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diff --git a/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md b/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md index c2002fb8fa..8c633fa169 100644 --- a/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ 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.) +* `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). * 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. diff --git a/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md b/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md index babdc5050e..a9484cf97a 100644 --- a/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ Active Record * Support index sort order in SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL adapters. -* Allow the `:class_name` option for associations to take a symbol in addition to a string. This is to avoid confusing newbies, and to be consistent with the fact that other options like :foreign_key already allow a symbol or a string. +* Allow the `:class_name` option for associations to take a symbol in addition to a string. This is to avoid confusing newbies, and to be consistent with the fact that other options like `:foreign_key` already allow a symbol or a string. ```ruby has_many :clients, :class_name => :Client # Note that the symbol need to be capitalized diff --git a/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md index c4ca1e921f..3790beccdf 100644 --- a/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md @@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-0-stable/a ### Notable changes -* Replace deprecated `memcache-client` gem with `dalli` in ActiveSupport::Cache::MemCacheStore. +* Replace deprecated `memcache-client` gem with `dalli` in `ActiveSupport::Cache::MemCacheStore`. -* Optimize ActiveSupport::Cache::Entry to reduce memory and processing overhead. +* Optimize `ActiveSupport::Cache::Entry` to reduce memory and processing overhead. * Inflections can now be defined per locale. `singularize` and `pluralize` accept locale as an extra argument. diff --git a/guides/source/_welcome.html.erb b/guides/source/_welcome.html.erb index 0a0a958e30..93c177905c 100644 --- a/guides/source/_welcome.html.erb +++ b/guides/source/_welcome.html.erb @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ </p> <% end %> <p> - The guides for Rails 3.2.x are available at <a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v3.2.14/">http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v3.2.14/</a>. + The guides for Rails 3.2.x are available at <a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v3.2.15/">http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v3.2.15/</a>. </p> <p> The guides for Rails 2.3.x are available at <a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v2.3.11/">http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v2.3.11/</a>. diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md index 8dfecd0190..0c06e36de9 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class PeopleController < ActionController::Base # Request reply. def update person = current_account.people.find(params[:id]) - person.update_attributes!(person_params) + person.update!(person_params) redirect_to person end @@ -328,9 +328,7 @@ the job done: ```ruby def product_params - params.require(:product).permit(:name).tap do |whitelisted| - whitelisted[:data] = params[:product][:data] - end + params.require(:product).permit(:name, data: params[:product][:data].try(:keys)) end ``` diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md b/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md index aa2ce99f6d..ac5e8ffc0c 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ As you start registering new callbacks for your models, they will be queued for The whole callback chain is wrapped in a transaction. If any _before_ callback method returns exactly `false` or raises an exception, the execution chain gets halted and a ROLLBACK is issued; _after_ callbacks can only accomplish that by raising an exception. -WARNING. Raising an arbitrary exception may break code that expects `save` and its friends not to fail like that. The `ActiveRecord::Rollback` exception is thought precisely to tell Active Record a rollback is going on. That one is internally captured but not reraised. +WARNING. Any exception that is not `ActiveRecord::Rollback` will be re-raised by Rails after the callback chain is halted. Raising an exception other than `ActiveRecord::Rollback` may break code that does not expect methods like `save` and `update_attributes` (which normally try to return `true` or `false`) to raise an exception. Relational Callbacks -------------------- @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Here's an example where we create a class with an `after_destroy` callback for a ```ruby class PictureFileCallbacks def after_destroy(picture_file) - if File.exists?(picture_file.filepath) + if File.exist?(picture_file.filepath) File.delete(picture_file.filepath) end end @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Note that we needed to instantiate a new `PictureFileCallbacks` object, since we ```ruby class PictureFileCallbacks def self.after_destroy(picture_file) - if File.exists?(picture_file.filepath) + if File.exist?(picture_file.filepath) File.delete(picture_file.filepath) end end diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md index 797b996357..0df52a655f 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md @@ -438,8 +438,6 @@ provide a personalized message or use `presence: true` instead. When `:in` or `:within` have a lower limit of 1, you should either provide a personalized message or call `presence` prior to `length`. -The `size` helper is an alias for `length`. - ### `numericality` This helper validates that your attributes have only numeric values. By diff --git a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md index d3f49b19fa..84a169b3b9 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md +++ b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md @@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ For every single method defined as a core extension this guide has a note that s NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb`. -That means that this single call is enough: +That means that you can require it like this: ```ruby +require 'active_support' require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank' ``` @@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ The next level is to simply load all extensions to `Object`. As a rule of thumb, Thus, to load all extensions to `Object` (including `blank?`): ```ruby +require 'active_support' require 'active_support/core_ext/object' ``` @@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/object' You may prefer just to load all core extensions, there is a file for that: ```ruby +require 'active_support' require 'active_support/core_ext' ``` @@ -421,11 +424,9 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/object/with_options.rb`. ### JSON support -Active Support provides a better implementation of `to_json` than the +json+ gem ordinarily provides for Ruby objects. This is because some classes, like +Hash+ and +OrderedHash+ needs special handling in order to provide a proper JSON representation. - -Active Support also provides an implementation of `as_json` for the <tt>Process::Status</tt> class. +Active Support provides a better implementation of `to_json` than the +json+ gem ordinarily provides for Ruby objects. This is because some classes, like +Hash+, +OrderedHash+, and +Process::Status+ need special handling in order to provide a proper JSON representation. -NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/object/to_json.rb`. +NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb`. ### Instance Variables @@ -1092,6 +1093,15 @@ end we can access `field_error_proc` in views. +Also, you can pass a block to `cattr_*` to set up the attribute with a default value: + +```ruby +class MysqlAdapter < AbstractAdapter + # Generates class methods to access @@emulate_booleans with default value of true. + cattr_accessor(:emulate_booleans) { true } +end +``` + The generation of the reader instance method can be prevented by setting `:instance_reader` to `false` and the generation of the writer instance method can be prevented by setting `:instance_writer` to `false`. Generation of both methods can be prevented by setting `:instance_accessor` to `false`. In all cases, the value must be exactly `false` and not any false value. ```ruby @@ -1774,6 +1784,12 @@ The method `humanize` gives you a sensible name for display out of an attribute "comments_count".humanize # => "Comments count" ``` +The capitalization of the first word can be turned off by setting the optional parameter `capitalize` to false: + +```ruby +"author_id".humanize(capitalize: false) # => "author" +``` + The helper method `full_messages` uses `humanize` as a fallback to include attribute names: ```ruby diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md index 72aff1e0dd..39448e92d5 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md @@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ environments. You can enable or disable it in your configuration through the More reading: * [Optimize caching](http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/caching.html) -* [Revving Filenames: don't use -* querystring](http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-querystring/) +* [Revving Filenames: don't use querystring](http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-querystring/) How to Use the Asset Pipeline @@ -405,11 +404,10 @@ JavaScript and stylesheet. * `image-url("rails.png")` becomes `url(/assets/rails.png)` * `image-path("rails.png")` becomes `"/assets/rails.png"`. -The more generic form can also be used but the asset path and class must both be -specified: +The more generic form can also be used: -* `asset-url("rails.png", image)` becomes `url(/assets/rails.png)` -* `asset-path("rails.png", image)` becomes `"/assets/rails.png"` +* `asset-url("rails.png")` becomes `url(/assets/rails.png)` +* `asset-path("rails.png")` becomes `"/assets/rails.png"` #### JavaScript/CoffeeScript and ERB @@ -503,7 +501,11 @@ NOTE. If you want to use multiple Sass files, you should generally use the [Sass rule](http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#import) instead of these Sprockets directives. Using Sprockets directives all Sass files exist within their own scope, making variables or mixins only available within the -document they were defined in. +document they were defined in. You can do file globbing as well using +`@import "*"`, and `@import "**/*"` to add the whole tree equivalent to how +`require_tree` works. Check the [sass-rails +documentation](https://github.com/rails/sass-rails#features) for more info and +important caveats. You can have as many manifest files as you need. For example, the `admin.css` and `admin.js` manifest could contain the JS and CSS files that are used for the @@ -1040,17 +1042,22 @@ Making Your Library or Gem a Pre-Processor As Sprockets uses [Tilt](https://github.com/rtomayko/tilt) as a generic interface to different templating engines, your gem should just implement the Tilt template protocol. Normally, you would subclass `Tilt::Template` and -reimplement `evaluate` method to return final output. Template source is stored -at `@code`. Have a look at +reimplement the `prepare` method, which initializes your template, and the +`evaluate` method, which returns the processed source. The original source is +stored in `data`. Have a look at [`Tilt::Template`](https://github.com/rtomayko/tilt/blob/master/lib/tilt/template.rb) sources to learn more. ```ruby module BangBang class Template < ::Tilt::Template + def prepare + # Do any initialization here + end + # Adds a "!" to original template. def evaluate(scope, locals, &block) - "#{@code}!" + "#{data}!" end end end diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index 91b268d766..c0482f6106 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ The `belongs_to` association creates a one-to-one match with another model. In d #### Methods Added by `belongs_to` -When you declare a `belongs_to` association, the declaring class automatically gains four methods related to the association: +When you declare a `belongs_to` association, the declaring class automatically gains five methods related to the association: * `association(force_reload = false)` * `association=(associate)` @@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ The `has_one` association creates a one-to-one match with another model. In data #### Methods Added by `has_one` -When you declare a `has_one` association, the declaring class automatically gains four methods related to the association: +When you declare a `has_one` association, the declaring class automatically gains five methods related to the association: * `association(force_reload = false)` * `association=(associate)` @@ -1140,10 +1140,10 @@ Controls what happens to the associated object when its owner is destroyed: * `:restrict_with_exception` causes an exception to be raised if there is an associated record * `:restrict_with_error` causes an error to be added to the owner if there is an associated object -It's necessary not to set or leave `:nullify` option for those associations -that have `NOT NULL` database constraints. If you don't set `dependent` to -destroy such associations you won't be able to change the associated object -because initial associated object foreign key will be set to unallowed `NULL` +It's necessary not to set or leave `:nullify` option for those associations +that have `NOT NULL` database constraints. If you don't set `dependent` to +destroy such associations you won't be able to change the associated object +because initial associated object foreign key will be set to unallowed `NULL` value. ##### `:foreign_key` @@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ The `has_many` association creates a one-to-many relationship with another model #### Methods Added by `has_many` -When you declare a `has_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 13 methods related to the association: +When you declare a `has_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 16 methods related to the association: * `collection(force_reload = false)` * `collection<<(object, ...)` @@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ The `has_and_belongs_to_many` association creates a many-to-many relationship wi #### Methods Added by `has_and_belongs_to_many` -When you declare a `has_and_belongs_to_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 13 methods related to the association: +When you declare a `has_and_belongs_to_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 16 methods related to the association: * `collection(force_reload = false)` * `collection<<(object, ...)` diff --git a/guides/source/command_line.md b/guides/source/command_line.md index 1b0b93c3bc..3b80faec7f 100644 --- a/guides/source/command_line.md +++ b/guides/source/command_line.md @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ Rails will set you up with what seems like a huge amount of stuff for such a tin The `rails server` command launches a small web server named WEBrick which comes bundled with Ruby. You'll use this any time you want to access your application through a web browser. -INFO: WEBrick isn't your only option for serving Rails. We'll get to that [later](#server-with-different-backends). - With no further work, `rails server` will run our new shiny Rails app: ```bash diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md index b14f8b6e7f..8ac34c9716 100644 --- a/guides/source/configuring.md +++ b/guides/source/configuring.md @@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ config.middleware.delete "Rack::MethodOverride" * `config.active_record.table_name_suffix` lets you set a global string to be appended to table names. If you set this to `_northwest`, then the Customer class will look for `customers_northwest` as its table. The default is an empty string. +* `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.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` for Rails, although Active Record defaults to `:local` when used outside of Rails. diff --git a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md index b2b08c82c6..a6956eb009 100644 --- a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -430,13 +430,18 @@ $ git push origin branch_name ### Issue a Pull Request -Navigate to the Rails repository you just pushed to (e.g. https://github.com/your-user-name/rails) and press "Pull Request" in the upper right hand corner. - -Write your branch name in the branch field (this is filled with "master" by default) and press "Update Commit Range". - -Ensure the changesets you introduced are included in the "Commits" tab. Ensure that the "Files Changed" incorporate all of your changes. - -Fill in some details about your potential patch including a meaningful title. When finished, press "Send pull request". The Rails core team will be notified about your submission. +Navigate to the Rails repository you just pushed to (e.g. +https://github.com/your-user-name/rails) and click on "Pull Requests" seen in +the right panel. On the next page, press "New pull request" in the upper right +hand corner. + +Click on "Edit", if you need to change the branches being compared (it compares +"master" by default) and press "Click to create a pull request for this +comparison". + +Ensure the changesets you introduced are included. Fill in some details about +your potential patch including a meaningful title. When finished, press "Send +pull request". The Rails core team will be notified about your submission. ### Get some Feedback diff --git a/guides/source/engines.md b/guides/source/engines.md index c71b728ef7..af48768fe9 100644 --- a/guides/source/engines.md +++ b/guides/source/engines.md @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ end When Rails looks for a view to render, it will first look in the `app/views` directory of the application. If it cannot find the view there, then it will check in the `app/views` directories of all engines which have this directory. -In the `blorgh` engine, there is a currently a file at `app/views/blorgh/posts/index.html.erb`. When the engine is asked to render the view for `Blorgh::PostsController`'s `index` action, it will first see if it can find it at `app/views/blorgh/posts/index.html.erb` within the application and then if it cannot it will look inside the engine. +When the application is asked to render the view for `Blorgh::PostsController`'s index action, it will look the path `app/views/blorgh/posts/index.html.erb`, first within the application. If it cannot find it, it will look inside the engine. You can override this view in the application by simply creating a new file at `app/views/blorgh/posts/index.html.erb`. Then you can completely change what this view would normally output. diff --git a/guides/source/generators.md b/guides/source/generators.md index e06b13deba..e9c8ef0225 100644 --- a/guides/source/generators.md +++ b/guides/source/generators.md @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ $ rails generate scaffold User name:string Looking at this output, it's easy to understand how generators work in Rails 3.0 and above. The scaffold generator doesn't actually generate anything, it just invokes others to do the work. This allows us to add/replace/remove any of those invocations. For instance, the scaffold generator invokes the scaffold_controller generator, which invokes erb, test_unit and helper generators. Since each generator has a single responsibility, they are easy to reuse, avoiding code duplication. -Our first customization on the workflow will be to stop generating stylesheets and test fixtures for scaffolds. We can achieve that by changing our configuration to the following: +Our first customization on the workflow will be to stop generating stylesheets, javascripts and test fixtures for scaffolds. We can achieve that by changing our configuration to the following: ```ruby config.generators do |g| @@ -215,10 +215,11 @@ config.generators do |g| g.template_engine :erb g.test_framework :test_unit, fixture: false g.stylesheets false + g.javascripts false end ``` -If we generate another resource with the scaffold generator, we can see that neither stylesheets nor fixtures are created anymore. If you want to customize it further, for example to use DataMapper and RSpec instead of Active Record and TestUnit, it's just a matter of adding their gems to your application and configuring your generators. +If we generate another resource with the scaffold generator, we can see that stylesheets, javascripts and fixtures are not created anymore. If you want to customize it further, for example to use DataMapper and RSpec instead of Active Record and TestUnit, it's just a matter of adding their gems to your application and configuring your generators. To demonstrate this, we are going to create a new helper generator that simply adds some instance variable readers. First, we create a generator within the rails namespace, as this is where rails searches for generators used as hooks: @@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ config.generators do |g| g.template_engine :erb g.test_framework :test_unit, fixture: false g.stylesheets false + g.javascripts false g.helper :my_helper end ``` @@ -334,6 +336,7 @@ config.generators do |g| g.template_engine :erb g.test_framework :test_unit, fixture: false g.stylesheets false + g.javascripts false end ``` @@ -352,6 +355,7 @@ config.generators do |g| g.template_engine :erb g.test_framework :shoulda, fixture: false g.stylesheets false + g.javascripts false # Add a fallback! g.fallbacks[:shoulda] = :test_unit diff --git a/guides/source/i18n.md b/guides/source/i18n.md index 33daa79133..6b36f67874 100644 --- a/guides/source/i18n.md +++ b/guides/source/i18n.md @@ -492,12 +492,14 @@ Overview of the I18n API Features You should have good understanding of using the i18n library now, knowing all necessary aspects of internationalizing a basic Rails application. In the following chapters, we'll cover it's features in more depth. +These chapters will show examples using both the `I18n.translate` method as well as the [`translate` view helper method](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TranslationHelper.html#method-i-translate) (noting the additional feature provide by the view helper method). + Covered are features like these: * looking up translations * interpolating data into translations * pluralizing translations -* using safe HTML translations +* using safe HTML translations (view helper method only) * localizing dates, numbers, currency, etc. ### Looking up Translations @@ -585,6 +587,8 @@ you can look up the `books.index.title` value **inside** `app/views/books/index. <%= t '.title' %> ``` +NOTE: Automatic translation scoping by partial is only available from the `translate` view helper method. + ### Interpolation In many cases you want to abstract your translations so that **variables can be interpolated into the translation**. For this reason the I18n API provides an interpolation feature. @@ -654,7 +658,7 @@ I18n.default_locale = :de ### Using Safe HTML Translations -Keys with a '_html' suffix and keys named 'html' are marked as HTML safe. Use them in views without escaping. +Keys with a '_html' suffix and keys named 'html' are marked as HTML safe. When you use them in views the HTML will not be escaped. ```yaml # config/locales/en.yml @@ -673,6 +677,8 @@ en: <div><%= t('title.html') %></div> ``` +NOTE: Automatic conversion to HTML safe translate text is only available from the `translate` view helper method. +  How to Store your Custom Translations diff --git a/guides/source/initialization.md b/guides/source/initialization.md index fe6b1ad906..33eb74dcd9 100644 --- a/guides/source/initialization.md +++ b/guides/source/initialization.md @@ -29,9 +29,42 @@ quickly. Launch! ------- -Let's start to boot and initialize the app. It all begins with your app's -`bin/rails` executable. A Rails application is usually started by running -`rails console` or `rails server`. +Let's start to boot and initialize the app. A Rails application is usually +started by running `rails console` or `rails server`. + +### `railties/bin/rails` + +The `rails` in the command `rails server` is a ruby executable in your load +path. This executable contains the following lines: + +```ruby +version = ">= 0" +load Gem.bin_path('railties', 'rails', version) +``` + +If you try out this command in a Rails console, you would see that this loads +`railties/bin/rails`. A part of the file `railties/bin/rails.rb` has the +following code: + +```ruby +require "rails/cli" +``` + +The file `railties/lib/rails/cli` in turn calls +`Rails::AppRailsLoader.exec_app_rails`. + +### `railties/lib/rails/app_rails_loader.rb` + +The primary goal of the function `exec_app_rails` is to execute your app's +`bin/rails`. If the current directory does not have a `bin/rails`, it will +navigate upwards until it finds a `bin/rails` executable. Thus one can invoke a +`rails` command from anywhere inside a rails application. + +For `rails server` the equivalent of the following command is executed: + +```bash +$ exec ruby bin/rails server +``` ### `bin/rails` @@ -54,7 +87,7 @@ The `APP_PATH` constant will be used later in `rails/commands`. The `config/boot # Set up gems listed in the Gemfile. ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path('../../Gemfile', __FILE__) -require 'bundler/setup' if File.exists?(ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE']) +require 'bundler/setup' if File.exist?(ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE']) ``` In a standard Rails application, there's a `Gemfile` which declares all @@ -121,7 +154,7 @@ when 'server' # Change to the application's path if there is no config.ru file in current directory. # This allows us to run `rails server` from other directories, but still get # the main config.ru and properly set the tmp directory. - Dir.chdir(File.expand_path('../../', APP_PATH)) unless File.exists?(File.expand_path("config.ru")) + Dir.chdir(File.expand_path('../../', APP_PATH)) unless File.exist?(File.expand_path("config.ru")) require 'rails/commands/server' Rails::Server.new.tap do |server| diff --git a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md index b5d66d08ba..c6a3449ace 100644 --- a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md +++ b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md @@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ X-Runtime: 0.014297 Set-Cookie: _blog_session=...snip...; path=/; HttpOnly Cache-Control: no-cache - - $ +$ ``` We see there is an empty response (no data after the `Cache-Control` line), but the request was successful because Rails has set the response to 200 OK. You can set the `:status` option on render to change this response. Rendering nothing can be useful for Ajax requests where all you want to send back to the browser is an acknowledgment that the request was completed. @@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ If you want to render the view that corresponds to a different template within t ```ruby def update @book = Book.find(params[:id]) - if @book.update(params[:book]) + if @book.update(book_params) redirect_to(@book) else render "edit" @@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ If you prefer, you can use a symbol instead of a string to specify the action to ```ruby def update @book = Book.find(params[:id]) - if @book.update(params[:book]) + if @book.update(book_params) redirect_to(@book) else render :edit diff --git a/guides/source/migrations.md b/guides/source/migrations.md index b7283d16cc..71a177bca7 100644 --- a/guides/source/migrations.md +++ b/guides/source/migrations.md @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ If the helpers provided by Active Record aren't enough you can use the `execute` method to execute arbitrary SQL: ```ruby -Products.connection.execute('UPDATE `products` SET `price`=`free` WHERE 1') +Product.connection.execute('UPDATE `products` SET `price`=`free` WHERE 1') ``` For more details and examples of individual methods, check the API documentation. diff --git a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md index d53e0cd2bd..7ef54a45bc 100644 --- a/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md +++ b/guides/source/rails_on_rack.md @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ To use `rackup` instead of Rails' `rails server`, you can put the following insi # Rails.root/config.ru require ::File.expand_path('../config/environment', __FILE__) -use Rack::Debugger +use Rails::Rack::Debugger use Rack::ContentLength run Rails.application ``` @@ -225,95 +225,95 @@ config.middleware.delete "Rack::MethodOverride" Much of Action Controller's functionality is implemented as Middlewares. The following list explains the purpose of each of them: - **`Rack::Sendfile`** +**`Rack::Sendfile`** * Sets server specific X-Sendfile header. Configure this via `config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header` option. - **`ActionDispatch::Static`** +**`ActionDispatch::Static`** * Used to serve static assets. Disabled if `config.serve_static_assets` is `false`. - **`Rack::Lock`** +**`Rack::Lock`** * Sets `env["rack.multithread"]` flag to `false` and wraps the application within a Mutex. - **`ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware`** +**`ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware`** * Used for memory caching. This cache is not thread safe. - **`Rack::Runtime`** +**`Rack::Runtime`** * Sets an X-Runtime header, containing the time (in seconds) taken to execute the request. - **`Rack::MethodOverride`** +**`Rack::MethodOverride`** * Allows the method to be overridden if `params[:_method]` is set. This is the middleware which supports the PUT and DELETE HTTP method types. - **`ActionDispatch::RequestId`** +**`ActionDispatch::RequestId`** * Makes a unique `X-Request-Id` header available to the response and enables the `ActionDispatch::Request#uuid` method. - **`Rails::Rack::Logger`** +**`Rails::Rack::Logger`** * Notifies the logs that the request has began. After request is complete, flushes all the logs. - **`ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions`** +**`ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions`** * Rescues any exception returned by the application and calls an exceptions app that will wrap it in a format for the end user. - **`ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions`** +**`ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions`** * Responsible for logging exceptions and showing a debugging page in case the request is local. - **`ActionDispatch::RemoteIp`** +**`ActionDispatch::RemoteIp`** * Checks for IP spoofing attacks. - **`ActionDispatch::Reloader`** +**`ActionDispatch::Reloader`** * Provides prepare and cleanup callbacks, intended to assist with code reloading during development. - **`ActionDispatch::Callbacks`** +**`ActionDispatch::Callbacks`** * Runs the prepare callbacks before serving the request. - **`ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending`** +**`ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending`** * Checks pending migrations and raises `ActiveRecord::PendingMigrationError` if any migrations are pending. - **`ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement`** +**`ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement`** * Cleans active connections after each request, unless the `rack.test` key in the request environment is set to `true`. - **`ActiveRecord::QueryCache`** +**`ActiveRecord::QueryCache`** * Enables the Active Record query cache. - **`ActionDispatch::Cookies`** +**`ActionDispatch::Cookies`** * Sets cookies for the request. - **`ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore`** +**`ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore`** * Responsible for storing the session in cookies. - **`ActionDispatch::Flash`** +**`ActionDispatch::Flash`** * Sets up the flash keys. Only available if `config.action_controller.session_store` is set to a value. - **`ActionDispatch::ParamsParser`** +**`ActionDispatch::ParamsParser`** * Parses out parameters from the request into `params`. - **`ActionDispatch::Head`** +**`ActionDispatch::Head`** * Converts HEAD requests to `GET` requests and serves them as so. - **`Rack::ConditionalGet`** +**`Rack::ConditionalGet`** * Adds support for "Conditional `GET`" so that server responds with nothing if page wasn't changed. - **`Rack::ETag`** +**`Rack::ETag`** * Adds ETag header on all String bodies. ETags are used to validate cache. diff --git a/guides/source/routing.md b/guides/source/routing.md index 37525c48a6..19784823f7 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.md +++ b/guides/source/routing.md @@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ resources :photos creates seven different routes in your application, all mapping to the `Photos` controller: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Used for | -| --------- | ---------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------- | -| GET | /photos | index | display a list of all photos | -| GET | /photos/new | new | return an HTML form for creating a new photo | -| POST | /photos | create | create a new photo | -| GET | /photos/:id | show | display a specific photo | -| GET | /photos/:id/edit | edit | return an HTML form for editing a photo | -| PATCH/PUT | /photos/:id | update | update a specific photo | -| DELETE | /photos/:id | destroy | delete a specific photo | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Used for | +| --------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------- | +| GET | /photos | photos#index | display a list of all photos | +| GET | /photos/new | photos#new | return an HTML form for creating a new photo | +| POST | /photos | photos#create | create a new photo | +| GET | /photos/:id | photos#show | display a specific photo | +| GET | /photos/:id/edit | photos#edit | return an HTML form for editing a photo | +| PATCH/PUT | /photos/:id | photos#update | update a specific photo | +| DELETE | /photos/:id | photos#destroy | delete a specific photo | NOTE: Because the router uses the HTTP verb and URL to match inbound requests, four URLs map to seven different actions. @@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ resource :geocoder creates six different routes in your application, all mapping to the `Geocoders` controller: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Used for | -| --------- | -------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- | -| GET | /geocoder/new | new | return an HTML form for creating the geocoder | -| POST | /geocoder | create | create the new geocoder | -| GET | /geocoder | show | display the one and only geocoder resource | -| GET | /geocoder/edit | edit | return an HTML form for editing the geocoder | -| PATCH/PUT | /geocoder | update | update the one and only geocoder resource | -| DELETE | /geocoder | destroy | delete the geocoder resource | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Used for | +| --------- | -------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------- | +| GET | /geocoder/new | geocoders#new | return an HTML form for creating the geocoder | +| POST | /geocoder | geocoders#create | create the new geocoder | +| GET | /geocoder | geocoders#show | display the one and only geocoder resource | +| GET | /geocoder/edit | geocoders#edit | return an HTML form for editing the geocoder | +| PATCH/PUT | /geocoder | geocoders#update | update the one and only geocoder resource | +| DELETE | /geocoder | geocoders#destroy | delete the geocoder resource | NOTE: Because you might want to use the same controller for a singular route (`/account`) and a plural route (`/accounts/45`), singular resources map to plural controllers. So that, for example, `resource :photo` and `resources :photos` creates both singular and plural routes that map to the same controller (`PhotosController`). @@ -189,15 +189,15 @@ end This will create a number of routes for each of the `posts` and `comments` controller. For `Admin::PostsController`, Rails will create: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Used for | -| --------- | --------------------- | ------- | ------------------------- | -| GET | /admin/posts | index | admin_posts_path | -| GET | /admin/posts/new | new | new_admin_post_path | -| POST | /admin/posts | create | admin_posts_path | -| GET | /admin/posts/:id | show | admin_post_path(:id) | -| GET | /admin/posts/:id/edit | edit | edit_admin_post_path(:id) | -| PATCH/PUT | /admin/posts/:id | update | admin_post_path(:id) | -| DELETE | /admin/posts/:id | destroy | admin_post_path(:id) | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Named Helper | +| --------- | --------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------- | +| GET | /admin/posts | admin/posts#index | admin_posts_path | +| GET | /admin/posts/new | admin/posts#new | new_admin_post_path | +| POST | /admin/posts | admin/posts#create | admin_posts_path | +| GET | /admin/posts/:id | admin/posts#show | admin_post_path(:id) | +| GET | /admin/posts/:id/edit | admin/posts#edit | edit_admin_post_path(:id) | +| PATCH/PUT | /admin/posts/:id | admin/posts#update | admin_post_path(:id) | +| DELETE | /admin/posts/:id | admin/posts#destroy | admin_post_path(:id) | If you want to route `/posts` (without the prefix `/admin`) to `Admin::PostsController`, you could use: @@ -229,15 +229,15 @@ resources :posts, path: '/admin/posts' In each of these cases, the named routes remain the same as if you did not use `scope`. In the last case, the following paths map to `PostsController`: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Named Helper | -| --------- | --------------------- | ------- | ------------------- | -| GET | /admin/posts | index | posts_path | -| GET | /admin/posts/new | new | new_post_path | -| POST | /admin/posts | create | posts_path | -| GET | /admin/posts/:id | show | post_path(:id) | -| GET | /admin/posts/:id/edit | edit | edit_post_path(:id) | -| PATCH/PUT | /admin/posts/:id | update | post_path(:id) | -| DELETE | /admin/posts/:id | destroy | post_path(:id) | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Named Helper | +| --------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------- | +| GET | /admin/posts | posts#index | posts_path | +| GET | /admin/posts/new | posts#new | new_post_path | +| POST | /admin/posts | posts#create | posts_path | +| GET | /admin/posts/:id | posts#show | post_path(:id) | +| GET | /admin/posts/:id/edit | posts#edit | edit_post_path(:id) | +| PATCH/PUT | /admin/posts/:id | posts#update | post_path(:id) | +| DELETE | /admin/posts/:id | posts#destroy | post_path(:id) | ### Nested Resources @@ -263,15 +263,15 @@ end In addition to the routes for magazines, this declaration will also route ads to an `AdsController`. The ad URLs require a magazine: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Used for | -| --------- | ------------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads | index | display a list of all ads for a specific magazine | -| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/new | new | return an HTML form for creating a new ad belonging to a specific magazine | -| POST | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads | create | create a new ad belonging to a specific magazine | -| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id | show | display a specific ad belonging to a specific magazine | -| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id/edit | edit | return an HTML form for editing an ad belonging to a specific magazine | -| PATCH/PUT | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id | update | update a specific ad belonging to a specific magazine | -| DELETE | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id | destroy | delete a specific ad belonging to a specific magazine | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Used for | +| --------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads | ads#index | display a list of all ads for a specific magazine | +| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/new | ads#new | return an HTML form for creating a new ad belonging to a specific magazine | +| POST | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads | ads#create | create a new ad belonging to a specific magazine | +| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id | ads#show | display a specific ad belonging to a specific magazine | +| GET | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id/edit | ads#edit | return an HTML form for editing an ad belonging to a specific magazine | +| PATCH/PUT | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id | ads#update | update a specific ad belonging to a specific magazine | +| DELETE | /magazines/:magazine_id/ads/:id | ads#destroy | delete a specific ad belonging to a specific magazine | This will also create routing helpers such as `magazine_ads_url` and `edit_magazine_ad_path`. These helpers take an instance of Magazine as the first parameter (`magazine_ads_url(@magazine)`). @@ -350,15 +350,15 @@ end The comments resource here will have the following routes generated for it: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Named Helper | -| --------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------- | -| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | post_comments | -| POST | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | post_comments | -| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments/new(.:format) | new_post_comment | -| GET | /sekret/comments/:id/edit(.:format) | edit_comment | -| GET | /sekret/comments/:id(.:format) | comment | -| PATCH/PUT | /sekret/comments/:id(.:format) | comment | -| DELETE | /sekret/comments/:id(.:format) | comment | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Named Helper | +| --------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------- | +| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | comments#index | post_comments | +| POST | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | comments#create | post_comments | +| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments/new(.:format) | comments#new | new_post_comment | +| GET | /sekret/comments/:id/edit(.:format) | comments#edit | edit_comment | +| GET | /sekret/comments/:id(.:format) | comments#show | comment | +| PATCH/PUT | /sekret/comments/:id(.:format) | comments#update | comment | +| DELETE | /sekret/comments/:id(.:format) | comments#destroy | comment | The `:shallow_prefix` option adds the specified parameter to the named helpers: @@ -372,15 +372,15 @@ end The comments resource here will have the following routes generated for it: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Named Helper | -| --------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------- | -| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | post_comments | -| POST | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | post_comments | -| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments/new(.:format) | new_post_comment | -| GET | /comments/:id/edit(.:format) | edit_sekret_comment | -| GET | /comments/:id(.:format) | sekret_comment | -| PATCH/PUT | /comments/:id(.:format) | sekret_comment | -| DELETE | /comments/:id(.:format) | sekret_comment | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Named Helper | +| --------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------- | +| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | comments#index | post_comments | +| POST | /posts/:post_id/comments(.:format) | comments#create | post_comments | +| GET | /posts/:post_id/comments/new(.:format) | comments#new | new_post_comment | +| GET | /comments/:id/edit(.:format) | comments#edit | edit_sekret_comment | +| GET | /comments/:id(.:format) | comments#show | sekret_comment | +| PATCH/PUT | /comments/:id(.:format) | comments#update | sekret_comment | +| DELETE | /comments/:id(.:format) | comments#destroy | sekret_comment | ### Routing concerns @@ -485,7 +485,10 @@ end This will recognize `/photos/1/preview` with GET, and route to the `preview` action of `PhotosController`, with the resource id value passed in `params[:id]`. It will also create the `preview_photo_url` and `preview_photo_path` helpers. -Within the block of member routes, each route name specifies the HTTP verb that it will recognize. You can use `get`, `patch`, `put`, `post`, or `delete` here. If you don't have multiple `member` routes, you can also pass `:on` to a route, eliminating the block: +Within the block of member routes, each route name specifies the HTTP verb +will be recognized. You can use `get`, `patch`, `put`, `post`, or `delete` here +. If you don't have multiple `member` routes, you can also pass `:on` to a +route, eliminating the block: ```ruby resources :photos do @@ -842,15 +845,15 @@ resources :photos, controller: 'images' will recognize incoming paths beginning with `/photos` but route to the `Images` controller: -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Named Helper | -| --------- | ---------------- | ------- | -------------------- | -| GET | /photos | index | photos_path | -| GET | /photos/new | new | new_photo_path | -| POST | /photos | create | photos_path | -| GET | /photos/:id | show | photo_path(:id) | -| GET | /photos/:id/edit | edit | edit_photo_path(:id) | -| PATCH/PUT | /photos/:id | update | photo_path(:id) | -| DELETE | /photos/:id | destroy | photo_path(:id) | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Named Helper | +| --------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | -------------------- | +| GET | /photos | images#index | photos_path | +| GET | /photos/new | images#new | new_photo_path | +| POST | /photos | images#create | photos_path | +| GET | /photos/:id | images#show | photo_path(:id) | +| GET | /photos/:id/edit | images#edit | edit_photo_path(:id) | +| PATCH/PUT | /photos/:id | images#update | photo_path(:id) | +| DELETE | /photos/:id | images#destroy | photo_path(:id) | NOTE: Use `photos_path`, `new_photo_path`, etc. to generate paths for this resource. @@ -900,15 +903,15 @@ resources :photos, as: 'images' will recognize incoming paths beginning with `/photos` and route the requests to `PhotosController`, but use the value of the :as option to name the helpers. -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Named Helper | -| --------- | ---------------- | ------- | -------------------- | -| GET | /photos | index | images_path | -| GET | /photos/new | new | new_image_path | -| POST | /photos | create | images_path | -| GET | /photos/:id | show | image_path(:id) | -| GET | /photos/:id/edit | edit | edit_image_path(:id) | -| PATCH/PUT | /photos/:id | update | image_path(:id) | -| DELETE | /photos/:id | destroy | image_path(:id) | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Named Helper | +| --------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | -------------------- | +| GET | /photos | photos#index | images_path | +| GET | /photos/new | photos#new | new_image_path | +| POST | /photos | photos#create | images_path | +| GET | /photos/:id | photos#show | image_path(:id) | +| GET | /photos/:id/edit | photos#edit | edit_image_path(:id) | +| PATCH/PUT | /photos/:id | photos#update | image_path(:id) | +| DELETE | /photos/:id | photos#destroy | image_path(:id) | ### Overriding the `new` and `edit` Segments @@ -1005,15 +1008,15 @@ end Rails now creates routes to the `CategoriesController`. -| HTTP Verb | Path | Action | Used for | -| --------- | -------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------- | -| GET | /kategorien | index | categories_path | -| GET | /kategorien/neu | new | new_category_path | -| POST | /kategorien | create | categories_path | -| GET | /kategorien/:id | show | category_path(:id) | -| GET | /kategorien/:id/bearbeiten | edit | edit_category_path(:id) | -| PATCH/PUT | /kategorien/:id | update | category_path(:id) | -| DELETE | /kategorien/:id | destroy | category_path(:id) | +| HTTP Verb | Path | Controller#Action | Named Helper | +| --------- | -------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------- | +| GET | /kategorien | categories#index | categories_path | +| GET | /kategorien/neu | categories#new | new_category_path | +| POST | /kategorien | categories#create | categories_path | +| GET | /kategorien/:id | categories#show | category_path(:id) | +| GET | /kategorien/:id/bearbeiten | categories#edit | edit_category_path(:id) | +| PATCH/PUT | /kategorien/:id | categories#update | category_path(:id) | +| DELETE | /kategorien/:id | categories#destroy | category_path(:id) | ### Overriding the Singular Form diff --git a/guides/source/security.md b/guides/source/security.md index d7a41497f8..595cf7c62c 100644 --- a/guides/source/security.md +++ b/guides/source/security.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ After reading this guide, you will know: Introduction ------------ -Web application frameworks are made to help developers building web applications. Some of them also help you with securing the web application. In fact one framework is not more secure than another: If you use it correctly, you will be able to build secure apps with many frameworks. Ruby on Rails has some clever helper methods, for example against SQL injection, so that this is hardly a problem. It's nice to see that all of the Rails applications I audited had a good level of security. +Web application frameworks are made to help developers build web applications. Some of them also help you with securing the web application. In fact one framework is not more secure than another: If you use it correctly, you will be able to build secure apps with many frameworks. Ruby on Rails has some clever helper methods, for example against SQL injection, so that this is hardly a problem. It's nice to see that all of the Rails applications I audited had a good level of security. In general there is no such thing as plug-n-play security. Security depends on the people using the framework, and sometimes on the development method. And it depends on all layers of a web application environment: The back-end storage, the web server and the web application itself (and possibly other layers or applications). diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md index edf4813d74..2fd0ed209d 100644 --- a/guides/source/testing.md +++ b/guides/source/testing.md @@ -359,6 +359,17 @@ Notice the 'E' in the output. It denotes a test with error. NOTE: The execution of each test method stops as soon as any error or an assertion failure is encountered, and the test suite continues with the next method. All test methods are executed in alphabetical order. +When a test fails you are presented with the corresponding backtrace. By default +Rails filters that backtrace and will only print lines relevant to your +application. This eliminates the framwork noise and helps to focus on your +code. However there are situations when you want to see the full +backtrace. simply set the `BACKTRACE` environment variable to enable this +behavior: + +```bash +$ BACKTRACE=1 rake test test/models/post_test.rb +``` + ### What to Include in Your Unit Tests Ideally, you would like to include a test for everything which could possibly break. It's a good practice to have at least one test for each of your validations and at least one test for every method in your model. @@ -787,7 +798,7 @@ You don't need to set up and run your tests by hand on a test-by-test basis. Rai | Tasks | Description | | ----------------------- | ----------- | -| `rake test` | Runs all unit, functional and integration tests. You can also simply run `rake test` as Rails will run all the tests by default| +| `rake test` | Runs all unit, functional and integration tests. You can also simply run `rake` as Rails will run all the tests by default| | `rake test:controllers` | Runs all the controller tests from `test/controllers`| | `rake test:functionals` | Runs all the functional tests from `test/controllers`, `test/mailers`, and `test/functional`| | `rake test:helpers` | Runs all the helper tests from `test/helpers`| |