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-rw-r--r--guides/source/active_record_querying.md23
-rw-r--r--guides/source/command_line.md4
-rw-r--r--guides/source/configuring.md23
-rw-r--r--guides/source/engines.md4
-rw-r--r--guides/source/generators.md4
-rw-r--r--guides/source/getting_started.md24
-rw-r--r--guides/source/testing.md24
7 files changed, 42 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
index c9e265de08..35467fe95b 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
@@ -267,23 +267,6 @@ This is equivalent to writing:
Client.where(first_name: 'does not exist').take!
```
-#### `last!`
-
-`Model.last!` finds the last record ordered by the primary key. For example:
-
-```ruby
-client = Client.last!
-# => #<Client id: 221, first_name: "Russel">
-```
-
-The SQL equivalent of the above is:
-
-```sql
-SELECT * FROM clients ORDER BY clients.id DESC LIMIT 1
-```
-
-`Model.last!` raises `ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound` if no matching record is found.
-
### Retrieving Multiple Objects in Batches
We often need to iterate over a large set of records, as when we send a newsletter to a large set of users, or when we export data.
@@ -293,7 +276,7 @@ This may appear straightforward:
```ruby
# This is very inefficient when the users table has thousands of rows.
User.all.each do |user|
- NewsLetter.weekly_deliver(user)
+ NewsMailer.weekly(user).deliver
end
```
@@ -333,7 +316,7 @@ The `:batch_size` option allows you to specify the number of records to be retri
```ruby
User.find_each(batch_size: 5000) do |user|
- NewsLetter.weekly_deliver(user)
+ NewsMailer.weekly(user).deliver
end
```
@@ -345,7 +328,7 @@ For example, to send newsletters only to users with the primary key starting fro
```ruby
User.find_each(start: 2000, batch_size: 5000) do |user|
- NewsLetter.weekly_deliver(user)
+ NewsMailer.weekly(user).deliver
end
```
diff --git a/guides/source/command_line.md b/guides/source/command_line.md
index 3a78c3bb3f..a074b849c6 100644
--- a/guides/source/command_line.md
+++ b/guides/source/command_line.md
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ $ bin/rails generate controller Greetings hello
create test/controllers/greetings_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/greetings_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/greetings_helper_test.rb
invoke assets
invoke coffee
create app/assets/javascripts/greetings.js.coffee
@@ -236,8 +234,6 @@ $ bin/rails generate scaffold HighScore game:string score:integer
create test/controllers/high_scores_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/high_scores_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/high_scores_helper_test.rb
invoke jbuilder
create app/views/high_scores/index.json.jbuilder
create app/views/high_scores/show.json.jbuilder
diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md
index 13020fb286..305adb0608 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.md
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ numbers. New applications filter out passwords by adding the following `config.f
* `config.assets.enabled` a flag that controls whether the asset
pipeline is enabled. It is set to true by default.
-*`config.assets.raise_runtime_errors`* Set this flag to `true` to enable additional runtime error checking. Recommended in `config/environments/development.rb` to minimize unexpected behavior when deploying to `production`.
+* `config.assets.raise_runtime_errors`* Set this flag to `true` to enable additional runtime error checking. Recommended in `config/environments/development.rb` to minimize unexpected behavior when deploying to `production`.
* `config.assets.compress` a flag that enables the compression of compiled assets. It is explicitly set to true in `config/environments/production.rb`.
@@ -996,3 +996,24 @@ If you get the above error, you might want to increase the size of 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.
+
+
+Custom configuration
+--------------------
+
+You can configure your own code through the Rails configuration object with custom configuration. It works like this:
+
+ ```ruby
+ config.x.payment_processing.schedule = :daily
+ config.x.payment_processing.retries = 3
+ config.x.super_debugger = true
+ ```
+
+These configuration points are then available through the configuration object:
+
+ ```ruby
+ Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.schedule # => :daily
+ Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.retries # => 3
+ Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger # => true
+ Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger.not_set # => nil
+ ```
diff --git a/guides/source/engines.md b/guides/source/engines.md
index a5f8ee27b8..e9cce3f159 100644
--- a/guides/source/engines.md
+++ b/guides/source/engines.md
@@ -322,8 +322,6 @@ invoke test_unit
create test/controllers/blorgh/articles_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/blorgh/articles_helper.rb
-invoke test_unit
-create test/helpers/blorgh/articles_helper_test.rb
invoke assets
invoke js
create app/assets/javascripts/blorgh/articles.js
@@ -560,8 +558,6 @@ invoke test_unit
create test/controllers/blorgh/comments_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/blorgh/comments_helper.rb
-invoke test_unit
-create test/helpers/blorgh/comments_helper_test.rb
invoke assets
invoke js
create app/assets/javascripts/blorgh/comments.js
diff --git a/guides/source/generators.md b/guides/source/generators.md
index be64f1638d..5e88fa0c70 100644
--- a/guides/source/generators.md
+++ b/guides/source/generators.md
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ $ bin/rails generate scaffold User name:string
create test/controllers/users_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/users_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/users_helper_test.rb
invoke jbuilder
create app/views/users/index.json.jbuilder
create app/views/users/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -387,8 +385,6 @@ $ bin/rails generate scaffold Comment body:text
create test/controllers/comments_controller_test.rb
invoke my_helper
create app/helpers/comments_helper.rb
- invoke shoulda
- create test/helpers/comments_helper_test.rb
invoke jbuilder
create app/views/comments/index.json.jbuilder
create app/views/comments/show.json.jbuilder
diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md
index 656d74ef06..1f91352c82 100644
--- a/guides/source/getting_started.md
+++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md
@@ -191,14 +191,15 @@ following in the `blog` directory:
$ bin/rails server
```
-TIP: Compiling CoffeeScript to JavaScript requires a JavaScript runtime and the
-absence of a runtime will give you an `execjs` error. Usually Mac OS X and
-Windows come with a JavaScript runtime installed. Rails adds the `therubyracer`
-gem to the generated `Gemfile` in a commented line for new apps and you can
-uncomment if you need it. `therubyrhino` is the recommended runtime for JRuby
-users and is added by default to the `Gemfile` in apps generated under JRuby.
-You can investigate about all the supported runtimes at
-[ExecJS](https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme).
+TIP: Compiling CoffeeScript and JavaScript asset compression requires you
+have a JavaScript runtime available on your system, in the absence
+of a runtime you will see an `execjs` error during asset compilation.
+Usually Mac OS X and Windows come with a JavaScript runtime installed.
+Rails adds the `therubyracer` gem to the generated `Gemfile` in a
+commented line for new apps and you can uncomment if you need it.
+`therubyrhino` is the recommended runtime for JRuby users and is added by
+default to the `Gemfile` in apps generated under JRuby. You can investigate
+about all the supported runtimes at [ExecJS](https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme).
This will fire up WEBrick, a web server distributed with Ruby by default. To see
your application in action, open a browser window and navigate to
@@ -256,8 +257,6 @@ invoke test_unit
create test/controllers/welcome_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/welcome_helper.rb
-invoke test_unit
-create test/helpers/welcome_helper_test.rb
invoke assets
invoke coffee
create app/assets/javascripts/welcome.js.coffee
@@ -909,7 +908,7 @@ And then finally, add the view for this action, located at
</table>
```
-Now if you go to `http://localhost:3000/articles` you will see a list of all the
+Now if you go to <http://localhost:3000/articles> you will see a list of all the
articles that you have created.
### Adding links
@@ -1105,7 +1104,7 @@ standout.
Now you'll get a nice error message when saving an article without title when
you attempt to do just that on the new article form
-[(http://localhost:3000/articles/new)](http://localhost:3000/articles/new).
+<http://localhost:3000/articles/new>:
![Form With Errors](images/getting_started/form_with_errors.png)
@@ -1636,7 +1635,6 @@ This creates six files and one empty directory:
| app/views/comments/ | Views of the controller are stored here |
| test/controllers/comments_controller_test.rb | The test for the controller |
| app/helpers/comments_helper.rb | A view helper file |
-| test/helpers/comments_helper_test.rb | The test for the helper |
| app/assets/javascripts/comment.js.coffee | CoffeeScript for the controller |
| app/assets/stylesheets/comment.css.scss | Cascading style sheet for the controller |
diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md
index b2da25b19f..3e12afc000 100644
--- a/guides/source/testing.md
+++ b/guides/source/testing.md
@@ -364,13 +364,8 @@ Ideally, you would like to include a test for everything which could possibly br
By now you've caught a glimpse of some of the assertions that are available. Assertions are the worker bees of testing. They are the ones that actually perform the checks to ensure that things are going as planned.
-There are a bunch of different types of assertions you can use. Here's an
-extract of the
-[assertions](http://docs.seattlerb.org/minitest/Minitest/Assertions.html) you
-can use with [minitest](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest), the default
-testing library used by Rails. The `[msg]` parameter is an optional string
-message you can specify to make your test failure messages clearer. It's not
-required.
+There are a bunch of different types of assertions you can use.
+Here's an extract of the assertions you can use with [`Minitest`](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest), the default testing library used by Rails. The `[msg]` parameter is an optional string message you can specify to make your test failure messages clearer. It's not required.
| Assertion | Purpose |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
@@ -406,6 +401,8 @@ required.
| `assert_send( array, [msg] )` | Ensures that executing the method listed in `array[1]` on the object in `array[0]` with the parameters of `array[2 and up]` is true. This one is weird eh?|
| `flunk( [msg] )` | Ensures failure. This is useful to explicitly mark a test that isn't finished yet.|
+The above are subset of assertions that minitest supports. For an exhaustive & more up-to-date list, please check [Minitest API documentation](http://docs.seattlerb.org/minitest/), specifically [`Minitest::Assertions`](http://docs.seattlerb.org/minitest/Minitest/Assertions.html)
+
Because of the modular nature of the testing framework, it is possible to create your own assertions. In fact, that's exactly what Rails does. It includes some specialized assertions to make your life easier.
NOTE: Creating your own assertions is an advanced topic that we won't cover in this tutorial.
@@ -1017,17 +1014,9 @@ Testing helpers
In order to test helpers, all you need to do is check that the output of the
helper method matches what you'd expect. Tests related to the helpers are
-located under the `test/helpers` directory. Rails provides a generator which
-generates both the helper and the test file:
-
-```bash
-$ bin/rails generate helper User
- create app/helpers/user_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/user_helper_test.rb
-```
+located under the `test/helpers` directory.
-The generated test file contains the following code:
+A helper test looks like so:
```ruby
require 'test_helper'
@@ -1060,7 +1049,6 @@ The built-in `minitest` based testing is not the only way to test Rails applicat
* [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.
-* [Machinist](https://github.com/notahat/machinist/tree/master), another replacement for fixtures.
* [Fixture Builder](https://github.com/rdy/fixture_builder), a tool that compiles Ruby factories into fixtures before a test run.
* [MiniTest::Spec Rails](https://github.com/metaskills/minitest-spec-rails), use the MiniTest::Spec DSL within your rails tests.
* [Shoulda](http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda), an extension to `test/unit` with additional helpers, macros, and assertions.