be stored in byebug history + savefile -- File where settings are saved to. Default: ~/.byebug_save +``` TIP: You can save these settings in an `.byebugrc` file in your home directory. The debugger reads these global settings when it starts. For example: ```bash -set forcestep +set callstyle short set listsize 25 ``` diff --git a/guides/source/development_dependencies_install.md b/guides/source/development_dependencies_install.md index 7beb8f72a9..cc24e6f666 100644 --- a/guides/source/development_dependencies_install.md +++ b/guides/source/development_dependencies_install.md @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Ruby on Rails uses Git for source code control. The [Git homepage](http://git-sc * [Try Git course](http://try.github.io/) is an interactive course that will teach you the basics. * The [official Documentation](http://git-scm.com/documentation) is pretty comprehensive and also contains some videos with the basics of Git. * [Everyday Git](http://schacon.github.io/git/everyday.html) will teach you just enough about Git to get by. -* The [PeepCode screencast](https://peepcode.com/products/git) on Git is easier to follow. * [GitHub](http://help.github.com) offers links to a variety of Git resources. * [Pro Git](http://git-scm.com/book) is an entire book about Git with a Creative Commons license. diff --git a/guides/source/documents.yaml b/guides/source/documents.yaml index 03943d0f25..a5b8a75509 100644 --- a/guides/source/documents.yaml +++ b/guides/source/documents.yaml @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ name: Using Rails for API-only Applications url: api_app.html description: This guide explains how to effectively use Rails to develop a JSON API application. + - + name: Action Cable Overview + url: action_cable_overview.html + description: This guide explains how Action Cable works, and how to use WebSockets to create real-time features. - name: Extending Rails diff --git a/guides/source/form_helpers.md b/guides/source/form_helpers.md index 422bc647ef..048fe190e8 100644 --- a/guides/source/form_helpers.md +++ b/guides/source/form_helpers.md @@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ URL fields, email fields, number fields and range fields: <%= search_field(:user, :name) %> <%= telephone_field(:user, :phone) %> <%= date_field(:user, :born_on) %> -<%= datetime_field(:user, :meeting_time) %> <%= datetime_local_field(:user, :graduation_day) %> <%= month_field(:user, :birthday_month) %> <%= week_field(:user, :birthday_week) %> @@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ Output: <input id="user_name" name="user[name]" type="search" /> <input id="user_phone" name="user[phone]" type="tel" /> <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" /> -<input id="user_meeting_time" name="user[meeting_time]" type="datetime" /> <input id="user_graduation_day" name="user[graduation_day]" type="datetime-local" /> <input id="user_birthday_month" name="user[birthday_month]" type="month" /> <input id="user_birthday_week" name="user[birthday_week]" type="week" /> diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index a615751eb5..65fdd7ca0d 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ current version of Ruby installed: ```bash $ ruby -v -ruby 2.3.0p0 +ruby 2.3.1p112 ``` TIP: A number of tools exist to help you quickly install Ruby and Ruby @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ of the files and folders that Rails created by default: | File/Folder | Purpose | | ----------- | ------- | -|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.| +|app/|Contains the controllers, models, views, helpers, mailers, channels, jobs and assets for your application. You'll focus on this folder for the remainder of this guide.| |bin/|Contains the rails script that starts your app and can contain other scripts you use to setup, update, deploy or run your application.| |config/|Configure your application's 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.| @@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ the server. The "Welcome aboard" page is the _smoke test_ for a new Rails application: it makes sure that you have your software configured correctly enough to serve a -page. You can also click on the _About your application's environment_ link to -see a summary of your application's environment. +page. ### Say "Hello", Rails @@ -245,11 +244,11 @@ Ruby) which is processed by the request cycle in Rails before being sent to the user. To create a new controller, you will need to run the "controller" generator and -tell it you want a controller called "welcome" with an action called "index", +tell it you want a controller called "Welcome" with an action called "index", just like this: ```bash -$ bin/rails generate controller welcome index +$ bin/rails generate controller Welcome index ``` Rails will create several files and a route for you. @@ -264,6 +263,7 @@ invoke test_unit create test/controllers/welcome_controller_test.rb invoke helper create app/helpers/welcome_helper.rb +invoke test_unit invoke assets invoke coffee create app/assets/javascripts/welcome.coffee @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ end application to the welcome controller's index action and `get 'welcome/index'` tells Rails to map requests to <http://localhost:3000/welcome/index> to the welcome controller's index action. This was created earlier when you ran the -controller generator (`bin/rails generate controller welcome index`). +controller generator (`bin/rails generate controller Welcome index`). Launch the web server again if you stopped it to generate the controller (`bin/rails server`) and navigate to <http://localhost:3000> in your browser. You'll see the @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ create and read. The form for doing this will look like this: It will look a little basic for now, but that's ok. We'll look at improving the styling for it afterwards. -### Laying down the ground work +### Laying down the groundwork Firstly, you need a place within the application to create a new article. A great place for that would be at `/articles/new`. With the route already @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ a controller called `ArticlesController`. You can do this by running this command: ```bash -$ bin/rails generate controller articles +$ bin/rails generate controller Articles ``` If you open up the newly generated `app/controllers/articles_controller.rb` @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ one here because the `ArticlesController` inherits from `ApplicationController`. The next part of the message contains a hash. The `:locale` key in this hash simply indicates which 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 +format of the 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 diff --git a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md index b712965b7f..d67702f52e 100644 --- a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md +++ b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ For a freshly generated Rails application, this might produce something like: ```ruby use Rack::Sendfile use ActionDispatch::Static -use ActionDispatch::LoadInterlock +use ActionDispatch::Executor use #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x000000029a0838> use Rack::Runtime use Rack::MethodOverride @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The fol * Sets `env["rack.multithread"]` flag to `false` and wraps the application within a Mutex. -**`ActionDispatch::LoadInterlock`** +**`ActionDispatch::Executor`** * Used for thread safe code reloading during development. diff --git a/guides/source/security.md b/guides/source/security.md index f4a9f64669..c6bc1f3878 100644 --- a/guides/source/security.md +++ b/guides/source/security.md @@ -41,24 +41,24 @@ NOTE: _HTTP is a stateless protocol. Sessions make it stateful._ Most applications need to keep track of certain state of a particular user. This could be the contents of a shopping basket or the user id of the currently logged in user. Without the idea of sessions, the user would have to identify, and probably authenticate, on every request. Rails will create a new session automatically if a new user accesses the application. It will load an existing session if the user has already used the application. -A session usually consists of a hash of values and a session id, usually a 32-character string, to identify the hash. Every cookie sent to the client's browser includes the session id. And the other way round: the browser will send it to the server on every request from the client. In Rails you can save and retrieve values using the session method: +A session usually consists of a hash of values and a session ID, usually a 32-character string, to identify the hash. Every cookie sent to the client's browser includes the session ID. And the other way round: the browser will send it to the server on every request from the client. In Rails you can save and retrieve values using the session method: ```ruby session[:user_id] = @current_user.id User.find(session[:user_id]) ``` -### Session id +### Session ID -NOTE: _The session id is a 32 byte long MD5 hash value._ +NOTE: _The session ID is a 32-character random hex string._ -A session id consists of the hash value of a random string. The random string is the current time, a random number between 0 and 1, the process id number of the Ruby interpreter (also basically a random number) and a constant string. Currently it is not feasible to brute-force Rails' session ids. To date MD5 is uncompromised, but there have been collisions, so it is theoretically possible to create another input text with the same hash value. But this has had no security impact to date. +The session ID is generated using `SecureRandom.hex` which generates a random hex string using platform specific methods (such as OpenSSL, /dev/urandom or Win32) for generating cryptographically secure random numbers. Currently it is not feasible to brute-force Rails' session IDs. ### Session Hijacking -WARNING: _Stealing a user's session id lets an attacker use the web application in the victim's name._ +WARNING: _Stealing a user's session ID lets an attacker use the web application in the victim's name._ -Many web applications have an authentication system: a user provides a user name and password, the web application checks them and stores the corresponding user id in the session hash. From now on, the session is valid. On every request the application will load the user, identified by the user id in the session, without the need for new authentication. The session id in the cookie identifies the session. +Many web applications have an authentication system: a user provides a user name and password, the web application checks them and stores the corresponding user id in the session hash. From now on, the session is valid. On every request the application will load the user, identified by the user id in the session, without the need for new authentication. The session ID in the cookie identifies the session. Hence, the cookie serves as temporary authentication for the web application. Anyone who seizes a cookie from someone else, may use the web application as this user - with possibly severe consequences. Here are some ways to hijack a session, and their countermeasures: @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ This will also be a good idea, if you modify the structure of an object and old NOTE: _Rails provides several storage mechanisms for the session hashes. The most important is `ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore`._ -Rails 2 introduced a new default session storage, CookieStore. CookieStore saves the session hash directly in a cookie on the client-side. The server retrieves the session hash from the cookie and eliminates the need for a session id. That will greatly increase the speed of the application, but it is a controversial storage option and you have to think about the security implications of it: +Rails 2 introduced a new default session storage, CookieStore. CookieStore saves the session hash directly in a cookie on the client-side. The server retrieves the session hash from the cookie and eliminates the need for a session ID. That will greatly increase the speed of the application, but it is a controversial storage option and you have to think about the security implications of it: * Cookies imply a strict size limit of 4kB. This is fine as you should not store large amounts of data in a session anyway, as described before. _Storing the current user's database id in a session is usually ok_. @@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ The best _solution against it is not to store this kind of data in a session, bu ### Session Fixation -NOTE: _Apart from stealing a user's session id, the attacker may fix a session id known to them. This is called session fixation._ +NOTE: _Apart from stealing a user's session ID, the attacker may fix a session ID known to them. This is called session fixation._  -This attack focuses on fixing a user's session id known to the attacker, and forcing the user's browser into using this id. It is therefore not necessary for the attacker to steal the session id afterwards. Here is how this attack works: +This attack focuses on fixing a user's session ID known to the attacker, and forcing the user's browser into using this ID. It is therefore not necessary for the attacker to steal the session ID afterwards. Here is how this attack works: -* The attacker creates a valid session id: They load the login page of the web application where they want to fix the session, and take the session id in the cookie from the response (see number 1 and 2 in the image). +* The attacker creates a valid session ID: They load the login page of the web application where they want to fix the session, and take the session ID in the cookie from the response (see number 1 and 2 in the image). * They maintain the session by accessing the web application periodically in order to keep an expiring session alive. -* The attacker forces the user's browser into using this session id (see number 3 in the image). As you may not change a cookie of another domain (because of the same origin policy), the attacker has to run a JavaScript from the domain of the target web application. Injecting the JavaScript code into the application by XSS accomplishes this attack. Here is an example: `<script>document.cookie="_session_id=16d5b78abb28e3d6206b60f22a03c8d9";</script>`. Read more about XSS and injection later on. -* The attacker lures the victim to the infected page with the JavaScript code. By viewing the page, the victim's browser will change the session id to the trap session id. +* The attacker forces the user's browser into using this session ID (see number 3 in the image). As you may not change a cookie of another domain (because of the same origin policy), the attacker has to run a JavaScript from the domain of the target web application. Injecting the JavaScript code into the application by XSS accomplishes this attack. Here is an example: `<script>document.cookie="_session_id=16d5b78abb28e3d6206b60f22a03c8d9";</script>`. Read more about XSS and injection later on. +* The attacker lures the victim to the infected page with the JavaScript code. By viewing the page, the victim's browser will change the session ID to the trap session ID. * As the new trap session is unused, the web application will require the user to authenticate. * From now on, the victim and the attacker will co-use the web application with the same session: The session became valid and the victim didn't notice the attack. @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ The most effective countermeasure is to _issue a new session identifier_ and dec reset_session ``` -If you use the popular RestfulAuthentication plugin for user management, add reset_session to the SessionsController#create action. Note that this removes any value from the session, _you have to transfer them to the new session_. +If you use the popular [Devise](https://rubygems.org/gems/devise) gem for user management, it will automatically expire sessions on sign in and sign out for you. If you roll your own, remember to expire the session after your sign in action (when the session is created). This will remove values from the session, therefore _you will have to transfer them to the new session_. Another countermeasure is to _save user-specific properties in the session_, verify them every time a request comes in, and deny access, if the information does not match. Such properties could be the remote IP address or the user agent (the web browser name), though the latter is less user-specific. When saving the IP address, you have to bear in mind that there are Internet service providers or large organizations that put their users behind proxies. _These might change over the course of a session_, so these users will not be able to use your application, or only in a limited way. @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Another countermeasure is to _save user-specific properties in the session_, ver NOTE: _Sessions that never expire extend the time-frame for attacks such as cross-site request forgery (CSRF), session hijacking and session fixation._ -One possibility is to set the expiry time-stamp of the cookie with the session id. However the client can edit cookies that are stored in the web browser so expiring sessions on the server is safer. Here is an example of how to _expire sessions in a database table_. Call `Session.sweep("20 minutes")` to expire sessions that were used longer than 20 minutes ago. +One possibility is to set the expiry time-stamp of the cookie with the session ID. However the client can edit cookies that are stored in the web browser so expiring sessions on the server is safer. Here is an example of how to _expire sessions in a database table_. Call `Session.sweep("20 minutes")` to expire sessions that were used longer than 20 minutes ago. ```ruby class Session < ApplicationRecord @@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ This attack method works by including malicious code or a link in a page that ac  -In the [session chapter](#sessions) you have learned that most Rails applications use cookie-based sessions. Either they store the session id in the cookie and have a server-side session hash, or the entire session hash is on the client-side. In either case the browser will automatically send along the cookie on every request to a domain, if it can find a cookie for that domain. The controversial point is that if the request comes from a site of a different domain, it will also send the cookie. Let's start with an example: +In the [session chapter](#sessions) you have learned that most Rails applications use cookie-based sessions. Either they store the session ID in the cookie and have a server-side session hash, or the entire session hash is on the client-side. In either case the browser will automatically send along the cookie on every request to a domain, if it can find a cookie for that domain. The controversial point is that if the request comes from a site of a different domain, it will also send the cookie. Let's start with an example: * Bob browses a message board and views a post from a hacker where there is a crafted HTML image element. The element references a command in Bob's project management application, rather than an image file: `<img src="http://www.webapp.com/project/1/destroy">` * Bob's session at `www.webapp.com` is still alive, because he didn't log out a few minutes ago. -* By viewing the post, the browser finds an image tag. It tries to load the suspected image from `www.webapp.com`. As explained before, it will also send along the cookie with the valid session id. +* By viewing the post, the browser finds an image tag. It tries to load the suspected image from `www.webapp.com`. As explained before, it will also send along the cookie with the valid session ID. * The web application at `www.webapp.com` verifies the user information in the corresponding session hash and destroys the project with the ID 1. It then returns a result page which is an unexpected result for the browser, so it will not display the image. * Bob doesn't notice the attack - but a few days later he finds out that project number one is gone. @@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ By default, Rails logs all requests being made to the web application. But log f config.filter_parameters << :password ``` +NOTE: Provided parameters will be filtered out by partial matching regular expression. Rails adds default `:password` in the appropriate initializer (`initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`) and cares about typical application parameters `password` and `password_confirmation`. + ### Good Passwords INFO: _Do you find it hard to remember all your passwords? Don't write them down, but use the initial letters of each word in an easy to remember sentence._ @@ -675,14 +677,12 @@ INFO: _The most widespread, and one of the most devastating security vulnerabili An entry point is a vulnerable URL and its parameters where an attacker can start an attack. -The most common entry points are message posts, user comments, and guest books, but project titles, document names and search result pages have also been vulnerable - just about everywhere where the user can input data. But the input does not necessarily have to come from input boxes on web sites, it can be in any URL parameter - obvious, hidden or internal. Remember that the user may intercept any traffic. Applications, such as the [Live HTTP Headers Firefox plugin](http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/), or client-site proxies make it easy to change requests. +The most common entry points are message posts, user comments, and guest books, but project titles, document names and search result pages have also been vulnerable - just about everywhere where the user can input data. But the input does not necessarily have to come from input boxes on web sites, it can be in any URL parameter - obvious, hidden or internal. Remember that the user may intercept any traffic. Applications or client-site proxies make it easy to change requests. There are also other attack vectors like banner advertisements. XSS attacks work like this: An attacker injects some code, the web application saves it and displays it on a page, later presented to a victim. Most XSS examples simply display an alert box, but it is more powerful than that. XSS can steal the cookie, hijack the session, redirect the victim to a fake website, display advertisements for the benefit of the attacker, change elements on the web site to get confidential information or install malicious software through security holes in the web browser. During the second half of 2007, there were 88 vulnerabilities reported in Mozilla browsers, 22 in Safari, 18 in IE, and 12 in Opera. The [Symantec Global Internet Security threat report](http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-whitepaper_internet_security_threat_report_xiii_04-2008.en-us.pdf) also documented 239 browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the last six months of 2007. [Mpack](http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/mpack-uncovered/) is a very active and up-to-date attack framework which exploits these vulnerabilities. For criminal hackers, it is very attractive to exploit an SQL-Injection vulnerability in a web application framework and insert malicious code in every textual table column. In April 2008 more than 510,000 sites were hacked like this, among them the British government, United Nations, and many more high targets. -A relatively new, and unusual, form of entry points are banner advertisements. In earlier 2008, malicious code appeared in banner ads on popular sites, such as MySpace and Excite, according to [Trend Micro](http://blog.trendmicro.com/myspace-excite-and-blick-serve-up-malicious-banner-ads/). - #### HTML/JavaScript Injection The most common XSS language is of course the most popular client-side scripting language JavaScript, often in combination with HTML. _Escaping user input is essential_. @@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ The log files on www.attacker.com will read like this: GET http://www.attacker.com/_app_session=836c1c25278e5b321d6bea4f19cb57e2 ``` -You can mitigate these attacks (in the obvious way) by adding the **httpOnly** flag to cookies, so that document.cookie may not be read by JavaScript. Http only cookies can be used from IE v6.SP1, Firefox v2.0.0.5 and Opera 9.5. Safari is still considering, it ignores the option. But other, older browsers (such as WebTV and IE 5.5 on Mac) can actually cause the page to fail to load. Be warned that cookies [will still be visible using Ajax](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTPOnly#Browsers_Supporting_HttpOnly), though. +You can mitigate these attacks (in the obvious way) by adding the **httpOnly** flag to cookies, so that document.cookie may not be read by JavaScript. HTTP only cookies can be used from IE v6.SP1, Firefox v2.0.0.5, Opera 9.5, Safari 4 and Chrome 1.0.154 onwards. But other, older browsers (such as WebTV and IE 5.5 on Mac) can actually cause the page to fail to load. Be warned that cookies [will still be visible using Ajax](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTPOnly#Browsers_Supporting_HttpOnly), though. ##### Defacement diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md index e302611b2a..050bdda9e3 100644 --- a/guides/source/testing.md +++ b/guides/source/testing.md @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ users(:david) users(:david).id # one can also access methods available on the User class -email(david.partner.email, david.location_tonight) +david = users(:david) +david.call(david.partner) ``` To get multiple fixtures at once, you can pass in a list of fixture names. For example: @@ -1288,5 +1289,5 @@ end assert_equal Date.new(2004, 10, 24), user.activation_date # The change was visible only inside the `travel_to` block. ``` -Please see [`ActiveSupport::TimeHelpers` API Documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Testing/TimeHelpers.html) +Please see [`ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers` API Documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Testing/TimeHelpers.html) for in-depth information about the available time helpers. diff --git a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md index d5576be6f2..82080c4def 100644 --- a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ When changing Rails versions, it's best to move slowly, one minor version at a t The process should go as follows: -1. Write tests and make sure they pass -2. Move to the latest patch version after your current version -3. Fix tests and deprecated features -4. Move to the latest patch version of the next minor version +1. Write tests and make sure they pass. +2. Move to the latest patch version after your current version. +3. Fix tests and deprecated features. +4. Move to the latest patch version of the next minor version. Repeat this process until you reach your target Rails version. Each time you move versions, you will need to change the Rails version number in the Gemfile (and possibly other gem versions) and run `bundle update`. Then run the Update task mentioned below to update configuration files, then run your tests. @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ Rails generally stays close to the latest released Ruby version when it's releas TIP: Ruby 1.8.7 p248 and p249 have marshaling bugs that crash Rails. Ruby Enterprise Edition has these fixed since the release of 1.8.7-2010.02. On the 1.9 front, Ruby 1.9.1 is not usable because it outright segfaults, so if you want to use 1.9.x, jump straight to 1.9.3 for smooth sailing. -### The Task +### The Update Task -Rails provides the `app:update` task. After updating the Rails version +Rails provides the `app:update` task (`rails:update` on 4.2 and earlier). After updating the Rails version in the Gemfile, run this task. This will help you with the creation of new files and changes of old files in an interactive session. @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ Upgrading from Rails 4.2 to Rails 5.0 ### Ruby 2.2.2+ -ToDo... +From Ruby on Rails 5.0 onwards, Ruby 2.2.2+ is the only supported version. +Make sure you are on Ruby 2.2.2 version or greater, before you proceed. ### Active Record models now inherit from ApplicationRecord by default @@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ secrets, you need to: 3. Remove the `secret_token.rb` initializer. -4. Use `rails secret` to generate new keys for the `development` and `test` sections. +4. Use `rake secret` to generate new keys for the `development` and `test` sections. 5. Restart your server. @@ -880,7 +881,7 @@ Rails 4.0 no longer supports loading plugins from `vendor/plugins`. You must rep * Rails 4.0 has removed the identity map from Active Record, due to [some inconsistencies with associations](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/302c912bf6bcd0fa200d964ec2dc4a44abe328a6). If you have manually enabled it in your application, you will have to remove the following config that has no effect anymore: `config.active_record.identity_map`. -* The `delete` method in collection associations can now receive `Fixnum` or `String` arguments as record ids, besides records, pretty much like the `destroy` method does. Previously it raised `ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch` for such arguments. From Rails 4.0 on `delete` automatically tries to find the records matching the given ids before deleting them. +* The `delete` method in collection associations can now receive `Integer` or `String` arguments as record ids, besides records, pretty much like the `destroy` method does. Previously it raised `ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch` for such arguments. From Rails 4.0 on `delete` automatically tries to find the records matching the given ids before deleting them. * In Rails 4.0 when a column or a table is renamed the related indexes are also renamed. If you have migrations which rename the indexes, they are no longer needed. diff --git a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md index c58aee96db..c1dfcab6f3 100644 --- a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ this: respond_to do |format| if @user.save format.html { redirect_to @user, notice: 'User was successfully created.' } - format.js {} + format.js format.json { render json: @user, status: :created, location: @user } else format.html { render action: "new" } |