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-rw-r--r--guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md2
-rw-r--r--guides/source/action_controller_overview.md4
-rw-r--r--guides/source/active_record_querying.md17
-rw-r--r--guides/source/asset_pipeline.md4
-rw-r--r--guides/source/documents.yaml5
-rw-r--r--guides/source/getting_started.md6
-rw-r--r--guides/source/i18n.md18
-rw-r--r--guides/source/maintenance_policy.md6
-rw-r--r--guides/source/migrations.md23
-rw-r--r--guides/source/testing.md20
-rw-r--r--guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md9
11 files changed, 84 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md b/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md
index cdcde67869..2416e1a228 100644
--- a/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md
+++ b/guides/source/3_2_release_notes.md
@@ -562,4 +562,4 @@ 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 3.2 Release Notes were compiled by [Vijay Dev](https://github.com/vijaydev.)
+Rails 3.2 Release Notes were compiled by [Vijay Dev](https://github.com/vijaydev).
diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
index 1735188f27..3d15319ca4 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ Rails keeps a log file for each environment in the `log` folder. These are extre
### Parameters Filtering
-You can filter certain request parameters from your log files by appending them to `config.filter_parameters` in the application configuration. These parameters will be marked [FILTERED] in the log.
+You can filter out sensitive request parameters from your log files by appending them to `config.filter_parameters` in the application configuration. These parameters will be marked [FILTERED] in the log.
```ruby
config.filter_parameters << :password
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ config.filter_parameters << :password
### Redirects Filtering
-Sometimes it's desirable to filter out from log files some sensible locations your application is redirecting to.
+Sometimes it's desirable to filter out from log files some sensitive locations your application is redirecting to.
You can do that by using the `config.filter_redirect` configuration option:
```ruby
diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
index ee8cf4ade6..673dcfc1d3 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
@@ -659,6 +659,23 @@ FROM orders
GROUP BY date(created_at)
```
+### Total of grouped items
+
+To get the total of grouped items on a single query call `count` after the `group`.
+
+```ruby
+Order.group(:status).count
+# => { 'awaiting_approval' => 7, 'paid' => 12 }
+```
+
+The SQL that would be executed would be something like this:
+
+```sql
+SELECT COUNT (*) AS count_all, status AS status
+FROM "orders"
+GROUP BY status
+```
+
Having
------
diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md
index 984480c70f..559d3f5e7d 100644
--- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md
+++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ config.assets.raise_runtime_errors = false
When this option is true, the asset pipeline will check if all the assets loaded
in your application are included in the `config.assets.precompile` list.
-If `config.assets.digests` is also true, the asset pipeline will require that
+If `config.assets.digest` is also true, the asset pipeline will require that
all requests for assets include digests.
### Turning Digests Off
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ You can turn off digests by updating `config/environments/development.rb` to
include:
```ruby
-config.assets.digests = false
+config.assets.digest = false
```
When this option is true, digests will be generated for asset URLs.
diff --git a/guides/source/documents.yaml b/guides/source/documents.yaml
index e365435b50..5138412312 100644
--- a/guides/source/documents.yaml
+++ b/guides/source/documents.yaml
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@
url: command_line.html
description: This guide covers the command line tools and rake tasks provided by Rails.
-
- name: Caching with Rails
- work_in_progress: true
- url: caching_with_rails.html
- description: Various caching techniques provided by Rails.
- -
name: Asset Pipeline
url: asset_pipeline.html
description: This guide documents the asset pipeline.
diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md
index 530232f3f3..e088abc150 100644
--- a/guides/source/getting_started.md
+++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ 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.|
-|bin/|Contains the rails script that starts your app and can contain other scripts you use to deploy or run your application.|
+|bin/|Contains the rails script that starts your app and can contain other scripts you use to setup, 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.|
|db/|Contains your current database schema, as well as the database migrations.|
@@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ method returns an `ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess` object, which
allows you to access the keys of the hash using either strings or symbols. In
this situation, the only parameters that matter are the ones from the form.
+TIP: Ensure you have a firm grasp of the `params` method, as you'll use it fairly regularly. Let's consider an example URL: **http://www.example.com/?username=dhh&email=dhh@email.com**. In this URL, `params[:username]` would equal "dhh" and `params[:email]` would equal "dhh@email.com".
+
If you re-submit the form one more time you'll now no longer get the missing
template error. Instead, you'll see something that looks like the following:
@@ -739,6 +741,8 @@ database columns. In the first line we do just that (remember that
`@article.save` is responsible for saving the model in the database. Finally,
we redirect the user to the `show` action, which we'll define later.
+TIP: You might be wondering why the `A` in `Article.new` is capitalized above, whereas most other references to articles in this guide have used lowercase. In this context, we are referring to the class named `Article` that is defined in `\models\article.rb`. Class names in Ruby must begin with a capital letter.
+
TIP: As we'll see later, `@article.save` returns a boolean indicating whether
the article was saved or not.
diff --git a/guides/source/i18n.md b/guides/source/i18n.md
index 0eba3af6e8..8340d6807f 100644
--- a/guides/source/i18n.md
+++ b/guides/source/i18n.md
@@ -860,6 +860,24 @@ en:
subject: "Welcome to Rails Guides!"
```
+To send parameters to interpolation use the `default_i18n_subject` method on the mailer.
+
+```ruby
+# user_mailer.rb
+class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
+ def welcome(user)
+ mail(to: user.email, subject: default_i18n_subject(user: user.name))
+ end
+end
+```
+
+```yaml
+en:
+ user_mailer:
+ welcome:
+ subject: "%{user}, welcome to Rails Guides!"
+```
+
### Overview of Other Built-In Methods that Provide I18n Support
Rails uses fixed strings and other localizations, such as format strings and other format information in a couple of helpers. Here's a brief overview.
diff --git a/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md b/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md
index 05c831ac0d..6f8584b3b7 100644
--- a/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md
+++ b/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ Rails follows a shifted version of [semver](http://semver.org/):
**Patch `Z`**
Only bug fixes, no API changes, no new features.
-Except as necessary for security fixes or deprecations.
+Except as necessary for security fixes.
**Minor `Y`**
New features, may contain API changes (Serve as major versions of Semver).
-Breaking changes are paired with deprecation notices in patch level release of
-the last minor version level.
+Breaking changes are paired with deprecation notices in the previous minor
+or major release.
**Major `X`**
diff --git a/guides/source/migrations.md b/guides/source/migrations.md
index 6742c05946..31e314c69b 100644
--- a/guides/source/migrations.md
+++ b/guides/source/migrations.md
@@ -415,6 +415,29 @@ end
removes the `description` and `name` columns, creates a `part_number` string
column and adds an index on it. Finally it renames the `upccode` column.
+### Changing Columns
+
+Like the `remove_column` and `add_column` Rails provides the `change_column`
+migration method.
+
+```ruby
+change_column :products, :part_number, :text
+```
+
+This changes the column `part_number` on products table to be a `:text` field.
+
+Besides `change_column`, the `change_column_null` and `change_column_default`
+methods are used specifically to change the null and default values of a
+column.
+
+```ruby
+change_column_null :products, :name, false
+change_column_default :products, :approved, false
+```
+
+This sets `:name` field on products to a `NOT NULL` column and the default
+value of the `:approved` field to false.
+
### When Helpers aren't Enough
If the helpers provided by Active Record aren't enough you can use the `execute`
diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md
index 4149146c4c..bac4b63c75 100644
--- a/guides/source/testing.md
+++ b/guides/source/testing.md
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ class ArticleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
The `ArticleTest` class defines a _test case_ because it inherits from `ActiveSupport::TestCase`. `ArticleTest` thus has all the methods available from `ActiveSupport::TestCase`. You'll see those methods a little later in this guide.
-Any method defined within a class inherited from `MiniTest::Unit::TestCase`
-(which is the superclass of `ActiveSupport::TestCase`) that begins with `test` (case sensitive) is simply called a test. So, `test_password`, `test_valid_password` and `testValidPassword` all are legal test names and are run automatically when the test case is run.
+Any method defined within a class inherited from `Minitest::Test`
+(which is the superclass of `ActiveSupport::TestCase`) that begins with `test_` (case sensitive) is simply called a test. So, `test_password` and `test_valid_password` are legal test names and are run automatically when the test case is run.
-Rails adds a `test` method that takes a test name and a block. It generates a normal `MiniTest::Unit` test with method names prefixed with `test_`. So,
+Rails adds a `test` method that takes a test name and a block. It generates a normal `Minitest::Unit` test with method names prefixed with `test_`. So,
```ruby
test "the truth" do
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ NOTE: Creating your own assertions is an advanced topic that we won't cover in t
### Rails Specific Assertions
-Rails adds some custom assertions of its own to the `test/unit` framework:
+Rails adds some custom assertions of its own to the `minitest` framework:
| Assertion | Purpose |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
@@ -788,16 +788,12 @@ when you initiate a Rails project.
| `rake test:all:db` | Runs all tests quickly by merging all types and resetting db |
-Brief Note About `MiniTest`
+Brief Note About `Minitest`
-----------------------------
-Ruby ships with a vast Standard Library for all common use-cases including testing. Ruby 1.8 provided `Test::Unit`, a framework for unit testing in Ruby. All the basic assertions discussed above are actually defined in `Test::Unit::Assertions`. The class `ActiveSupport::TestCase` which we have been using in our unit and functional tests extends `Test::Unit::TestCase`, allowing
-us to use all of the basic assertions in our tests.
+Ruby ships with a vast Standard Library for all common use-cases including testing. Since version 1.9, Ruby provides `Minitest`, a framework for testing. All the basic assertions such as `assert_equal` discussed above are actually defined in `Minitest::Assertions`. The classes `ActiveSupport::TestCase`, `ActionController::TestCase`, `ActionMailer::TestCase`, `ActionView::TestCase` and `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` - which we have been inheriting in our test classes - include `Minitest::Assertions`, allowing us to use all of the basic assertions in our tests.
-Ruby 1.9 introduced `MiniTest`, an updated version of `Test::Unit` which provides a backwards compatible API for `Test::Unit`. You could also use `MiniTest` in Ruby 1.8 by installing the `minitest` gem.
-
-NOTE: For more information on `Test::Unit`, refer to [test/unit Documentation](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/)
-For more information on `MiniTest`, refer to [Minitest](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/minitest/unit/rdoc/)
+NOTE: For more information on `Minitest`, refer to [Minitest](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.0/libdoc/minitest/rdoc/MiniTest.html)
Setup and Teardown
------------------
@@ -1041,7 +1037,7 @@ access to Rails' helper methods such as `link_to` or `pluralize`.
Other Testing Approaches
------------------------
-The built-in `test/unit` based testing is not the only way to test Rails applications. Rails developers have come up with a wide variety of other approaches and aids for testing, including:
+The built-in `minitest` based testing is not the only way to test Rails applications. Rails developers have come up with a wide variety of other approaches and aids for testing, including:
* [NullDB](http://avdi.org/projects/nulldb/), a way to speed up testing by avoiding database use.
* [Factory Girl](https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/tree/master), a replacement for fixtures.
diff --git a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md
index eab5779533..03d1f2a3a0 100644
--- a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md
+++ b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md
@@ -720,17 +720,18 @@ config.assets.js_compressor = :uglifier
Upgrading from Rails 3.1 to Rails 3.2
-------------------------------------
-If your application is currently on any version of Rails older than 3.1.x, you should upgrade to Rails 3.1 before attempting an update to Rails 3.2.
+If your application is currently on any version of Rails older than 3.1.x, you
+should upgrade to Rails 3.1 before attempting an update to Rails 3.2.
-The following changes are meant for upgrading your application to Rails 3.2.17,
-the last 3.2.x version of Rails.
+The following changes are meant for upgrading your application to the latest
+3.2.x version of Rails.
### Gemfile
Make the following changes to your `Gemfile`.
```ruby
-gem 'rails', '3.2.17'
+gem 'rails', '3.2.18'
group :assets do
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.6'