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diff --git a/guides/source/4_2_release_notes.md b/guides/source/4_2_release_notes.md index 8a59007420..73e6c2c05b 100644 --- a/guides/source/4_2_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/4_2_release_notes.md @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][railties] for detailed changes. url: http://localhost:3001 namespace: my_app_development - # config/production.rb + # config/environments/production.rb Rails.application.configure do config.middleware.use ExceptionNotifier, config_for(:exception_notification) end diff --git a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md index f45c8005da..f5abbd0cd4 100644 --- a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md @@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-view] for detailed changes. button on submit to prevent double submits. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/21135)) +* Downcase model name in form submit tags rather than humanize. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22764)) + Action Mailer ------------- @@ -381,6 +384,9 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes. * Removed support for the `protected_attributes` gem. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/f4fbc0301021f13ae05c8e941c8efc4ae351fdf9)) +* Removed support for PostgreSQL versions below 9.1. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23434)) + ### Deprecations * Deprecated passing a class as a value in a query. Users should pass strings @@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes. * Changed the default test order from `:sorted` to `:random`. ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5f777e4b5ee2e3e8e6fd0e2a208ec2a4d25a960d)) -* Added `#on_weekend?`, `#next_weekday`, `#prev_weekday` methods to `Date`, +* Added `#on_weekend?`, `#on_weekday?`, `#next_weekday`, `#prev_weekday` methods to `Date`, `Time`, and `DateTime`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18335)) @@ -765,6 +771,7 @@ framework it is. Kudos to all of them. [action-pack]: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-0-stable/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md [action-view]: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-0-stable/actionview/CHANGELOG.md [action-mailer]: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-0-stable/actionmailer/CHANGELOG.md +[action-cable]: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-0-stable/actioncable/CHANGELOG.md [active-record]: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-0-stable/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md [active-model]: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-0-stable/activemodel/CHANGELOG.md [active-support]: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-0-stable/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md diff --git a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md index cd2c13e8c1..91ea4efb55 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class SendWeeklySummary end ``` -The method `welcome_email` returns a `ActionMailer::MessageDelivery` object which +The method `welcome_email` returns an `ActionMailer::MessageDelivery` object which can then just be told `deliver_now` or `deliver_later` to send itself out. The `ActionMailer::MessageDelivery` object is just a wrapper around a `Mail::Message`. If you want to inspect, alter or do anything else with the `Mail::Message` object you can @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ different, encode your content and pass in the encoded content and encoding in a ```ruby encoded_content = SpecialEncode(File.read('/path/to/filename.jpg')) attachments['filename.jpg'] = { - mime_type: 'application/x-gzip', + mime_type: 'application/gzip', encoding: 'SpecialEncoding', content: encoded_content } diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md index 543937f8e5..5e6eae1071 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md @@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ Localized Views Action View has the ability to render different templates depending on the current locale. -For example, suppose you have a `ArticlesController` with a show action. By default, calling this action will render `app/views/articles/show.html.erb`. But if you set `I18n.locale = :de`, then `app/views/articles/show.de.html.erb` will be rendered instead. If the localized template isn't present, the undecorated version will be used. This means you're not required to provide localized views for all cases, but they will be preferred and used if available. +For example, suppose you have an `ArticlesController` with a show action. By default, calling this action will render `app/views/articles/show.html.erb`. But if you set `I18n.locale = :de`, then `app/views/articles/show.de.html.erb` will be rendered instead. If the localized template isn't present, the undecorated version will be used. This means you're not required to provide localized views for all cases, but they will be preferred and used if available. You can use the same technique to localize the rescue files in your public directory. For example, setting `I18n.locale = :de` and creating `public/500.de.html` and `public/404.de.html` would allow you to have localized rescue pages. diff --git a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md index 76c13f0ea9..d8ea1ee079 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_job_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/active_job_basics.md @@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ That's it! Job Execution ------------- -For enqueuing and executing jobs you need to set up a queuing backend, that is to -say you need to decide for a 3rd-party queuing library that Rails should use. -Rails itself does not provide a sophisticated queuing system and just executes the -job immediately if no adapter is set. +For enqueuing and executing jobs in production you need to set up a queuing backend, +that is to say you need to decide for a 3rd-party queuing library that Rails should use. +Rails itself only provides an in-process queuing system, which only keeps the jobs in RAM. +If the process crashes or the machine is reset, then all outstanding jobs are lost with the +default async back-end. This may be fine for smaller apps or non-critical jobs, but most +production apps will need to pick a persistent backend. ### Backends diff --git a/guides/source/active_model_basics.md b/guides/source/active_model_basics.md index c05e20aceb..a8199e5d02 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_model_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/active_model_basics.md @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ person.serializable_hash # => {"name"=>"Bob"} #### ActiveModel::Serializers -Rails provides a `ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON` serializer. +Rails provides an `ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON` serializer. This module automatically include the `ActiveModel::Serialization`. ##### ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md index 83f4b951ee..bd7dbd0f11 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md @@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ Changing Existing Migrations ---------------------------- Occasionally you will make a mistake when writing a migration. If you have -already run the migration then you cannot just edit the migration and run the +already run the migration, then you cannot just edit the migration and run the migration again: Rails thinks it has already run the migration and so will do nothing when you run `rails db:migrate`. You must rollback the migration (for example with `bin/rails db:rollback`), edit your migration and then run @@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ There are two ways to dump the schema. This is set in `config/application.rb` by the `config.active_record.schema_format` setting, which may be either `:sql` or `:ruby`. -If `:ruby` is selected then the schema is stored in `db/schema.rb`. If you look +If `:ruby` is selected, then the schema is stored in `db/schema.rb`. If you look at this file you'll find that it looks an awful lot like one very big migration: diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md index 63658e7c8b..af15d4870c 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ After reading this guide, you will know: * How to specify the order, retrieved attributes, grouping, and other properties of the found records. * How to use eager loading to reduce the number of database queries needed for data retrieval. * How to use dynamic finder methods. -* How to use method chaining to use multiple ActiveRecord methods together. +* How to use method chaining to use multiple Active Record methods together. * How to check for the existence of particular records. * How to perform various calculations on Active Record models. * How to run EXPLAIN on relations. @@ -1296,6 +1296,28 @@ Using a class method is the preferred way to accept arguments for scopes. These category.articles.created_before(time) ``` +### Using conditionals + +Your scope can utilize conditionals: + +```ruby +class Article < ApplicationRecord + scope :created_before, ->(time) { where("created_at < ?", time) if time.present? } +end +``` + +Like the other examples, this will behave similarly to a class method. + +```ruby +class Article < ApplicationRecord + def self.created_before(time) + where("created_at < ?", time) if time.present? + end +end +``` + +However, there is one important caveat: A scope will always return an `ActiveRecord::Relation` object, even if the conditional evaluates to `false`, whereas a class method, will return `nil`. This can cause `NoMethodError` when chaining class methods with conditionals, if any of the conditionals return `false`. + ### Applying a default scope If we wish for a scope to be applied across all queries to the model we can use the diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md index dd7adf09a2..10bd201145 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ false` as an argument. This technique should be used with caution. ### `valid?` and `invalid?` -Before saving an ActiveRecord object, Rails runs your validations. +Before saving an Active Record object, Rails runs your validations. If these validations produce any errors, Rails does not save the object. You can also run these validations on your own. `valid?` triggers your validations diff --git a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md index 0aca6db9b6..e66b9a4301 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md +++ b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.md @@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ Similarly, `from` returns the tail from the element at the passed index to the e [].from(0) # => [] ``` -The methods `second`, `third`, `fourth`, and `fifth` return the corresponding element (`first` is built-in). Thanks to social wisdom and positive constructiveness all around, `forty_two` is also available. +The methods `second`, `third`, `fourth`, and `fifth` return the corresponding element, as do `second_to_last` and `third_to_last` (`first` and `last` are built-in). Thanks to social wisdom and positive constructiveness all around, `forty_two` is also available. ```ruby %w(a b c d).third # => "c" @@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ INFO: The following calculation methods have edge cases in October 1582, since d #### `Date.current` -Active Support defines `Date.current` to be today in the current time zone. That's like `Date.today`, except that it honors the user time zone, if defined. It also defines `Date.yesterday` and `Date.tomorrow`, and the instance predicates `past?`, `today?`, and `future?`, all of them relative to `Date.current`. +Active Support defines `Date.current` to be today in the current time zone. That's like `Date.today`, except that it honors the user time zone, if defined. It also defines `Date.yesterday` and `Date.tomorrow`, and the instance predicates `past?`, `today?`, `future?`, `on_weekday?` and `on_weekend?`, all of them relative to `Date.current`. When making Date comparisons using methods which honor the user time zone, make sure to use `Date.current` and not `Date.today`. There are cases where the user time zone might be in the future compared to the system time zone, which `Date.today` uses by default. This means `Date.today` may equal `Date.yesterday`. @@ -3467,6 +3467,8 @@ years_ago years_since prev_year (last_year) next_year +on_weekday? +on_weekend? ``` The following methods are reimplemented so you do **not** need to load `active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb` for these ones: @@ -3653,6 +3655,8 @@ years_ago years_since prev_year (last_year) next_year +on_weekday? +on_weekend? ``` They are analogous. Please refer to their documentation above and take into account the following differences: diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md index 64b6bb64f2..0598b9c7fa 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_app.md +++ b/guides/source/api_app.md @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ In this guide you will learn: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -What is an API app? -------------------- +What is an API Application? +--------------------------- Traditionally, when people said that they used Rails as an "API", they meant providing a programmatically accessible API alongside their web application. @@ -28,15 +28,14 @@ applications. For example, Twitter uses its [public API](https://dev.twitter.com) in its web application, which is built as a static site that consumes JSON resources. -Instead of using Rails to generate dynamic HTML that will communicate with the -server through forms and links, many developers are treating their web application -as just another client, delivered as static HTML, CSS and JavaScript consuming -a simple JSON API. +Instead of using Rails to generate HTML that communicates with the server +through forms and links, many developers are treating their web application as +just an API client delivered as HTML with JavaScript that consumes a JSON API. This guide covers building a Rails application that serves JSON resources to an -API client **or** a client-side framework. +API client, including client-side frameworks. -Why use Rails for JSON APIs? +Why Use Rails for JSON APIs? ---------------------------- The first question a lot of people have when thinking about building a JSON API @@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ Handled at the middleware layer: URL-encoded String? No problem. Rails will decode the JSON for you and make it available in `params`. Want to use nested URL-encoded parameters? That works too. -- Conditional GETs: Rails handles conditional `GET`, (`ETag` and `Last-Modified`), +- Conditional GETs: Rails handles conditional `GET` (`ETag` and `Last-Modified`) processing request headers and returning the correct response headers and status code. All you need to do is use the [`stale?`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/ConditionalGet.html#method-i-stale-3F) @@ -104,21 +103,21 @@ Handled at the Action Pack layer: add the response headers, but why? - Caching: Rails provides page, action and fragment caching. Fragment caching is especially helpful when building up a nested JSON object. -- Basic, Digest and Token Authentication: Rails comes with out-of-the-box support +- Basic, Digest, and Token Authentication: Rails comes with out-of-the-box support for three kinds of HTTP authentication. -- Instrumentation: Rails has an instrumentation API that will trigger registered +- Instrumentation: Rails has an instrumentation API that triggers registered handlers for a variety of events, such as action processing, sending a file or data, redirection, and database queries. The payload of each event comes with relevant information (for the action processing event, the payload includes the controller, action, parameters, request format, request method and the request's full path). -- Generators: This may be passé for advanced Rails users, but it can be nice to - generate a resource and get your model, controller, test stubs, and routes - created for you in a single command. +- Generators: It is often handy to generate a resource and get your model, + controller, test stubs, and routes created for you in a single command for + further tweaking. Same for migrations and others. - Plugins: Many third-party libraries come with support for Rails that reduce or eliminate the cost of setting up and gluing together the library and the web framework. This includes things like overriding default generators, adding - rake tasks, and honoring Rails choices (like the logger and cache back-end). + Rake tasks, and honoring Rails choices (like the logger and cache back-end). Of course, the Rails boot process also glues together all registered components. For example, the Rails boot process is what uses your `config/database.yml` file @@ -135,6 +134,8 @@ If you're building a Rails application that will be an API server first and foremost, you can start with a more limited subset of Rails and add in features as needed. +### Creating a new application + You can generate a new api Rails app: ```bash @@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ This will do three main things for you: - Configure the generators to skip generating views, helpers and assets when you generate a new resource. +### Changing an existing application + If you want to take an existing application and make it an API one, read the following steps. @@ -163,14 +166,6 @@ class definition: config.api_only = true ``` -Optionally, in `config/environments/development.rb` add the following line -to render error responses using the API format (JSON by default) when it -is a local request: - -```ruby -config.debug_exception_response_format = :api -``` - Finally, inside `app/controllers/application_controller.rb`, instead of: ```ruby diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md index 439f2bef3a..b6c612794c 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md @@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ What is the Asset Pipeline? The asset pipeline provides a framework to concatenate and minify or compress JavaScript and CSS assets. It also adds the ability to write these assets in other languages and pre-processors such as CoffeeScript, Sass and ERB. +It allows assets in your application to be automatically combined with assets +from other gems. For example, jquery-rails includes a copy of jquery.js +and enables AJAX features in Rails. -The asset pipeline is technically no longer a core feature of Rails 4, it has +The asset pipeline is technically no longer a core feature from Rails 4 onwards -- it has been extracted out of the framework into the [sprockets-rails](https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails) gem. @@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ passing the `--skip-sprockets` option. rails new appname --skip-sprockets ``` -Rails 4 automatically adds the `sass-rails`, `coffee-rails` and `uglifier` +Rails automatically adds the `sass-rails`, `coffee-rails` and `uglifier` gems to your Gemfile, which are used by Sprockets for asset compression: ```ruby @@ -44,8 +47,8 @@ gem 'uglifier' gem 'coffee-rails' ``` -Using the `--skip-sprockets` option will prevent Rails 4 from adding -`sass-rails` and `uglifier` to your Gemfile, so if you later want to enable +Using the `--skip-sprockets` option will prevent Rails from adding +them to your Gemfile, so if you later want to enable the asset pipeline you will have to add those gems to your Gemfile. Also, creating an application with the `--skip-sprockets` option will generate a slightly different `config/application.rb` file, with a require statement @@ -327,13 +330,13 @@ familiar `javascript_include_tag` and `stylesheet_link_tag`: <%= javascript_include_tag "application" %> ``` -If using the turbolinks gem, which is included by default in Rails 4, then +If using the turbolinks gem, which is included by default in Rails, then include the 'data-turbolinks-track' option which causes turbolinks to check if an asset has been updated and if so loads it into the page: ```erb -<%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", media: "all", "data-turbolinks-track" => true %> -<%= javascript_include_tag "application", "data-turbolinks-track" => true %> +<%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", media: "all", "data-turbolinks-track" => "reload" %> +<%= javascript_include_tag "application", "data-turbolinks-track" => "reload" %> ``` In regular views you can access images in the `public/assets/images` directory @@ -443,7 +446,7 @@ makes fewer requests. Compression also reduces file size, enabling the browser to download them faster. -For example, a new Rails 4 application includes a default +For example, a new Rails application includes a default `app/assets/javascripts/application.js` file containing the following lines: ```js @@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ which contains these lines: */ ``` -Rails 4 creates both `app/assets/javascripts/application.js` and +Rails creates both `app/assets/javascripts/application.js` and `app/assets/stylesheets/application.css` regardless of whether the --skip-sprockets option is used when creating a new rails application. This is so you can easily add asset pipelining later if you like. @@ -898,7 +901,7 @@ your CDN server, you need to tell browsers to use your CDN to grab assets instead of your Rails server directly. You can do this by configuring Rails to set your CDN as the asset host instead of using a relative path. To set your asset host in Rails, you need to set `config.action_controller.asset_host` in -`config/production.rb`: +`config/environments/production.rb`: ```ruby config.action_controller.asset_host = 'mycdnsubdomain.fictional-cdn.com' @@ -1108,7 +1111,7 @@ supported runtime in order to use `uglifier`. If you are using Mac OS X or Windows you have a JavaScript runtime installed in your operating system. NOTE: The `config.assets.compress` initialization option is no longer used in -Rails 4 to enable either CSS or JavaScript compression. Setting it will have no +Rails to enable either CSS or JavaScript compression. Setting it will have no effect on the application. Instead, setting `config.assets.css_compressor` and `config.assets.js_compressor` will control compression of CSS and JavaScript assets. @@ -1290,7 +1293,7 @@ config.assets.digest = true # config.assets.precompile += %w( search.js ) ``` -Rails 4 no longer sets default config values for Sprockets in `test.rb`, so +Rails 4 and above no longer set default config values for Sprockets in `test.rb`, so `test.rb` now requires Sprockets configuration. The old defaults in the test environment are: `config.assets.compile = true`, `config.assets.compress = false`, `config.assets.debug = false` and `config.assets.digest = false`. diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index accce5a904..09ab64837a 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ By default, Active Record doesn't know about the connection between these associ ```ruby a = Author.first -b = c.books.first +b = a.books.first a.first_name == b.author.first_name # => true a.first_name = 'Manny' a.first_name == b.author.first_name # => false @@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ class Author < ApplicationRecord has_many :books, inverse_of: :author end -class book < ApplicationRecord +class Book < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :author, inverse_of: :books end ``` @@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ With these changes, Active Record will only load one copy of the author object, ```ruby a = author.first -b = c.books.first +b = a.books.first a.first_name == b.author.first_name # => true a.first_name = 'Manny' a.first_name == b.author.first_name # => true diff --git a/guides/source/command_line.md b/guides/source/command_line.md index e87ed02ca5..e865a02cbd 100644 --- a/guides/source/command_line.md +++ b/guides/source/command_line.md @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ With the `helper` method it is possible to access Rails and your application's h ### `rails dbconsole` -`rails dbconsole` figures out which database you're using and drops you into whichever command line interface you would use with it (and figures out the command line parameters to give to it, too!). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and SQLite3. +`rails dbconsole` figures out which database you're using and drops you into whichever command line interface you would use with it (and figures out the command line parameters to give to it, too!). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite3. INFO: You can also use the alias "db" to invoke the dbconsole: `rails db`. diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md index d9c345fb71..a5fb396f15 100644 --- a/guides/source/configuring.md +++ b/guides/source/configuring.md @@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ Below is a comprehensive list of all the initializers found in Rails in the orde * `initialize_cache` If `Rails.cache` isn't set yet, initializes the cache by referencing the value in `config.cache_store` and stores the outcome as `Rails.cache`. If this object responds to the `middleware` method, its middleware is inserted before `Rack::Runtime` in the middleware stack. -* `set_clear_dependencies_hook` Provides a hook for `active_record.set_dispatch_hooks` to use, which will run before this initializer. This initializer - which runs only if `cache_classes` is set to `false` - uses `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.after` to remove the constants which have been referenced during the request from the object space so that they will be reloaded during the following request. +* `set_clear_dependencies_hook` This initializer - which runs only if `cache_classes` is set to `false` - uses `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.after` to remove the constants which have been referenced during the request from the object space so that they will be reloaded during the following request. * `initialize_dependency_mechanism` If `config.cache_classes` is true, configures `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.mechanism` to `require` dependencies rather than `load` them. @@ -1012,13 +1012,17 @@ Below is a comprehensive list of all the initializers found in Rails in the orde * `active_support.initialize_beginning_of_week` Sets the default beginning of week for the application based on `config.beginning_of_week` setting, which defaults to `:monday`. +* `active_support.set_configs` Sets up Active Support by using the settings in `config.active_support` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveSupport` and passing the values through. + * `action_dispatch.configure` Configures the `ActionDispatch::Http::URL.tld_length` to be set to the value of `config.action_dispatch.tld_length`. * `action_view.set_configs` Sets up Action View by using the settings in `config.action_view` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionView::Base` and passing the values through. -* `action_controller.logger` Sets `ActionController::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. +* `action_controller.assets_config` Initializes the `config.actions_controller.assets_dir` to the app's public directory if not explicitly configured + +* `action_controller.set_helpers_path` Sets Action Controller's helpers_path to the application's helpers_path -* `action_controller.initialize_framework_caches` Sets `ActionController::Base.cache_store` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.cache`. +* `action_controller.parameters_config` Configures strong parameters options for `ActionController::Parameters` * `action_controller.set_configs` Sets up Action Controller by using the settings in `config.action_controller` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionController::Base` and passing the values through. @@ -1028,13 +1032,21 @@ Below is a comprehensive list of all the initializers found in Rails in the orde * `active_record.logger` Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. +* `active_record.migration_error` Configures middleware to check for pending migrations + +* `active_record.check_schema_cache_dump` Loads the schema cache dump if configured and available + +* `active_record.warn_on_records_fetched_greater_than` Enables warnings when queries return large numbers of records + * `active_record.set_configs` Sets up Active Record by using the settings in `config.active_record` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveRecord::Base` and passing the values through. * `active_record.initialize_database` Loads the database configuration (by default) from `config/database.yml` and establishes a connection for the current environment. * `active_record.log_runtime` Includes `ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime` which is responsible for reporting the time taken by Active Record calls for the request back to the logger. -* `active_record.set_dispatch_hooks` Resets all reloadable connections to the database if `config.cache_classes` is set to `false`. +* `active_record.set_reloader_hooks` Resets all reloadable connections to the database if `config.cache_classes` is set to `false`. + +* `active_record.add_watchable_files` Adds `schema.rb` and `structure.sql` files to watchable files * `active_job.logger` Sets `ActiveJob::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. diff --git a/guides/source/documents.yaml b/guides/source/documents.yaml index fdd6d4d33d..2cf613f47f 100644 --- a/guides/source/documents.yaml +++ b/guides/source/documents.yaml @@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ description: This guide explains how to profile your Rails applications to improve performance. - name: Using Rails for API-only Applications - work_in_progress: true url: api_app.html description: This guide explains how to effectively use Rails to develop a JSON API application. diff --git a/guides/source/engines.md b/guides/source/engines.md index 697938434c..c5fc2f73b4 100644 --- a/guides/source/engines.md +++ b/guides/source/engines.md @@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ module Blorgh end ``` -NOTE: The `ApplicationController` class being inherited from here is the -`Blorgh::ApplicationController`, not an application's `ApplicationController`. +NOTE: The `ArticlesController` class inherits from +`Blorgh::ApplicationController`, not the application's `ApplicationController`. The helper inside `app/helpers/blorgh/articles_helper.rb` is also namespaced: @@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ model, a comment controller and then modify the articles scaffold to display comments and allow people to create new ones. From the application root, run the model generator. Tell it to generate a -`Comment` model, with the related table having two columns: a `article_id` integer +`Comment` model, with the related table having two columns: an `article_id` integer and `text` text column. ```bash @@ -1034,6 +1034,8 @@ typical `GET` to a controller in a controller's functional test like this: ```ruby module Blorgh class FooControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest + include Engine.routes.url_helpers + def test_index get foos_url ... @@ -1050,6 +1052,8 @@ in your setup code: ```ruby module Blorgh class FooControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest + include Engine.routes.url_helpers + setup do @routes = Engine.routes end diff --git a/guides/source/form_helpers.md b/guides/source/form_helpers.md index 2a289dd33a..422bc647ef 100644 --- a/guides/source/form_helpers.md +++ b/guides/source/form_helpers.md @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ The Article model is directly available to users of the application, so - follow resources :articles ``` -TIP: Declaring a resource has a number of side-affects. See [Rails Routing From the Outside In](routing.html#resource-routing-the-rails-default) for more information on setting up and using resources. +TIP: Declaring a resource has a number of side effects. See [Rails Routing From the Outside In](routing.html#resource-routing-the-rails-default) for more information on setting up and using resources. When dealing with RESTful resources, calls to `form_for` can get significantly easier if you rely on **record identification**. In short, you can just pass the model instance and have Rails figure out model name and the rest: diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index 2cbc591629..8eb3b6190f 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ run this command in your terminal: $ bin/rails generate model Article title:string text:text ``` -With that command we told Rails that we want a `Article` model, together +With that command we told Rails that we want an `Article` model, together with a _title_ attribute of type string, and a _text_ attribute of type text. Those attributes are automatically added to the `articles` table in the database and mapped to the `Article` model. diff --git a/guides/source/i18n.md b/guides/source/i18n.md index 5bbd4048b9..56b0c6c812 100644 --- a/guides/source/i18n.md +++ b/guides/source/i18n.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ After reading this guide, you will know: * How I18n works in Ruby on Rails * How to correctly use I18n into a RESTful application in various ways -* How to use I18n to translate ActiveRecord errors or ActionMailer E-mail subjects +* How to use I18n to translate Active Record errors or Action Mailer E-mail subjects * Some other tools to go further with the translation process of your application -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/guides/source/layout.html.erb b/guides/source/layout.html.erb index 1f81ea4694..6db76b528e 100644 --- a/guides/source/layout.html.erb +++ b/guides/source/layout.html.erb @@ -24,7 +24,17 @@ <% end %> <div id="topNav"> <div class="wrapper"> - <strong class="more-info-label">←<a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">Back to rubyonrails.org:</a> </strong> + <strong class="more-info-label">More at <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">rubyonrails.org:</a> </strong> + <span class="red-button more-info-button"> + More Ruby on Rails + </span> + <ul class="more-info-links s-hidden"> + <li class="more-info"><a href="http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/">Blog</a></li> + <li class="more-info"><a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/">Guides</a></li> + <li class="more-info"><a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/">API</a></li> + <li class="more-info"><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ruby-on-rails">Ask for help</a></li> + <li class="more-info"><a href="https://github.com/rails/rails">Contribute on GitHub</a></li> + </ul> </div> </div> <div id="header"> diff --git a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md index d55e1007ee..83173e8d75 100644 --- a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md +++ b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class Admin::ProductsController < AdminController end ``` -The lookup order for a `admin/products#index` action will be: +The lookup order for an `admin/products#index` action will be: * `app/views/admin/products/` * `app/views/admin/` @@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ This would detect that there are no books with the specified ID, populate the `@ ### Using `head` To Build Header-Only Responses -The `head` method can be used to send responses with only headers to the browser. It provides a more obvious alternative to calling `render :nothing`. The `head` method accepts a number or symbol (see [reference table](#the-status-option)) representing a HTTP status code. The options argument is interpreted as a hash of header names and values. For example, you can return only an error header: +The `head` method can be used to send responses with only headers to the browser. The `head` method accepts a number or symbol (see [reference table](#the-status-option)) representing a HTTP status code. The options argument is interpreted as a hash of header names and values. For example, you can return only an error header: ```ruby head :bad_request diff --git a/guides/source/rails_application_templates.md b/guides/source/rails_application_templates.md index 5a46baff2d..3bb5d3c8a6 100644 --- a/guides/source/rails_application_templates.md +++ b/guides/source/rails_application_templates.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $ rails new blog -m ~/template.rb $ rails new blog -m http://example.com/template.rb ``` -You can use the rake task `rails:template` to apply templates to an existing Rails application. The location of the template needs to be passed in to an environment variable named LOCATION. Again, this can either be path to a file or a URL. +You can use the task `rails:template` to apply templates to an existing Rails application. The location of the template needs to be passed in to an environment variable named LOCATION. Again, this can either be path to a file or a URL. ```bash $ bin/rails rails:template LOCATION=~/template.rb @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The Rails templates API is easy to understand. Here's an example of a typical Ra # template.rb generate(:scaffold, "person name:string") route "root to: 'people#index'" -rake("db:migrate") +rails_command("db:migrate") after_bundle do git :init @@ -175,18 +175,24 @@ Executes an arbitrary command. Just like the backticks. Let's say you want to re run "rm README.rdoc" ``` -### rake(command, options = {}) +### rails_command(command, options = {}) -Runs the supplied rake tasks in the Rails application. Let's say you want to migrate the database: +Runs the supplied task in the Rails application. Let's say you want to migrate the database: ```ruby -rake "db:migrate" +rails_command "db:migrate" ``` -You can also run rake tasks with a different Rails environment: +You can also run tasks with a different Rails environment: ```ruby -rake "db:migrate", env: 'production' +rails_command "db:migrate", env: 'production' +``` + +You can also run tasks as a super-user: + +```ruby +rails_command "log:clear", sudo: true ``` ### route(routing_code) @@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ CODE These methods let you ask questions from templates and decide the flow based on the user's answer. Let's say you want to Freeze Rails only if the user wants to: ```ruby -rake("rails:freeze:gems") if yes?("Freeze rails gems?") +rails_command("rails:freeze:gems") if yes?("Freeze rails gems?") # no?(question) acts just the opposite. ``` diff --git a/guides/source/routing.md b/guides/source/routing.md index 777d1d24b6..bd3e236a2b 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.md +++ b/guides/source/routing.md @@ -1136,19 +1136,19 @@ For example, here's a small section of the `rails routes` output for a RESTful r edit_user GET /users/:id/edit(.:format) users#edit ``` -You can search through your routes with the --grep option (-g for short). This outputs any routes that partially match the URL helper method name, the HTTP verb, or the URL path. +You can search through your routes with the grep option: -g. This outputs any routes that partially match the URL helper method name, the HTTP verb, or the URL path. ``` -$ bin/rails routes --grep new_comment +$ bin/rails routes -g new_comment $ bin/rails routes -g POST $ bin/rails routes -g admin ``` -If you only want to see the routes that map to a specific controller, there's the --controller option (-c for short). +If you only want to see the routes that map to a specific controller, there's the -c option. ``` -$ bin/rails routes --controller users -$ bin/rails routes --controller admin/users +$ bin/rails routes -c users +$ bin/rails routes -c admin/users $ bin/rails routes -c Comments $ bin/rails routes -c Articles::CommentsController ``` diff --git a/guides/source/security.md b/guides/source/security.md index 96b9f4bcce..98324141cc 100644 --- a/guides/source/security.md +++ b/guides/source/security.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Web application frameworks are made to help developers build web applications. S 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). -The Gartner Group however estimates that 75% of attacks are at the web application layer, and found out "that out of 300 audited sites, 97% are vulnerable to attack". This is because web applications are relatively easy to attack, as they are simple to understand and manipulate, even by the lay person. +The Gartner Group, however, estimates that 75% of attacks are at the web application layer, and found out "that out of 300 audited sites, 97% are vulnerable to attack". This is because web applications are relatively easy to attack, as they are simple to understand and manipulate, even by the lay person. The threats against web applications include user account hijacking, bypass of access control, reading or modifying sensitive data, or presenting fraudulent content. Or an attacker might be able to install a Trojan horse program or unsolicited e-mail sending software, aim at financial enrichment or cause brand name damage by modifying company resources. In order to prevent attacks, minimize their impact and remove points of attack, first of all, you have to fully understand the attack methods in order to find the correct countermeasures. That is what this guide aims at. @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Many web applications have an authentication system: a user provides a user name Hence, the cookie serves as temporary authentication for the web application. Anyone who seizes a cookie from someone else, may use the web application as this user - with possibly severe consequences. Here are some ways to hijack a session, and their countermeasures: -* Sniff the cookie in an insecure network. A wireless LAN can be an example of such a network. In an unencrypted wireless LAN it is especially easy to listen to the traffic of all connected clients. For the web application builder this means to _provide a secure connection over SSL_. In Rails 3.1 and later, this could be accomplished by always forcing SSL connection in your application config file: +* Sniff the cookie in an insecure network. A wireless LAN can be an example of such a network. In an unencrypted wireless LAN, it is especially easy to listen to the traffic of all connected clients. For the web application builder this means to _provide a secure connection over SSL_. In Rails 3.1 and later, this could be accomplished by always forcing SSL connection in your application config file: ```ruby config.force_ssl = true @@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ The following is an excerpt from the [Js.Yamanner@m](http://www.symantec.com/sec var IDList = ''; var CRumb = ''; function makeRequest(url, Func, Method,Param) { ... ``` -The worms exploits a hole in Yahoo's HTML/JavaScript filter, which usually filters all target and onload attributes from tags (because there can be JavaScript). The filter is applied only once, however, so the onload attribute with the worm code stays in place. This is a good example why blacklist filters are never complete and why it is hard to allow HTML/JavaScript in a web application. +The worms exploit a hole in Yahoo's HTML/JavaScript filter, which usually filters all targets and onload attributes from tags (because there can be JavaScript). The filter is applied only once, however, so the onload attribute with the worm code stays in place. This is a good example why blacklist filters are never complete and why it is hard to allow HTML/JavaScript in a web application. Another proof-of-concept webmail worm is Nduja, a cross-domain worm for four Italian webmail services. Find more details on [Rosario Valotta's paper](http://www.xssed.com/news/37/Nduja_Connection_A_cross_webmail_worm_XWW/). Both webmail worms have the goal to harvest email addresses, something a criminal hacker could make money with. diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md index f4894d4c11..09eec7a64c 100644 --- a/guides/source/testing.md +++ b/guides/source/testing.md @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ By now you've caught a glimpse of some of the assertions that are available. Ass 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. +specify to make your test failure messages clearer. | Assertion | Purpose | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ specify to make your test failure messages clearer. | `assert_not_in_delta( expected, actual, [delta], [msg] )` | Ensures that the numbers `expected` and `actual` are not within `delta` of each other.| | `assert_throws( symbol, [msg] ) { block }` | Ensures that the given block throws the symbol.| | `assert_raises( exception1, exception2, ... ) { block }` | Ensures that the given block raises one of the given exceptions.| -| `assert_nothing_raised( exception1, exception2, ... ) { block }` | Ensures that the given block doesn't raise one of the given exceptions.| +| `assert_nothing_raised { block }` | Ensures that the given block doesn't raise any exceptions.| | `assert_instance_of( class, obj, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj` is an instance of `class`.| | `assert_not_instance_of( class, obj, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj` is not an instance of `class`.| | `assert_kind_of( class, obj, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj` is an instance of `class` or is descending from it.| @@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ Rails adds some custom assertions of its own to the `minitest` framework: | Assertion | Purpose | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | -| `assert_difference(expressions, difference = 1, message = nil) {...}` | Test numeric difference between the return value of an expression as a result of what is evaluated in the yielded block.| -| `assert_no_difference(expressions, message = nil, &block)` | Asserts that the numeric result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block.| -| `assert_recognizes(expected_options, path, extras={}, message=nil)` | Asserts that the routing of the given path was handled correctly and that the parsed options (given in the expected_options hash) match path. Basically, it asserts that Rails recognizes the route given by expected_options.| -| `assert_generates(expected_path, options, defaults={}, extras = {}, message=nil)` | Asserts that the provided options can be used to generate the provided path. This is the inverse of assert_recognizes. The extras parameter is used to tell the request the names and values of additional request parameters that would be in a query string. The message parameter allows you to specify a custom error message for assertion failures.| -| `assert_response(type, message = nil)` | Asserts that the response comes with a specific status code. You can specify `:success` to indicate 200-299, `:redirect` to indicate 300-399, `:missing` to indicate 404, or `:error` to match the 500-599 range. You can also pass an explicit status number or its symbolic equivalent. For more information, see [full list of status codes](http://rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/master/Rack/Utils#HTTP_STATUS_CODES-constant) and how their [mapping](http://rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/master/Rack/Utils#SYMBOL_TO_STATUS_CODE-constant) works.| -| `assert_redirected_to(options = {}, message=nil)` | Asserts that the redirection options passed in match those of the redirect called in the latest action. This match can be partial, such that `assert_redirected_to(controller: "weblog")` will also match the redirection of `redirect_to(controller: "weblog", action: "show")` and so on. You can also pass named routes such as `assert_redirected_to root_path` and Active Record objects such as `assert_redirected_to @article`.| +| [`assert_difference(expressions, difference = 1, message = nil) {...}`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Testing/Assertions.html#method-i-assert_difference) | Test numeric difference between the return value of an expression as a result of what is evaluated in the yielded block.| +| [`assert_no_difference(expressions, message = nil, &block)`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Testing/Assertions.html#method-i-assert_no_difference) | Asserts that the numeric result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block.| +| [`assert_recognizes(expected_options, path, extras={}, message=nil)`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/RoutingAssertions.html#method-i-assert_recognizes) | Asserts that the routing of the given path was handled correctly and that the parsed options (given in the expected_options hash) match path. Basically, it asserts that Rails recognizes the route given by expected_options.| +| [`assert_generates(expected_path, options, defaults={}, extras = {}, message=nil)`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/RoutingAssertions.html#method-i-assert_generates) | Asserts that the provided options can be used to generate the provided path. This is the inverse of assert_recognizes. The extras parameter is used to tell the request the names and values of additional request parameters that would be in a query string. The message parameter allows you to specify a custom error message for assertion failures.| +| [`assert_response(type, message = nil)`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/ResponseAssertions.html#method-i-assert_response) | Asserts that the response comes with a specific status code. You can specify `:success` to indicate 200-299, `:redirect` to indicate 300-399, `:missing` to indicate 404, or `:error` to match the 500-599 range. You can also pass an explicit status number or its symbolic equivalent. For more information, see [full list of status codes](http://rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/master/Rack/Utils#HTTP_STATUS_CODES-constant) and how their [mapping](http://rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/master/Rack/Utils#SYMBOL_TO_STATUS_CODE-constant) works.| +| [`assert_redirected_to(options = {}, message=nil)`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/ResponseAssertions.html#method-i-assert_redirected_to) | Asserts that the redirection options passed in match those of the redirect called in the latest action. This match can be partial, such that `assert_redirected_to(controller: "weblog")` will also match the redirection of `redirect_to(controller: "weblog", action: "show")` and so on. You can also pass named routes such as `assert_redirected_to root_path` and Active Record objects such as `assert_redirected_to @article`.| You'll see the usage of some of these assertions in the next chapter. @@ -329,11 +329,11 @@ You'll see the usage of some of these assertions in the next chapter. All the basic assertions such as `assert_equal` defined in `Minitest::Assertions` are also available in the classes we use in our own test cases. In fact, Rails provides the following classes for you to inherit from: -* `ActiveSupport::TestCase` -* `ActionMailer::TestCase` -* `ActionView::TestCase` -* `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` -* `ActiveJob::TestCase` +* [`ActiveSupport::TestCase`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/TestCase.html) +* [`ActionMailer::TestCase`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionMailer/TestCase.html) +* [`ActionView::TestCase`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/TestCase.html) +* [`ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/IntegrationTest.html) +* [`ActiveJob::TestCase`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveJob/TestCase.html) Each of these classes include `Minitest::Assertions`, allowing us to use all of the basic assertions in our tests. @@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ You can find comprehensive documentation in the [Fixtures API documentation](htt _Fixtures_ is a fancy word for sample data. Fixtures allow you to populate your testing database with predefined data before your tests run. Fixtures are database independent and written in YAML. There is one file per model. +NOTE: Fixtures are not designed to create every object that your tests need, and are best managed when only used for default data that can be applied to the common case. + You'll find fixtures under your `test/fixtures` directory. When you run `rails generate model` to create a new model, Rails automatically creates fixture stubs in this directory. #### YAML @@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ create test/models/article_test.rb create test/fixtures/articles.yml ``` -Model tests don't have their own superclass like `ActionMailer::TestCase` instead they inherit from `ActiveSupport::TestCase`. +Model tests don't have their own superclass like `ActionMailer::TestCase` instead they inherit from [`ActiveSupport::TestCase`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/TestCase.html). Integration Testing @@ -589,7 +591,7 @@ class BlogFlowTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest end ``` -We will take a look at `assert_select` to query the resulting HTML of a request in the "Testing Views" section below. It is used for testing the response of our request by asserting the presence of key HTML elements and their content. +We will take a look at `assert_select` to query the resulting HTML of a request in the "Testing Views" section below. It is used for testing the response of our request by asserting the presence of key HTML elements and their content. When we visit our root path, we should see `welcome/index.html.erb` rendered for the view. So this assertion should pass. @@ -828,7 +830,7 @@ end If we run our test now, we should see a failure: ```bash -$ bin/rails test test/controllers/articles_controller_test.rb test_should_create_article +$ bin/rails test test/controllers/articles_controller_test.rb -n test_should_create_article Run options: -n test_should_create_article --seed 32266 # Running: @@ -866,7 +868,7 @@ end Now if we run our tests, we should see it pass: ```bash -$ bin/rails test test/controllers/articles_controller_test.rb test_should_create_article +$ bin/rails test test/controllers/articles_controller_test.rb -n test_should_create_article Run options: -n test_should_create_article --seed 18981 # Running: @@ -912,13 +914,13 @@ We can also add a test for updating an existing Article. ```ruby test "should update article" do article = articles(:one) - + patch '/article', params: { id: article.id, article: { title: "updated" } } - + assert_redirected_to article_path(article) - # Reload association to fetch updated data and assert that title is updated. + # Reload association to fetch updated data and assert that title is updated. article.reload - assert_equal "updated", article.title + assert_equal "updated", article.title end ``` @@ -957,11 +959,11 @@ class ArticlesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest test "should update article" do patch '/article', params: { id: @article.id, article: { title: "updated" } } - + assert_redirected_to article_path(@article) - # Reload association to fetch updated data and assert that title is updated. + # Reload association to fetch updated data and assert that title is updated. @article.reload - assert_equal "updated", @article.title + assert_equal "updated", @article.title end end ``` @@ -1007,6 +1009,8 @@ Testing Routes Like everything else in your Rails application, you can test your routes. +NOTE: If your application has complex routes, Rails provides a number of useful helpers to test them. + For more information on routing assertions available in Rails, see the API documentation for [`ActionDispatch::Assertions::RoutingAssertions`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/RoutingAssertions.html). Testing Views @@ -1053,7 +1057,7 @@ assert_select "ol" do end ``` -This assertion is quite powerful. For more advanced usage, refer to its [documentation](http://www.rubydoc.info/github/rails/rails-dom-testing). +This assertion is quite powerful. For more advanced usage, refer to its [documentation](https://github.com/rails/rails-dom-testing/blob/master/lib/rails/dom/testing/assertions/selector_assertions.rb). #### Additional View-Based Assertions @@ -1076,28 +1080,31 @@ end Testing Helpers --------------- +A helper is just a simple module where you can define methods which are +available into your views. + 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. -A helper test looks like so: +Given we have the following helper: ```ruby -require 'test_helper' - -class UserHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase +module UserHelper + def link_to_user(user) + link_to "#{user.first_name} #{user.last_name}", user + end end ``` -A helper is just a simple module where you can define methods which are -available into your views. To test the output of the helper's methods, you just -have to use a mixin like this: +We can test the output of this method like this: ```ruby class UserHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase test "should return the user's full name" do user = users(:david) - assert_equal "David Heinemeier Hansson", user_full_name(user) + + assert_dom_equal %{<a href="/user/#{user.id}">David Heinemeier Hansson</a>}, link_to_user(user) end end ``` @@ -1184,9 +1191,9 @@ testing) but instead it will be appended to an array (`ActionMailer::Base.deliveries`). NOTE: The `ActionMailer::Base.deliveries` array is only reset automatically in -`ActionMailer::TestCase` tests. If you want to have a clean slate outside Action -Mailer tests, you can reset it manually with: -`ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.clear` +`ActionMailer::TestCase` and `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` tests. +If you want to have a clean slate outside these test cases, you can reset it +manually with: `ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.clear` ### Functional Testing @@ -1261,8 +1268,10 @@ class ProductTest < ActiveJob::TestCase end ``` -Testing Time-Dependent Code ---------------------------- +Additional Testing Resources +---------------------------- + +### Testing Time-Dependent Code Rails provides built-in helper methods that enable you to assert that your time-sensitive code works as expected. diff --git a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md index e631445492..0dfa4f1cb8 100644 --- a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ Before attempting to upgrade an existing application, you should be sure you hav The best way to be sure that your application still works after upgrading is to have good test coverage before you start the process. If you don't have automated tests that exercise the bulk of your application, you'll need to spend time manually exercising all the parts that have changed. In the case of a Rails upgrade, that will mean every single piece of functionality in the application. Do yourself a favor and make sure your test coverage is good _before_ you start an upgrade. +### The Upgrade Process + +When changing Rails versions, it's best to move slowly, one minor version at a time, in order to make good use of the deprecation warnings. Rails version numbers are in the form Major.Minor.Patch. Major and Minor versions are allowed to make changes to the public API, so this may cause errors in your application. Patch versions only include bug fixes, and don't change any public API. + +The process should go as follows: + +1. Write tests and make sure they pass +2. Move to the latest patch version after your current version +3. Fix tests and deprecated features +4. Move to the latest patch version of the next minor version + +Repeat this process until you reach your target Rails version. Each time you move versions, you will need to change the Rails version number in the Gemfile (and possibly other gem versions) and run `bundle update`. Then run the Update rake task mentioned below to update configuration files, then run your tests. + +You can find a list of all released Rails versions [here](https://rubygems.org/gems/rails/versions). + ### Ruby Versions Rails generally stays close to the latest released Ruby version when it's released: @@ -168,7 +183,7 @@ the logs. In the next version, these errors will no longer be suppressed. Instead, the errors will propagate normally just like in other Active Record callbacks. -When you define a `after_rollback` or `after_commit` callback, you +When you define an `after_rollback` or `after_commit` callback, you will receive a deprecation warning about this upcoming change. When you are ready, you can opt into the new behavior and remove the deprecation warning by adding following configuration to your diff --git a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md index 48fc6bc9c0..c58aee96db 100644 --- a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md @@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ and Rails has got your back in those cases. Because of Unobtrusive JavaScript, the Rails "Ajax helpers" are actually in two parts: the JavaScript half and the Ruby half. +Unless you have disabled the Asset Pipeline, [rails.js](https://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/blob/master/src/rails.js) provides the JavaScript half, and the regular Ruby view helpers add appropriate -tags to your DOM. The CoffeeScript in rails.js then listens for these -attributes, and attaches appropriate handlers. +tags to your DOM. ### form_for @@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ $("<%= escape_javascript(render @user) %>").appendTo("#users"); Turbolinks ---------- -Rails 4 ships with the [Turbolinks gem](https://github.com/rails/turbolinks). -This gem uses Ajax to speed up page rendering in most applications. +Rails ships with the [Turbolinks library](https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks), +which uses Ajax to speed up page rendering in most applications. ### How Turbolinks Works @@ -364,14 +364,14 @@ will then use PushState to change the URL to the correct one, preserving refresh semantics and giving you pretty URLs. The only thing you have to do to enable Turbolinks is have it in your Gemfile, -and put `//= require turbolinks` in your CoffeeScript manifest, which is usually +and put `//= require turbolinks` in your JavaScript manifest, which is usually `app/assets/javascripts/application.js`. -If you want to disable Turbolinks for certain links, add a `data-no-turbolink` +If you want to disable Turbolinks for certain links, add a `data-turbolinks="false"` attribute to the tag: ```html -<a href="..." data-no-turbolink>No turbolinks here</a>. +<a href="..." data-turbolinks="false">No turbolinks here</a>. ``` ### Page Change Events @@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ event that this relies on will not be fired. If you have code that looks like this, you must change your code to do this instead: ```coffeescript -$(document).on "page:change", -> +$(document).on "turbolinks:load", -> alert "page has loaded!" ``` For more details, including other events you can bind to, check out [the Turbolinks -README](https://github.com/rails/turbolinks/blob/master/README.md). +README](https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks/blob/master/README.md). Other Resources --------------- |