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diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md index 98c6cbd540..db7eeed19a 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ After reading this guide, you will know: What is Action View? -------------------- -Action View and Action Controller are the two major components of Action Pack. In Rails, web requests are handled by Action Pack, which splits the work into a controller part (performing the logic) and a view part (rendering a template). Typically, Action Controller will be concerned with communicating with the database and performing CRUD actions where necessary. Action View is then responsible for compiling the response. +In Rails, web requests are handled by [Action Controller](action_controller_overview.html) and Action View. Typically, Action Controller will be concerned with communicating with the database and performing CRUD actions where necessary. Action View is then responsible for compiling the response. Action View templates are written using embedded Ruby in tags mingled with HTML. To avoid cluttering the templates with boilerplate code, a number of helper classes provide common behavior for forms, dates, and strings. It's also easy to add new helpers to your application as it evolves. diff --git a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md index 1715fc327a..cb25a4c5f3 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md @@ -343,6 +343,13 @@ class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base end ``` +### Deserialization + +GlobalID allows serializing full Active Record objects passed to `#perform`. + +If a passed record is deleted after the job is enqueued but before the `#perform` +method is called Active Job will raise an `ActiveJob::DeserializationError` +exception. Job Testing -------------- diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md index ce605c912e..980dfe6953 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md @@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ will append `ENGINE=BLACKHOLE` to the SQL statement used to create the table ### Creating a Join Table -Migration method `create_join_table` creates an HABTM join table. A typical use -would be: +The migration method `create_join_table` creates an HABTM (has and belongs to +many) join table. A typical use would be: ```ruby create_join_table :products, :categories @@ -367,23 +367,21 @@ create_join_table :products, :categories which creates a `categories_products` table with two columns called `category_id` and `product_id`. These columns have the option `:null` set to `false` by default. This can be overridden by specifying the `:column_options` -option. +option: ```ruby -create_join_table :products, :categories, column_options: {null: true} +create_join_table :products, :categories, column_options: { null: true } ``` -will create the `product_id` and `category_id` with the `:null` option as -`true`. - -You can pass the option `:table_name` when you want to customize the table -name. For example: +By default, the name of the join table comes from the union of the first two +arguments provided to create_join_table, in alphabetical order. +To customize the name of the table, provide a `:table_name` option: ```ruby create_join_table :products, :categories, table_name: :categorization ``` -will create a `categorization` table. +creates a `categorization` table. `create_join_table` also accepts a block, which you can use to add indices (which are not created by default) or additional columns: diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md index e3cfabb327..4b4d70d3ce 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md @@ -1266,6 +1266,18 @@ class Client < ActiveRecord::Base end ``` +NOTE: The `default_scope` is also applied while creating/building a record. +It is not applied while updating a record. E.g.: + +```ruby +class Client < ActiveRecord::Base + default_scope { where(active: true) } +end + +Client.new # => #<Client id: nil, active: true> +Client.unscoped.new # => #<Client id: nil, active: nil> +``` + ### Merging of scopes Just like `where` clauses scopes are merged using `AND` conditions. diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md index 7932853c11..71ca7a0f66 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md @@ -965,8 +965,9 @@ own custom validators. You can also create methods that verify the state of your models and add messages to the `errors` collection when they are invalid. You must then -register these methods by using the `validate` class method, passing in the -symbols for the validation methods' names. +register these methods by using the `validate` +([API](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveModel/Validations/ClassMethods.html#method-i-validate)) +class method, passing in the symbols for the validation methods' names. You can pass more than one symbol for each class method and the respective validations will be run in the same order as they were registered. diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index c0fa3cfd04..1191f5edfe 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -622,6 +622,19 @@ end We pass `id: false` to `create_table` because that table does not represent a model. That's required for the association to work properly. If you observe any strange behavior in a `has_and_belongs_to_many` association like mangled model IDs, or exceptions about conflicting IDs, chances are you forgot that bit. +You can also use the method `create_join_table` + +```ruby +class CreateAssembliesPartsJoinTable < ActiveRecord::Migration + def change + create_join_table :assemblies, :parts do |t| + t.index :assembly_id + t.index :part_id + end + end +end +``` + ### Controlling Association Scope By default, associations look for objects only within the current module's scope. This can be important when you declare Active Record models within a module. For example: diff --git a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md index b0103c9af4..9a56233e4a 100644 --- a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md @@ -3,12 +3,24 @@ Caching with Rails: An Overview =============================== -This guide is an introduction to speeding up your Rails app with caching. +This guide is an introduction to speeding up your Rails application with caching. + +Caching means to store content generated during the request-response cycle and +to reuse it when responding to similar requests. + +Caching is often the most effective way to boost an application's performance. +Through caching, web sites running on a single server with a single database +can sustain a load of thousands of concurrent users. + +Rails provides a set of caching features out of the box. This guide will teach +you the scope and purpose of each one of them. Master these techniques and your +Rails applications can serve millions of views without exorbitant response times +or server bills. After reading this guide, you will know: -* Page and action caching. * Fragment and Russian doll caching. +* How to manage the caching dependencies. * Alternative cache stores. * Conditional GET support. @@ -31,6 +43,11 @@ the relevant `config/environments/*.rb` file: config.action_controller.perform_caching = true ``` +NOTE: Changing the value of `config.action_controller.perform_caching` will +only have an effect on the caching provided by the Action Controller component. +For instance, it will not impact low-level caching, that we address +[below](#low-level-caching). + ### Page Caching Page caching is a Rails mechanism which allows the request for a generated page @@ -98,6 +115,30 @@ If you want to cache a fragment under certain conditions, you can use <% end %> ``` +#### Collection caching + +The `render` helper can also cache individual templates rendered for a collection. +It can even one up the previous example with `each` by reading all cache +templates at once instead of one by one. This is done automatically if the template +rendered by the collection includes a `cache` call. Take a collection that renders +a `products/_product.html.erb` partial for each element: + +```ruby +render products +``` + +If `products/_product.html.erb` starts with a `cache` call like so: + +```html+erb +<% cache product do %> + <%= product.name %> +<% end %> +``` + +All the cached templates from previous renders will be fetched at once with much +greater speed. There's more info on how to make your templates [eligible for +collection caching](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Template/Handlers/ERB.html#method-i-resource_cache_call_pattern). + ### Russian Doll Caching You may want to nest cached fragments inside other cached fragments. This is @@ -122,7 +163,7 @@ For example, take the following view: Which in turn renders this view: ```erb -<% cache game %> +<% cache game do %> <%= render game %> <% end %> ``` @@ -147,6 +188,93 @@ With `touch` set to true, any action which changes `updated_at` for a game record will also change it for the associated product, thereby expiring the cache. +### Managing dependencies + +In order to correctly invalidate the cache, you need to properly define the +caching dependencies. Rails is clever enough to handle common cases so you don't +have to specify anything. However, sometimes, when you're dealing with custom +helpers for instance, you need to explicitly define them. + +#### Implicit dependencies + +Most template dependencies can be derived from calls to `render` in the template +itself. Here are some examples of render calls that `ActionView::Digestor` knows +how to decode: + +```ruby +render partial: "comments/comment", collection: commentable.comments +render "comments/comments" +render 'comments/comments' +render('comments/comments') + +render "header" => render("comments/header") + +render(@topic) => render("topics/topic") +render(topics) => render("topics/topic") +render(message.topics) => render("topics/topic") +``` + +On the other hand, some calls need to be changed to make caching work properly. +For instance, if you're passing a custom collection, you'll need to change: + +```ruby +render @project.documents.where(published: true) +``` + +to: + +```ruby +render partial: "documents/document", collection: @project.documents.where(published: true) +``` + +#### Explicit dependencies + +Sometimes you'll have template dependencies that can't be derived at all. This +is typically the case when rendering happens in helpers. Here's an example: + +```html+erb +<%= render_sortable_todolists @project.todolists %> +``` + +You'll need to use a special comment format to call those out: + +```html+erb +<%# Template Dependency: todolists/todolist %> +<%= render_sortable_todolists @project.todolists %> +``` + +In some cases, like a single table inheritance setup, you might have a bunch of +explicit dependencies. Instead of writing every template out, you can use a +wildcard to match any template in a directory: + +```html+erb +<%# Template Dependency: events/* %> +<%= render_categorizable_events @person.events %> +``` + +As for collection caching, if the partial template doesn't start with a clean +cache call, you can still benefit from collection caching by adding a special +comment format anywhere in the template, like: + +```html+erb +<%# Template Collection: notification %> +<% my_helper_that_calls_cache(some_arg, notification) do %> + <%= notification.name %> +<% end %> +``` + +#### External dependencies + +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 +simply be explicit in a comment, like: + +```html+erb +<%# Helper Dependency Updated: Jul 28, 2015 at 7pm %> +<%= some_helper_method(person) %> +``` + ### Low-Level Caching Sometimes you need to cache a particular value or query result instead of caching view fragments. Rails' caching mechanism works great for storing __any__ kind of information. @@ -202,16 +330,17 @@ persistent fashion, you can with low level caching. Cache Stores ------------ -Rails provides different stores for the cached data created by **action** and **fragment** caches. - -TIP: Page caches are always stored on disk. +Rails provides different stores for the cached data (apart from SQL and page +caching). ### Configuration -You can set up your application's default cache store by calling `config.cache_store=` in the Application definition inside your `config/application.rb` file or in an Application.configure block in an environment specific configuration file (i.e. `config/environments/*.rb`). The first argument will be the cache store to use and the rest of the argument will be passed as arguments to the cache store constructor. +You can set up your application's default cache store by setting the +`config.cache_store` configuration option. Other parameters can be passed as +arguments to the cache store's constructor: ```ruby -config.cache_store = :memory_store +config.cache_store = :memory_store, { size: 64.megabytes } ``` NOTE: Alternatively, you can call `ActionController::Base.cache_store` outside of a configuration block. @@ -236,6 +365,19 @@ There are some common options used by all cache implementations. These can be pa * `:race_condition_ttl` - This option is used in conjunction with the `:expires_in` option. It will prevent race conditions when cache entries expire by preventing multiple processes from simultaneously regenerating the same entry (also known as the dog pile effect). This option sets the number of seconds that an expired entry can be reused while a new value is being regenerated. It's a good practice to set this value if you use the `:expires_in` option. +#### Custom Cache Stores + +You can create your own custom cache store by simply extending +`ActiveSupport::Cache::Store` and implementing the appropriate methods. This way, +you can swap in any number of caching technologies into your Rails application. + +To use a custom cache store, simply set the cache store to a new instance of your +custom class. + +```ruby +config.cache_store = MyCacheStore.new +``` + ### ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore This cache store keeps entries in memory in the same Ruby process. The cache @@ -287,36 +429,6 @@ The `write` and `fetch` methods on this cache accept two additional options that config.cache_store = :mem_cache_store, "cache-1.example.com", "cache-2.example.com" ``` -### ActiveSupport::Cache::EhcacheStore - -If you are using JRuby you can use Terracotta's Ehcache as the cache store for your application. Ehcache is an open source Java cache that also offers an enterprise version with increased scalability, management, and commercial support. You must first install the jruby-ehcache-rails3 gem (version 1.1.0 or later) to use this cache store. - -```ruby -config.cache_store = :ehcache_store -``` - -When initializing the cache, you may use the `:ehcache_config` option to specify the Ehcache config file to use (where the default is "ehcache.xml" in your Rails config directory), and the :cache_name option to provide a custom name for your cache (the default is rails_cache). - -In addition to the standard `:expires_in` option, the `write` method on this cache can also accept the additional `:unless_exist` option, which will cause the cache store to use Ehcache's `putIfAbsent` method instead of `put`, and therefore will not overwrite an existing entry. Additionally, the `write` method supports all of the properties exposed by the [Ehcache Element class](http://ehcache.org/apidocs/net/sf/ehcache/Element.html) , including: - -| Property | Argument Type | Description | -| --------------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -| elementEvictionData | ElementEvictionData | Sets this element's eviction data instance. | -| eternal | boolean | Sets whether the element is eternal. | -| timeToIdle, tti | int | Sets time to idle | -| timeToLive, ttl, expires_in | int | Sets time to Live | -| version | long | Sets the version attribute of the ElementAttributes object. | - -These options are passed to the `write` method as Hash options using either camelCase or underscore notation, as in the following examples: - -```ruby -Rails.cache.write('key', 'value', time_to_idle: 60.seconds, timeToLive: 600.seconds) -caches_action :index, expires_in: 60.seconds, unless_exist: true -``` - -For more information about Ehcache, see [http://ehcache.org/](http://ehcache.org/) . -For more information about Ehcache for JRuby and Rails, see [http://ehcache.org/documentation/jruby.html](http://ehcache.org/documentation/jruby.html) - ### ActiveSupport::Cache::NullStore This cache store implementation is meant to be used only in development or test environments and it never stores anything. This can be very useful in development when you have code that interacts directly with `Rails.cache` but caching may interfere with being able to see the results of code changes. With this cache store, all `fetch` and `read` operations will result in a miss. @@ -325,19 +437,13 @@ This cache store implementation is meant to be used only in development or test config.cache_store = :null_store ``` -### Custom Cache Stores - -You can create your own custom cache store by simply extending `ActiveSupport::Cache::Store` and implementing the appropriate methods. In this way, you can swap in any number of caching technologies into your Rails application. - -To use a custom cache store, simply set the cache store to a new instance of the class. - -```ruby -config.cache_store = MyCacheStore.new -``` - -### Cache Keys +Cache Keys +---------- -The keys used in a cache can be any object that responds to either `:cache_key` or `:to_param`. You can implement the `:cache_key` method on your classes if you need to generate custom keys. Active Record will generate keys based on the class name and record id. +The keys used in a cache can be any object that responds to either `cache_key` or +`to_param`. You can implement the `cache_key` method on your classes if you need +to generate custom keys. Active Record will generate keys based on the class name +and record id. You can use Hashes and Arrays of values as cache keys. @@ -346,7 +452,12 @@ You can use Hashes and Arrays of values as cache keys. Rails.cache.read(site: "mysite", owners: [owner_1, owner_2]) ``` -The keys you use on `Rails.cache` will not be the same as those actually used with the storage engine. They may be modified with a namespace or altered to fit technology backend constraints. This means, for instance, that you can't save values with `Rails.cache` and then try to pull them out with the `memcache-client` gem. However, you also don't need to worry about exceeding the memcached size limit or violating syntax rules. +The keys you use on `Rails.cache` will not be the same as those actually used with +the storage engine. They may be modified with a namespace or altered to fit +technology backend constraints. This means, for instance, that you can't save +values with `Rails.cache` and then try to pull them out with the `dalli` gem. +However, you also don't need to worry about exceeding the memcached size limit or +violating syntax rules. Conditional GET support ----------------------- diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md index 79a80de3cc..47c275609e 100644 --- a/guides/source/configuring.md +++ b/guides/source/configuring.md @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ 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 caching 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`. @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ encrypted cookies salt value. Defaults to `'signed encrypted cookie'`. `config.action_view` includes a small number of configuration settings: -* `config.action_view.field_error_proc` provides an HTML generator for displaying errors that come from Active Record. The default is +* `config.action_view.field_error_proc` provides an HTML generator for displaying errors that come from Active Model. The default is ```ruby Proc.new do |html_tag, instance| @@ -1084,22 +1084,22 @@ development: timeout: 5000 ``` -Since the connection pooling is handled inside of Active Record by default, all application servers (Thin, mongrel, Unicorn etc.) should behave the same. Initially, the database connection pool is empty and it will create additional connections as the demand for them increases, until it reaches the connection pool limit. +Since the connection pooling is handled inside of Active Record by default, all application servers (Thin, mongrel, Unicorn etc.) should behave the same. The database connection pool is initially empty. As demand for connections increases it will create them until it reaches the connection pool limit. -Any one request will check out a connection the first time it requires access to the database, after which it will check the connection back in, at the end of the request, meaning that the additional connection slot will be available again for the next request in the queue. +Any one request will check out a connection the first time it requires access to the database. At the end of the request it will check the connection back in. This means that the additional connection slot will be available again for the next request in the queue. If you try to use more connections than are available, Active Record will block -and wait for a connection from the pool. When it cannot get connection, a timeout -error similar to given below will be thrown. +you and wait for a connection from the pool. If it cannot get a connection, a +timeout error similar to that given below will be thrown. ```ruby ActiveRecord::ConnectionTimeoutError - could not obtain a database connection within 5 seconds. The max pool size is currently 5; consider increasing it: ``` -If you get the above error, you might want to increase the size of connection -pool by incrementing the `pool` option in `database.yml` +If you get the above error, you might want to increase the size of the +connection pool by incrementing the `pool` option in `database.yml` -NOTE. If you are running in a multi-threaded environment, there could be a chance that several threads may be accessing multiple connections simultaneously. So depending on your current request load, you could very well have multiple threads contending for a limited amount of connections. +NOTE. If you are running in a multi-threaded environment, there could be a chance that several threads may be accessing multiple connections simultaneously. So depending on your current request load, you could very well have multiple threads contending for a limited number of connections. Custom configuration diff --git a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md index c19813c8a5..3b944f1274 100644 --- a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ can expect it to be marked "invalid" as soon as it's reviewed. Sometimes, the line between 'bug' and 'feature' is a hard one to draw. Generally, a feature is anything that adds new behavior, while a bug is -anything that fixes already existing behavior that is misbehaving. Sometimes, +anything that causes incorrect behavior. Sometimes, the core team will have to make a judgement call. That said, the distinction generally just affects which release your patch will get in to; we love feature submissions! They just won't get backported to maintenance branches. @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ You can run a single test through ruby. For instance: ```bash $ cd actionmailer -$ ruby -w -Itest test/mail_layout_test.rb -n test_explicit_class_layout +$ bundle exec ruby -w -Itest test/mail_layout_test.rb -n test_explicit_class_layout ``` The `-n` option allows you to run a single method instead of the whole @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ will now run the four of them in turn. You can also run any single test separately: ```bash -$ ARCONN=sqlite3 ruby -Itest test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb +$ ARCONN=sqlite3 bundle exec ruby -Itest test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb ``` To run a single test against all adapters, use: diff --git a/guides/source/credits.html.erb b/guides/source/credits.html.erb index 61ea0b44ef..1d995581fa 100644 --- a/guides/source/credits.html.erb +++ b/guides/source/credits.html.erb @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Ruby on Rails Guides: Credits <h3 class="section">Rails Guides Authors</h3> <%= author('Ryan Bigg', 'radar', 'radar.png') do %> - Ryan Bigg works as the Community Manager at <a href="http://spreecommerce.com">Spree Commerce</a> and has been working with Rails since 2006. He's the author of <a href="https://leanpub.com/multi-tenancy-rails">Multi Tenancy With Rails</a> and co-author of <a href="http://manning.com/bigg2">Rails 4 in Action</a>. He's written many gems which can be seen on <a href="https://github.com/radar">his GitHub page</a> and he also tweets prolifically as <a href="http://twitter.com/ryanbigg">@ryanbigg</a>. + Ryan Bigg works as a Rails developer at <a href="http://marketplacer.com">Marketplacer</a> and has been working with Rails since 2006. He's the author of <a href="https://leanpub.com/multi-tenancy-rails">Multi Tenancy With Rails</a> and co-author of <a href="http://manning.com/bigg2">Rails 4 in Action</a>. He's written many gems which can be seen on <a href="https://github.com/radar">his GitHub page</a> and he also tweets prolifically as <a href="http://twitter.com/ryanbigg">@ryanbigg</a>. <% end %> <%= author('Oscar Del Ben', 'oscardelben', 'oscardelben.jpg') do %> diff --git a/guides/source/documents.yaml b/guides/source/documents.yaml index 9145aee009..4473eba478 100644 --- a/guides/source/documents.yaml +++ b/guides/source/documents.yaml @@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ url: autoloading_and_reloading_constants.html description: This guide documents how autoloading and reloading constants work. - + name: "Caching with Rails: An Overview" + url: caching_with_rails.html + description: This guide is an introduction to speeding up your Rails application with caching. + - name: Active Support Instrumentation work_in_progress: true url: active_support_instrumentation.html diff --git a/guides/source/form_helpers.md b/guides/source/form_helpers.md index 8f7d97844e..84a8d695cb 100644 --- a/guides/source/form_helpers.md +++ b/guides/source/form_helpers.md @@ -211,9 +211,8 @@ IMPORTANT: The search, telephone, date, time, color, datetime, datetime-local, month, week, URL, email, number and range inputs are HTML5 controls. If you require your app to have a consistent experience in older browsers, you will need an HTML5 polyfill (provided by CSS and/or JavaScript). -There is definitely [no shortage of solutions for this](https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills), although a couple of popular tools at the moment are -[Modernizr](http://www.modernizr.com/) and [yepnope](http://yepnopejs.com/), -which provide a simple way to add functionality based on the presence of +There is definitely [no shortage of solutions for this](https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills), although a popular tool at the moment is +[Modernizr](http://www.modernizr.com/), which provides a simple way to add functionality based on the presence of detected HTML5 features. TIP: If you're using password input fields (for any purpose), you might want to configure your application to prevent those parameters from being logged. You can learn about this in the [Security Guide](security.html#logging). diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index 11051f71c2..dbbedc49ab 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ application from scratch. It does not assume that you have any prior experience with Rails. However, to get the most out of it, you need to have some prerequisites installed: -* The [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads) language version 2.2.2 or newer. -* Right version of [Development Kit](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/), if you are using Windows -* The [RubyGems](https://rubygems.org) packaging system, which is installed with Ruby - versions 1.9 and later. To learn more about RubyGems, please read the [RubyGems Guides](http://guides.rubygems.org). +* The [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads) language version 2.2.2 or newer. +* Right version of [Development Kit](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/), if you + are using Windows. +* The [RubyGems](https://rubygems.org) packaging system, which is installed with + Ruby by default. To learn more about RubyGems, please read the + [RubyGems Guides](http://guides.rubygems.org). * A working installation of the [SQLite3 Database](https://www.sqlite.org). Rails is a web application framework running on the Ruby programming language. @@ -621,7 +623,7 @@ def create end ``` -The `render` method here is taking a very simple hash with a key of `plain` and +The `render` method here is taking a very simple hash with a key of `:plain` and value of `params[:article].inspect`. The `params` method is the object which represents the parameters (or fields) coming in from the form. The `params` method returns an `ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess` object, which diff --git a/guides/source/routing.md b/guides/source/routing.md index 52f11f92bd..cf828462ce 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.md +++ b/guides/source/routing.md @@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ get 'photos/:id', to: 'photos#show', defaults: { format: 'jpg' } Rails would match `photos/12` to the `show` action of `PhotosController`, and set `params[:format]` to `"jpg"`. +NOTE: You cannot override defaults via query parameters - this is for security reasons. The only defaults that can be overridden are dynamic segments via substitution in the URL path. + ### Naming Routes You can specify a name for any route using the `:as` option: @@ -1087,6 +1089,20 @@ edit_videos GET /videos/:identifier/edit(.:format) videos#edit Video.find_by(identifier: params[:identifier]) ``` +You can override `ActiveRecord::Base#to_param` of a related +model to constructe an URL. + +```ruby +class Video < ActiveRecord::Base + def to_param # overridden + identifier + end +end + +video = Video.find_by(identifier: "Roman-Holiday") +edit_videos_path(video) # => "/videos/Roman-Holiday" +``` + Inspecting and Testing Routes ----------------------------- diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md index 2fd54a48fc..f40e765242 100644 --- a/guides/source/testing.md +++ b/guides/source/testing.md @@ -178,6 +178,14 @@ create test/fixtures/articles.yml ... ``` +You can also generate the test stub for a model using the following command: + +```bash +$ bin/rails generate test_unit:model article title:string body:text +create test/models/article_test.rb +create test/fixtures/articles.yml +``` + The default test stub in `test/models/article_test.rb` looks like this: ```ruby @@ -509,6 +517,14 @@ You should test for things such as: Now that we have used Rails scaffold generator for our `Article` resource, it has already created the controller code and tests. You can take look at the file `articles_controller_test.rb` in the `test/controllers` directory. +The following command will generate a controller test case with a filled up +test for each of the seven default actions. + +```bash +$ bin/rails generate test_unit:scaffold article +create test/controllers/articles_controller_test.rb +``` + Let me take you through one such test, `test_should_get_index` from the file `articles_controller_test.rb`. ```ruby @@ -1065,7 +1081,7 @@ Finally we can assert that our response was successful, template was rendered, a #### Taking it further -We were able to successfully test a very small workflow for visiting our blog and creating a new article. If we wanted to take this further we could add tests for commenting, removing articles, or editting comments. Integration tests are a great place to experiment with all kinds of use-cases for our applications. +We were able to successfully test a very small workflow for visiting our blog and creating a new article. If we wanted to take this further we could add tests for commenting, removing articles, or editing comments. Integration tests are a great place to experiment with all kinds of use-cases for our applications. Testing Your Mailers -------------------- diff --git a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md index f3d3a83afc..4c996dd2d0 100644 --- a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ this generates ```html <form action="/articles/1" class="button_to" data-remote="true" method="post"> - <div><input type="submit" value="An article"></div> + <input type="submit" value="An article" /> </form> ``` |