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diff --git a/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md b/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md index 5e82af5a15..fbb438ca70 100644 --- a/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/2_2_release_notes.md @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ development: * Lead Contributor: [Nick Sieger](http://blog.nicksieger.com/) * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Connection Pools](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-connection-pools) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Connection Pools](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-connection-pools) ### Hashes for Join Table Conditions @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Product.all(:joins => :photos, :conditions => { :photos => { :copyright => false ``` * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Join Table Conditions](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-easy-join-table-conditions) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Join Table Conditions](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-easy-join-table-conditions) ### New Dynamic Finders @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ This will enable recognition of (among others) these routes: * Lead Contributor: [S. Brent Faulkner](http://www.unwwwired.net/) * More information: * [Rails Routing from the Outside In](routing.html#nested-resources) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Shallow Routes](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-shallow-routes) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Shallow Routes](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-shallow-routes) ### Method Arrays for Member or Collection Routes @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Action Mailer Action Mailer now supports mailer layouts. You can make your HTML emails as pretty as your in-browser views by supplying an appropriately-named layout - for example, the `CustomerMailer` class expects to use `layouts/customer_mailer.html.erb`. * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Mailer Layouts](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-mailer-layouts) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Mailer Layouts](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/9/7/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-mailer-layouts) Action Mailer now offers built-in support for GMail's SMTP servers, by turning on STARTTLS automatically. This requires Ruby 1.8.7 to be installed. @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Other features of memoization include `unmemoize`, `unmemoize_all`, and `memoize * Lead Contributor: [Josh Peek](http://joshpeek.com/) * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Memoization](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/16/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-memoization) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Easy Memoization](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/7/16/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-memoization) * [Memo-what? A Guide to Memoization](http://www.railway.at/articles/2008/09/20/a-guide-to-memoization) ### each_with_object @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ You can unpack or install a single gem by specifying `GEM=_gem_name_` on the com * Lead Contributor: [Matt Jones](http://github.com/al2o3cr) * More information: - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Gem Dependencies](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/4/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-gem-dependencies) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Gem Dependencies](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/4/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-gem-dependencies) * [Rails 2.1.2 and 2.2RC1: Update Your RubyGems](http://afreshcup.com/2008/10/25/rails-212-and-22rc1-update-your-rubygems/) * [Detailed discussion on Lighthouse](http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/1128) diff --git a/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md b/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md index 0a62f34371..a9bde66e4b 100644 --- a/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/2_3_release_notes.md @@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ Order.scoped_by_customer_id(12).scoped_by_status("open") There's nothing to define to use dynamic scopes: they just work. * Lead Contributor: [Yaroslav Markin](http://evilmartians.com/) -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Dynamic Scope Methods](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/29/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-dynamic-scope-methods.) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Dynamic Scope Methods](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/29/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-dynamic-scope-methods.) ### Default Scopes Rails 2.3 will introduce the notion of _default scopes_ similar to named scopes, but applying to all named scopes or find methods within the model. For example, you can write `default_scope :order => 'name ASC'` and any time you retrieve records from that model they'll come out sorted by name (unless you override the option, of course). * Lead Contributor: Paweł Kondzior -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Default Scoping](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-default-scoping) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: Default Scoping](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-default-scoping) ### Batch Processing @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Note that you should only use this method for batch processing: for small number * More Information (at that point the convenience method was called just `each`): * [Rails 2.3: Batch Finding](http://afreshcup.com/2009/02/23/rails-23-batch-finding/) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Batched Find](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/23/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-batched-find) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Batched Find](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/23/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-batched-find) ### Multiple Conditions for Callbacks @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ If you're one of the people who has always been bothered by the special-case nam * More Information: * [The Death of Application.rb](http://afreshcup.com/2008/11/17/rails-2x-the-death-of-applicationrb/) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Application.rb Duality is no More](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/19/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-application-rb-duality-is-no-more) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Application.rb Duality is no More](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/19/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-application-rb-duality-is-no-more) ### HTTP Digest Authentication Support @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ end ``` * Lead Contributor: [Gregg Kellogg](http://www.kellogg-assoc.com/) -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: HTTP Digest Authentication](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/1/30/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-http-digest-authentication) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: HTTP Digest Authentication](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/1/30/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-http-digest-authentication) ### More Efficient Routing @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ You can write this view in Rails 2.3: * More Information: * [Nested Model Forms](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/1/26/nested-model-forms) * [complex-form-examples](http://github.com/alloy/complex-form-examples) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Nested Object Forms](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Nested Object Forms](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes) ### Smart Rendering of Partials @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ render @article render @articles ``` -* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: render Stops Being High-Maintenance](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/20/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-render-stops-being-high-maintenance) +* More Information: [What's New in Edge Rails: render Stops Being High-Maintenance](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/20/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-render-stops-being-high-maintenance) ### Prompts for Date Select Helpers @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ Rails Metal is a new mechanism that provides superfast endpoints inside of your * [Introducing Rails Metal](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/12/17/introducing-rails-metal) * [Rails Metal: a micro-framework with the power of Rails](http://soylentfoo.jnewland.com/articles/2008/12/16/rails-metal-a-micro-framework-with-the-power-of-rails-m) * [Metal: Super-fast Endpoints within your Rails Apps](http://www.railsinside.com/deployment/180-metal-super-fast-endpoints-within-your-rails-apps.html) - * [What's New in Edge Rails: Rails Metal](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-rails-metal) + * [What's New in Edge Rails: Rails Metal](http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/12/18/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-rails-metal) ### Application Templates @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ This will layer the changes from the template on top of whatever code the projec ### Quieter Backtraces -Building on Thoughtbot's [Quiet Backtrace](https://github.com/thoughtbot/quietbacktrace) plugin, which allows you to selectively remove lines from `Test::Unit` backtraces, Rails 2.3 implements `ActiveSupport::BacktraceCleaner` and `Rails::BacktraceCleaner` in core. This supports both filters (to perform regex-based substitutions on backtrace lines) and silencers (to remove backtrace lines entirely). Rails automatically adds silencers to get rid of the most common noise in a new application, and builds a `config/backtrace_silencers.rb` file to hold your own additions. This feature also enables prettier printing from any gem in the backtrace. +Building on thoughtbot's [Quiet Backtrace](https://github.com/thoughtbot/quietbacktrace) plugin, which allows you to selectively remove lines from `Test::Unit` backtraces, Rails 2.3 implements `ActiveSupport::BacktraceCleaner` and `Rails::BacktraceCleaner` in core. This supports both filters (to perform regex-based substitutions on backtrace lines) and silencers (to remove backtrace lines entirely). Rails automatically adds silencers to get rid of the most common noise in a new application, and builds a `config/backtrace_silencers.rb` file to hold your own additions. This feature also enables prettier printing from any gem in the backtrace. ### Faster Boot Time in Development Mode with Lazy Loading/Autoload diff --git a/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md index 696493a3cf..70b0e89799 100644 --- a/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.md @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ $ cd myapp ### Vendoring Gems -Rails now uses a `Gemfile` in the application root to determine the gems you require for your application to start. This `Gemfile` is processed by the [Bundler](http://github.com/carlhuda/bundler,) which then installs all your dependencies. It can even install all the dependencies locally to your application so that it doesn't depend on the system gems. +Rails now uses a `Gemfile` in the application root to determine the gems you require for your application to start. This `Gemfile` is processed by the [Bundler](http://github.com/bundler/bundler,) which then installs all your dependencies. It can even install all the dependencies locally to your application so that it doesn't depend on the system gems. More information: - [bundler homepage](http://bundler.io/) @@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ Railties now deprecates: More information: * [Discovering Rails 3 generators](http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2010/01/discovering-rails-3-generators) -* [Making Generators for Rails 3 with Thor](http://caffeinedd.com/guides/331-making-generators-for-rails-3-with-thor) * [The Rails Module (in Rails 3)](http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2010/02/03/the-rails-module/) Action Pack @@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ Deprecations: More Information: -* [Render Options in Rails 3](http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/render-options-in-rails-3/) +* [Render Options in Rails 3](https://blog.engineyard.com/2010/render-options-in-rails-3) * [Three reasons to love ActionController::Responder](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/8/31/three-reasons-love-responder) diff --git a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md index 5f14a5a3f9..17a738cf31 100644 --- a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md @@ -316,6 +316,13 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-view] for detailed changes. supported by I18n. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/20019)) +### Deprecations + +* Deprecated `datetime_field` and `datetime_field_tag` helpers. + Datetime input type was removed from HTML specification. + One can use `datetime_local_field` and `datetime_local_field_tag` instead. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/24385)) + ### Notable Changes * Changed the default template handler from `ERB` to `Raw`. @@ -588,9 +595,14 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes. * Added ActiveRecord `#second_to_last` and `#third_to_last` methods. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23583)) -* Added ability to annotate database objects (tables, columns, indexes) - with comments stored in database metadata for PostgreSQL & MySQL. - ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22911)) +* Added ability to annotate database objects (tables, columns, indexes) + with comments stored in database metadata for PostgreSQL & MySQL. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22911)) + +* Added prepared statements support to `mysql2` adapter, for mysql2 0.4.4+, + Previously this was only supported on the deprecated `mysql` legacy adapter. + To enable, set `prepared_statements: true` in config/database.yml. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23461)) Active Model ------------ @@ -650,11 +662,15 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-job] for detailed changes. ### Notable changes -* `ActiveJob::Base.deserialize` delegates to the job class. this allows jobs +* `ActiveJob::Base.deserialize` delegates to the job class. This allows jobs to attach arbitrary metadata when they get serialized and read it back when they get performed. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18260)) +* Add ability to configure the queue adapter on a per job basis without + affecting each other. + ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/16992)) + * A generated job now inherits from `app/jobs/application_job.rb` by default. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/19034)) diff --git a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md index 0c486bb96c..a4d9647057 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ client-server connection instance established per WebSocket connection. Connections form the foundation of the client-server relationship. For every WebSocket the cable server is accepting, a Connection object will be instantiated on the server side. -This instance becomes the parent of all the channel subscriptions that are created from there on. +This instance becomes the parent of all the channel subscriptions that are created from there on. The Connection itself does not deal with any specific application logic beyond authentication and authorization. The client of a WebSocket connection is called a consumer. An individual user will create one consumer-connection pair per browser tab, window, or device they have open. @@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ end ``` Here `identified_by` is a connection identifier that can be used to find the -specific connection later. Note that anything marked as an identifier will automatically +specific connection later. Note that anything marked as an identifier will automatically create a delegate by the same name on any channel instances created off the connection. This example relies on the fact that you will already have handled authentication of the user -somewhere else in your application, and that a successful authentication sets a signed -cookie with the `user_id`. +somewhere else in your application, and that a successful authentication sets a signed +cookie with the `user_id`. The cookie is then automatically sent to the connection instance when a new connection is attempted, and you use that to set the `current_user`. By identifying the connection @@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ or deauthorized). ### Channels A channel encapsulates a logical unit of work, similar to what a controller does in a -regular MVC setup. By default, Rails creates a parent `ApplicationCable::Channel` class -for encapsulating shared logic between your channels. +regular MVC setup. By default, Rails creates a parent `ApplicationCable::Channel` class +for encapsulating shared logic between your channels. #### Parent Channel Setup @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ established using the following Javascript, which is generated by default in Rai App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer() ``` -This will ready a consumer that'll connect against /cable on your server by default. +This will ready a consumer that'll connect against /cable on your server by default. The connection won't be established until you've also specified at least one subscription you're interested in having. @@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ If a consumer is not streaming (subscribed to a given channel), they'll not get the broadcast should they connect later. Broadcasts are called elsewhere in your Rails application: + ```ruby WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to current_user, title: 'New things!', body: 'All the news fit to print' ``` diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md index e9f6275e55..9a13e3bda7 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md @@ -472,6 +472,12 @@ NOTE: Only equality, range and subset checking are possible with Hash conditions Client.where(locked: true) ``` +This will generate SQL like this: + +```sql +SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.locked = 1) +``` + The field name can also be a string: ```ruby @@ -517,13 +523,17 @@ SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.orders_count IN (1,3,5)) ### NOT Conditions -`NOT` SQL queries can be built by `where.not`. +`NOT` SQL queries can be built by `where.not`: ```ruby -Article.where.not(author: author) +Client.where.not(locked: true) ``` -In other words, this query can be generated by calling `where` with no argument, then immediately chain with `not` passing `where` conditions. +In other words, this query can be generated by calling `where` with no argument, then immediately chain with `not` passing `where` conditions. This will generate SQL like this: + +```sql +SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.locked != 1) +``` Ordering -------- diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md index e50a24ce55..56a0767131 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_app.md +++ b/guides/source/api_app.md @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ To render debugging information preserving the response format, use the value `: config.debug_exception_response_format = :api ``` -By default, `config.debug_exception_response_format` is set to `:api`. +By default, `config.debug_exception_response_format` is set to `:api`, when `config.api_only` is set to true. Finally, inside `app/controllers/application_controller.rb`, instead of: diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md index cc3da47db9..93acebf000 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md @@ -1111,6 +1111,17 @@ effect on the application. Instead, setting `config.assets.css_compressor` and `config.assets.js_compressor` will control compression of CSS and JavaScript assets. + +### Serving GZipped version of assets + +By default, gzipped version of compiled assets will be generated, along +with the non-gzipped version of assets. Gzipped assets help reduce the transmission of +data over the wire. You can configure this by setting the `gzip` flag. + +```ruby +config.assets.gzip = false # disable gzipped assets generation +``` + ### Using Your Own Compressor The compressor config settings for CSS and JavaScript also take any object. diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md index 582b14e25f..87d023ef2a 100644 --- a/guides/source/configuring.md +++ b/guides/source/configuring.md @@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ application. Accepts a valid week day symbol (e.g. `:monday`). * `config.exceptions_app` sets the exceptions application invoked by the ShowException middleware when an exception happens. Defaults to `ActionDispatch::PublicExceptions.new(Rails.public_path)`. -* `config.debug_exception_response_format` sets the format used in responses when errors occur in development mode. +* `config.debug_exception_response_format` sets the format used in responses when errors occur in development mode. Defaults to `:api` for API only apps and `:default` for normal apps. * `config.file_watcher` is the class used to detect file updates in the file system when `config.reload_classes_only_on_change` is true. Rails ships with `ActiveSupport::FileUpdateChecker`, the default, and `ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker` (this one depends on the [listen](https://github.com/guard/listen) gem). Custom classes must conform to the `ActiveSupport::FileUpdateChecker` API. * `config.filter_parameters` used for filtering out the parameters that you don't want shown in the logs, such as passwords or credit card -numbers. New applications filter out passwords by adding the following `config.filter_parameters+=[:password]` in `config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`. Parameters filter works by partial matching regular expression. +numbers. By default, Rails filters out passwords by adding `Rails.application.config.filter_parameters += [:password]` in `config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`. Parameters filter works by partial matching regular expression. * `config.force_ssl` forces all requests to be served over HTTPS by using the `ActionDispatch::SSL` middleware, and sets `config.action_mailer.default_url_options` to be `{ protocol: 'https' }`. This can be configured by setting `config.ssl_options` - see the [ActionDispatch::SSL documentation](http://edgeapi.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/SSL.html) for details. @@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ defaults to `:debug` for all environments. The available log levels are: `:debug * `config.log_tags` accepts a list of: methods that the `request` object responds to, a `Proc` that accepts the `request` object, or something that responds to `to_s`. This makes it easy to tag log lines with debug information like subdomain and request id - both very helpful in debugging multi-user production applications. -* `config.logger` is the logger that will be used for `Rails.logger` and any related Rails logging such as `ActiveRecord::Base.logger`. It defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging` that wraps an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger` which outputs a log to the `log/` directory. You can supply a custom logger, to get full compatability you must follow these guidelines: - * To support a formatter you must manually assign a formatter from the `config.log_formatter` value to the logger. - * To support tagged loggs the log instance must be wrapped with `ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging`. - * To support silencing the logger must include `LoggerSilence` and `ActiveSupport::LoggerThreadSafeLevel` modules. The `ActiveSupport::Logger` class already includes these modules. +* `config.logger` is the logger that will be used for `Rails.logger` and any related Rails logging such as `ActiveRecord::Base.logger`. It defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging` that wraps an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger` which outputs a log to the `log/` directory. You can supply a custom logger, to get full compatibility you must follow these guidelines: + * To support a formatter, you must manually assign a formatter from the `config.log_formatter` value to the logger. + * To support tagged logs, the log instance must be wrapped with `ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging`. + * To support silencing, the logger must include `LoggerSilence` and `ActiveSupport::LoggerThreadSafeLevel` modules. The `ActiveSupport::Logger` class already includes these modules. ```ruby class MyLogger < ::Logger @@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ pipeline is enabled. It is set to true by default. * `config.assets.js_compressor` defines the JavaScript compressor to use. Possible values are `:closure`, `:uglifier` and `:yui` which require the use of the `closure-compiler`, `uglifier` or `yui-compressor` gems respectively. +* `config.assets.gzip` a flag that enables the creation of gzipped version of compiled assets, along with non-gzipped assets. Set to `true` by default. + * `config.assets.paths` contains the paths which are used to look for assets. Appending paths to this configuration option will cause those paths to be used in the search for assets. * `config.assets.precompile` allows you to specify additional assets (other than `application.css` and `application.js`) which are to be precompiled when `rake assets:precompile` is run. @@ -281,8 +283,8 @@ All these configuration options are delegated to the `I18n` library. * `config.active_record.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby Logger class, which is then passed on to any new database connections made. You can retrieve this logger by calling `logger` on either an Active Record model class or an Active Record model instance. Set to `nil` to disable logging. * `config.active_record.primary_key_prefix_type` lets you adjust the naming for primary key columns. By default, Rails assumes that primary key columns are named `id` (and this configuration option doesn't need to be set.) There are two other choices: - * `:table_name` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customerid` - * `:table_name_with_underscore` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customer_id` + * `:table_name` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customerid`. + * `:table_name_with_underscore` would make the primary key for the Customer class `customer_id`. * `config.active_record.table_name_prefix` lets you set a global string to be prepended to table names. If you set this to `northwest_`, then the Customer class will look for `northwest_customers` as its table. The default is an empty string. @@ -480,7 +482,7 @@ encrypted cookies salt value. Defaults to `'signed encrypted cookie'`. * `config.action_view.automatically_disable_submit_tag` determines whether submit_tag should automatically disable on click, this defaults to true. -* `config.action_view.debug_missing_translation` determins whether to wrap the missing translations key in a `<span>` tag or not. This defaults to true. +* `config.action_view.debug_missing_translation` determines whether to wrap the missing translations key in a `<span>` tag or not. This defaults to true. ### Configuring Action Mailer @@ -1023,110 +1025,110 @@ Because `Rails::Application` inherits from `Rails::Railtie` (indirectly), you ca Below is a comprehensive list of all the initializers found in Rails in the order that they are defined (and therefore run in, unless otherwise stated). -* `load_environment_hook` Serves as a placeholder so that `:load_environment_config` can be defined to run before it. +* `load_environment_hook`: Serves as a placeholder so that `:load_environment_config` can be defined to run before it. -* `load_active_support` Requires `active_support/dependencies` which sets up the basis for Active Support. Optionally requires `active_support/all` if `config.active_support.bare` is un-truthful, which is the default. +* `load_active_support`: Requires `active_support/dependencies` which sets up the basis for Active Support. Optionally requires `active_support/all` if `config.active_support.bare` is un-truthful, which is the default. -* `initialize_logger` Initializes the logger (an `ActiveSupport::Logger` object) for the application and makes it accessible at `Rails.logger`, provided that no initializer inserted before this point has defined `Rails.logger`. +* `initialize_logger`: Initializes the logger (an `ActiveSupport::Logger` object) for the application and makes it accessible at `Rails.logger`, provided that no initializer inserted before this point has defined `Rails.logger`. -* `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. +* `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` 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. +* `initialize_dependency_mechanism`: If `config.cache_classes` is true, configures `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.mechanism` to `require` dependencies rather than `load` them. -* `bootstrap_hook` Runs all configured `before_initialize` blocks. +* `bootstrap_hook`: Runs all configured `before_initialize` blocks. -* `i18n.callbacks` In the development environment, sets up a `to_prepare` callback which will call `I18n.reload!` if any of the locales have changed since the last request. In production mode this callback will only run on the first request. +* `i18n.callbacks`: In the development environment, sets up a `to_prepare` callback which will call `I18n.reload!` if any of the locales have changed since the last request. In production mode this callback will only run on the first request. -* `active_support.deprecation_behavior` Sets up deprecation reporting for environments, defaulting to `:log` for development, `:notify` for production and `:stderr` for test. If a value isn't set for `config.active_support.deprecation` then this initializer will prompt the user to configure this line in the current environment's `config/environments` file. Can be set to an array of values. +* `active_support.deprecation_behavior`: Sets up deprecation reporting for environments, defaulting to `:log` for development, `:notify` for production and `:stderr` for test. If a value isn't set for `config.active_support.deprecation` then this initializer will prompt the user to configure this line in the current environment's `config/environments` file. Can be set to an array of values. -* `active_support.initialize_time_zone` Sets the default time zone for the application based on the `config.time_zone` setting, which defaults to "UTC". +* `active_support.initialize_time_zone`: Sets the default time zone for the application based on the `config.time_zone` setting, which defaults to "UTC". -* `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.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. +* `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_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_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.assets_config` Initializes the `config.actions_controller.assets_dir` to the app's public directory if not explicitly configured +* `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.set_helpers_path`: Sets Action Controller's `helpers_path` to the application's `helpers_path`. -* `action_controller.parameters_config` Configures strong parameters options for `ActionController::Parameters` +* `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. +* `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. -* `action_controller.compile_config_methods` Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. +* `action_controller.compile_config_methods`: Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. -* `active_record.initialize_timezone` Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes` to true, as well as setting `ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone` to UTC. When attributes are read from the database, they will be converted into the time zone specified by `Time.zone`. +* `active_record.initialize_timezone`: Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes` to true, as well as setting `ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone` to UTC. When attributes are read from the database, they will be converted into the time zone specified by `Time.zone`. -* `active_record.logger` Sets `ActiveRecord::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. +* `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.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.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.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.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.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.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_reloader_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_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 - +* `active_job.logger`: Sets `ActiveJob::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. -* `active_job.set_configs` Sets up Active Job by using the settings in `config.active_job` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveJob::Base` and passing the values through. +* `active_job.set_configs`: Sets up Active Job by using the settings in `config.active_job` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActiveJob::Base` and passing the values through. -* `action_mailer.logger` Sets `ActionMailer::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. +* `action_mailer.logger`: Sets `ActionMailer::Base.logger` - if it's not already set - to `Rails.logger`. -* `action_mailer.set_configs` Sets up Action Mailer by using the settings in `config.action_mailer` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionMailer::Base` and passing the values through. +* `action_mailer.set_configs`: Sets up Action Mailer by using the settings in `config.action_mailer` by `send`'ing the method names as setters to `ActionMailer::Base` and passing the values through. -* `action_mailer.compile_config_methods` Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. +* `action_mailer.compile_config_methods`: Initializes methods for the config settings specified so that they are quicker to access. -* `set_load_path` This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds paths specified by `config.load_paths` and all autoload paths to `$LOAD_PATH`. +* `set_load_path`: This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds paths specified by `config.load_paths` and all autoload paths to `$LOAD_PATH`. -* `set_autoload_paths` This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds all sub-directories of `app` and paths specified by `config.autoload_paths`, `config.eager_load_paths` and `config.autoload_once_paths` to `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths`. +* `set_autoload_paths`: This initializer runs before `bootstrap_hook`. Adds all sub-directories of `app` and paths specified by `config.autoload_paths`, `config.eager_load_paths` and `config.autoload_once_paths` to `ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths`. -* `add_routing_paths` Loads (by default) all `config/routes.rb` files (in the application and railties, including engines) and sets up the routes for the application. +* `add_routing_paths`: Loads (by default) all `config/routes.rb` files (in the application and railties, including engines) and sets up the routes for the application. -* `add_locales` Adds the files in `config/locales` (from the application, railties and engines) to `I18n.load_path`, making available the translations in these files. +* `add_locales`: Adds the files in `config/locales` (from the application, railties and engines) to `I18n.load_path`, making available the translations in these files. -* `add_view_paths` Adds the directory `app/views` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for view files for the application. +* `add_view_paths`: Adds the directory `app/views` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for view files for the application. -* `load_environment_config` Loads the `config/environments` file for the current environment. +* `load_environment_config`: Loads the `config/environments` file for the current environment. -* `prepend_helpers_path` Adds the directory `app/helpers` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for helpers for the application. +* `prepend_helpers_path`: Adds the directory `app/helpers` from the application, railties and engines to the lookup path for helpers for the application. -* `load_config_initializers` Loads all Ruby files from `config/initializers` in the application, railties and engines. The files in this directory can be used to hold configuration settings that should be made after all of the frameworks are loaded. +* `load_config_initializers`: Loads all Ruby files from `config/initializers` in the application, railties and engines. The files in this directory can be used to hold configuration settings that should be made after all of the frameworks are loaded. -* `engines_blank_point` Provides a point-in-initialization to hook into if you wish to do anything before engines are loaded. After this point, all railtie and engine initializers are run. +* `engines_blank_point`: Provides a point-in-initialization to hook into if you wish to do anything before engines are loaded. After this point, all railtie and engine initializers are run. -* `add_generator_templates` Finds templates for generators at `lib/templates` for the application, railties and engines and adds these to the `config.generators.templates` setting, which will make the templates available for all generators to reference. +* `add_generator_templates`: Finds templates for generators at `lib/templates` for the application, railties and engines and adds these to the `config.generators.templates` setting, which will make the templates available for all generators to reference. -* `ensure_autoload_once_paths_as_subset` Ensures that the `config.autoload_once_paths` only contains paths from `config.autoload_paths`. If it contains extra paths, then an exception will be raised. +* `ensure_autoload_once_paths_as_subset`: Ensures that the `config.autoload_once_paths` only contains paths from `config.autoload_paths`. If it contains extra paths, then an exception will be raised. -* `add_to_prepare_blocks` The block for every `config.to_prepare` call in the application, a railtie or engine is added to the `to_prepare` callbacks for Action Dispatch which will be run per request in development, or before the first request in production. +* `add_to_prepare_blocks`: The block for every `config.to_prepare` call in the application, a railtie or engine is added to the `to_prepare` callbacks for Action Dispatch which will be run per request in development, or before the first request in production. -* `add_builtin_route` If the application is running under the development environment then this will append the route for `rails/info/properties` to the application routes. This route provides the detailed information such as Rails and Ruby version for `public/index.html` in a default Rails application. +* `add_builtin_route`: If the application is running under the development environment then this will append the route for `rails/info/properties` to the application routes. This route provides the detailed information such as Rails and Ruby version for `public/index.html` in a default Rails application. -* `build_middleware_stack` Builds the middleware stack for the application, returning an object which has a `call` method which takes a Rack environment object for the request. +* `build_middleware_stack`: Builds the middleware stack for the application, returning an object which has a `call` method which takes a Rack environment object for the request. -* `eager_load!` If `config.eager_load` is true, runs the `config.before_eager_load` hooks and then calls `eager_load!` which will load all `config.eager_load_namespaces`. +* `eager_load!`: If `config.eager_load` is true, runs the `config.before_eager_load` hooks and then calls `eager_load!` which will load all `config.eager_load_namespaces`. -* `finisher_hook` Provides a hook for after the initialization of process of the application is complete, as well as running all the `config.after_initialize` blocks for the application, railties and engines. +* `finisher_hook`: Provides a hook for after the initialization of process of the application is complete, as well as running all the `config.after_initialize` blocks for the application, railties and engines. -* `set_routes_reloader` Configures Action Dispatch to reload the routes file using `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.to_prepare`. +* `set_routes_reloader`: Configures Action Dispatch to reload the routes file using `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.to_prepare`. -* `disable_dependency_loading` Disables the automatic dependency loading if the `config.eager_load` is set to true. +* `disable_dependency_loading`: Disables the automatic dependency loading if the `config.eager_load` is set to true. Database pooling ---------------- diff --git a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md index 877c87e9fa..f0d0f9753a 100644 --- a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md +++ b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md @@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ is your best companion. The debugger can also help you if you want to learn about the Rails source code but don't know where to start. Just debug any request to your application and -use this guide to learn how to move from the code you have written into the underlying Rails code. +use this guide to learn how to move from the code you have written into the +underlying Rails code. ### Setup @@ -315,13 +316,11 @@ For example: => Rails 5.0.0 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000 => Run `rails server -h` for more startup options Puma starting in single mode... -* Version 3.0.2 (ruby 2.3.0-p0), codename: Plethora of Penguin Pinatas +* Version 3.4.0 (ruby 2.3.1-p112), codename: Owl Bowl Brawl * Min threads: 5, max threads: 5 * Environment: development * Listening on tcp://localhost:3000 Use Ctrl-C to stop - - Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-04-11 13:11:48 +0200 ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration Load (0.2ms) SELECT "schema_migrations".* FROM "schema_migrations" Processing by ArticlesController#index as HTML @@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ Processing by ArticlesController#index as HTML 10: respond_to do |format| 11: format.html # index.html.erb 12: format.json { render json: @articles } - (byebug) ``` @@ -347,11 +345,45 @@ by asking the debugger for help. Type: `help` ``` (byebug) help - h[elp][ <cmd>[ <subcmd>]] + break -- Sets breakpoints in the source code + catch -- Handles exception catchpoints + condition -- Sets conditions on breakpoints + continue -- Runs until program ends, hits a breakpoint or reaches a line + debug -- Spawns a subdebugger + delete -- Deletes breakpoints + disable -- Disables breakpoints or displays + display -- Evaluates expressions every time the debugger stops + down -- Moves to a lower frame in the stack trace + edit -- Edits source files + enable -- Enables breakpoints or displays + finish -- Runs the program until frame returns + frame -- Moves to a frame in the call stack + help -- Helps you using byebug + history -- Shows byebug's history of commands + info -- Shows several informations about the program being debugged + interrupt -- Interrupts the program + irb -- Starts an IRB session + kill -- Sends a signal to the current process + list -- Lists lines of source code + method -- Shows methods of an object, class or module + next -- Runs one or more lines of code + pry -- Starts a Pry session + quit -- Exits byebug + restart -- Restarts the debugged program + save -- Saves current byebug session to a file + set -- Modifies byebug settings + show -- Shows byebug settings + source -- Restores a previously saved byebug session + step -- Steps into blocks or methods one or more times + thread -- Commands to manipulate threads + tracevar -- Enables tracing of a global variable + undisplay -- Stops displaying all or some expressions when program stops + untracevar -- Stops tracing a global variable + up -- Moves to a higher frame in the stack trace + var -- Shows variables and its values + where -- Displays the backtrace - help -- prints this help. - help <cmd> -- prints help on command <cmd>. - help <cmd> <subcmd> -- prints help on <cmd>'s subcommand <subcmd>. +(byebug) ``` To see the previous ten lines you should type `list-` (or `l-`). @@ -370,12 +402,11 @@ To see the previous ten lines you should type `list-` (or `l-`). 8 @articles = Article.find_recent 9 10 respond_to do |format| - ``` -This way you can move inside the file and see the code above -the line where you added the `byebug` call. Finally, to see where you are in -the code again you can type `list=` +This way you can move inside the file and see the code above the line where you +added the `byebug` call. Finally, to see where you are in the code again you can +type `list=` ``` (byebug) list= @@ -391,7 +422,6 @@ the code again you can type `list=` 10: respond_to do |format| 11: format.html # index.html.erb 12: format.json { render json: @articles } - (byebug) ``` @@ -413,46 +443,45 @@ then `backtrace` will supply the answer. ``` (byebug) where --> #0 ArticlesController.index - at /PathTo/project/test_app/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:8 - #1 ActionController::ImplicitRender.send_action(method#String, *args#Array) - at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb:4 + at /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:8 + #1 ActionController::BasicImplicitRender.send_action(method#String, *args#Array) + at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:4 #2 AbstractController::Base.process_action(action#NilClass, *args#Array) - at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:189 - #3 ActionController::Rendering.process_action(action#NilClass, *args#NilClass) - at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:10 + at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:181 + #3 ActionController::Rendering.process_action(action, *args) + at /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30 ... ``` The current frame is marked with `-->`. You can move anywhere you want in this -trace (thus changing the context) by using the `frame _n_` command, where _n_ is +trace (thus changing the context) by using the `frame n` command, where _n_ is the specified frame number. If you do that, `byebug` will display your new context. ``` (byebug) frame 2 -[184, 193] in /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb - 184: # is the intended way to override action dispatching. - 185: # - 186: # Notice that the first argument is the method to be dispatched - 187: # which is *not* necessarily the same as the action name. - 188: def process_action(method_name, *args) -=> 189: send_action(method_name, *args) - 190: end - 191: - 192: # Actually call the method associated with the action. Override - 193: # this method if you wish to change how action methods are called, - +[176, 185] in /PathToGems/actionpack-5.0.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb + 176: # is the intended way to override action dispatching. + 177: # + 178: # Notice that the first argument is the method to be dispatched + 179: # which is *not* necessarily the same as the action name. + 180: def process_action(method_name, *args) +=> 181: send_action(method_name, *args) + 182: end + 183: + 184: # Actually call the method associated with the action. Override + 185: # this method if you wish to change how action methods are called, (byebug) ``` The available variables are the same as if you were running the code line by line. After all, that's what debugging is. -You can also use `up [n]` (`u` for abbreviated) and `down [n]` commands in order -to change the context _n_ frames up or down the stack respectively. _n_ defaults -to one. Up in this case is towards higher-numbered stack frames, and down is -towards lower-numbered stack frames. +You can also use `up [n]` and `down [n]` commands in order to change the context +_n_ frames up or down the stack respectively. _n_ defaults to one. Up in this +case is towards higher-numbered stack frames, and down is towards lower-numbered +stack frames. ### Threads @@ -461,11 +490,11 @@ the `thread` command (or the abbreviated `th`). This command has a handful of options: * `thread`: shows the current thread. -* `thread list`: is used to list all threads and their statuses. The plus + -character and the number indicates the current thread of execution. -* `thread stop _n_`: stop thread _n_. -* `thread resume _n_`: resumes thread _n_. -* `thread switch _n_`: switches the current thread context to _n_. +* `thread list`: is used to list all threads and their statuses. The current +thread is marked with a plus (+) sign. +* `thread stop n`: stops thread _n_. +* `thread resume n`: resumes thread _n_. +* `thread switch n`: switches the current thread context to _n_. This command is very helpful when you are debugging concurrent threads and need to verify that there are no race conditions in your code. @@ -492,9 +521,9 @@ current context: 12: format.json { render json: @articles } (byebug) instance_variables -[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_headers, :@_status, :@_request, - :@_response, :@_prefixes, :@_lookup_context, :@_action_name, - :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, :@_config] +[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_request, :@_response, :@_lookup_context, + :@_action_name, :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, + :@_config] ``` As you may have figured out, all of the variables that you can access from a @@ -504,6 +533,7 @@ command later in this guide). ``` (byebug) next + [5, 14] in /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb 5 # GET /articles.json 6 def index @@ -523,29 +553,35 @@ And then ask again for the instance_variables: ``` (byebug) instance_variables -[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_headers, :@_status, :@_request, - :@_response, :@_prefixes, :@_lookup_context, :@_action_name, - :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, :@_config, - :@articles] +[:@_action_has_layout, :@_routes, :@_request, :@_response, :@_lookup_context, + :@_action_name, :@_response_body, :@marked_for_same_origin_verification, + :@_config, :@articles] ``` -Now `@articles` is included in the instance variables, because the line defining it -was executed. +Now `@articles` is included in the instance variables, because the line defining +it was executed. TIP: You can also step into **irb** mode with the command `irb` (of course!). -This will start an irb session within the context you invoked it. But -be warned: this is an experimental feature. +This will start an irb session within the context you invoked it. The `var` method is the most convenient way to show variables and their values. Let's have `byebug` help us with it. ``` (byebug) help var -v[ar] cl[ass] show class variables of self -v[ar] const <object> show constants of object -v[ar] g[lobal] show global variables -v[ar] i[nstance] <object> show instance variables of object -v[ar] l[ocal] show local variables + + [v]ar <subcommand> + + Shows variables and its values + + + var all -- Shows local, global and instance variables of self. + var args -- Information about arguments of the current scope + var const -- Shows constants of an object. + var global -- Shows global variables. + var instance -- Shows instance variables of self or a specific object. + var local -- Shows local variables in current scope. + ``` This is a great way to inspect the values of the current context variables. For @@ -563,16 +599,17 @@ You can also inspect for an object method this way: @_start_transaction_state = {} @aggregation_cache = {} @association_cache = {} -@attributes = {"id"=>nil, "created_at"=>nil, "updated_at"=>nil} -@attributes_cache = {} -@changed_attributes = nil -... +@attributes = #<ActiveRecord::AttributeSet:0x007fd0682a9b18 @attributes={"id"=>#<ActiveRecord::Attribute::FromDatabase:0x007fd0682a9a00 @name="id", @value_be... +@destroyed = false +@destroyed_by_association = nil +@marked_for_destruction = false +@new_record = true +@readonly = false +@transaction_state = nil +@txn = nil ``` -TIP: The commands `p` (print) and `pp` (pretty print) can be used to evaluate -Ruby expressions and display the value of variables to the console. - -You can use also `display` to start watching variables. This is a good way of +You can also use `display` to start watching variables. This is a good way of tracking the values of a variable while the execution goes on. ``` @@ -581,7 +618,7 @@ tracking the values of a variable while the execution goes on. ``` The variables inside the displayed list will be printed with their values after -you move in the stack. To stop displaying a variable use `undisplay _n_` where +you move in the stack. To stop displaying a variable use `undisplay n` where _n_ is the variable number (1 in the last example). ### Step by Step @@ -591,32 +628,23 @@ available variables. But let's continue and move on with the application execution. Use `step` (abbreviated `s`) to continue running your program until the next -logical stopping point and return control to the debugger. - -You may also use `next` which is similar to step, but function or method calls -that appear within the line of code are executed without stopping. - -TIP: You can also use `step n` or `next n` to move forwards `n` steps at once. - -The difference between `next` and `step` is that `step` stops at the next line -of code executed, doing just a single step, while `next` moves to the next line -without descending inside methods. +logical stopping point and return control to the debugger. `next` is similar to +`step`, but while `step` stops at the next line of code executed, doing just a +single step, `next` moves to the next line without descending inside methods. For example, consider the following situation: -```ruby +``` Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-04-11 13:39:23 +0200 Processing by ArticlesController#index as HTML -[1, 8] in /home/davidr/Proyectos/test_app/app/models/article.rb +[1, 6] in /PathToProject/app/models/article.rb 1: class Article < ApplicationRecord - 2: - 3: def self.find_recent(limit = 10) - 4: byebug -=> 5: where('created_at > ?', 1.week.ago).limit(limit) - 6: end - 7: - 8: end + 2: def self.find_recent(limit = 10) + 3: byebug +=> 4: where('created_at > ?', 1.week.ago).limit(limit) + 5: end + 6: end (byebug) ``` @@ -628,11 +656,7 @@ method. ``` (byebug) next - -Next advances to the next line (line 6: `end`), which returns to the next line -of the caller method: - -[4, 13] in /PathTo/project/test_app/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb +[4, 13] in /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb 4: # GET /articles 5: # GET /articles.json 6: def index @@ -653,23 +677,24 @@ Ruby instruction to be executed -- in this case, Active Support's `week` method. ``` (byebug) step -[50, 59] in /PathToGems/activesupport-5.0.0/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb - 50: ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 24.hours, [[:days, self]]) - 51: end - 52: alias :day :days - 53: - 54: def weeks -=> 55: ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 7.days, [[:days, self * 7]]) - 56: end - 57: alias :week :weeks - 58: - 59: def fortnights - +[49, 58] in /PathToGems/activesupport-5.0.0/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb + 49: + 50: # Returns a Duration instance matching the number of weeks provided. + 51: # + 52: # 2.weeks # => 14 days + 53: def weeks +=> 54: ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 7.days, [[:days, self * 7]]) + 55: end + 56: alias :week :weeks + 57: + 58: # Returns a Duration instance matching the number of fortnights provided. (byebug) ``` This is one of the best ways to find bugs in your code. +TIP: You can also use `step n` or `next n` to move forward `n` steps at once. + ### Breakpoints A breakpoint makes your application stop whenever a certain point in the program @@ -678,19 +703,18 @@ is reached. The debugger shell is invoked in that line. You can add breakpoints dynamically with the command `break` (or just `b`). There are 3 possible ways of adding breakpoints manually: -* `break line`: set breakpoint in the _line_ in the current source file. -* `break file:line [if expression]`: set breakpoint in the _line_ number inside -the _file_. If an _expression_ is given it must evaluated to _true_ to fire up -the debugger. +* `break n`: set breakpoint in line number _n_ in the current source file. +* `break file:n [if expression]`: set breakpoint in line number _n_ inside +file named _file_. If an _expression_ is given it must evaluated to _true_ to +fire up the debugger. * `break class(.|\#)method [if expression]`: set breakpoint in _method_ (. and \# for class and instance method respectively) defined in _class_. The -_expression_ works the same way as with file:line. - +_expression_ works the same way as with file:n. For example, in the previous situation ``` -[4, 13] in /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb +[4, 13] in /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb 4: # GET /articles 5: # GET /articles.json 6: def index @@ -703,20 +727,20 @@ For example, in the previous situation 13: end (byebug) break 11 -Created breakpoint 1 at /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:11 +Successfully created breakpoint with id 1 ``` -Use `info breakpoints _n_` or `info break _n_` to list breakpoints. If you -supply a number, it lists that breakpoint. Otherwise it lists all breakpoints. +Use `info breakpoints` to list breakpoints. If you supply a number, it lists +that breakpoint. Otherwise it lists all breakpoints. ``` (byebug) info breakpoints Num Enb What -1 y at /PathTo/project/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:11 +1 y at /PathToProject/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:11 ``` -To delete breakpoints: use the command `delete _n_` to remove the breakpoint +To delete breakpoints: use the command `delete n` to remove the breakpoint number _n_. If no number is specified, it deletes all breakpoints that are currently active. @@ -728,10 +752,11 @@ No breakpoints. You can also enable or disable breakpoints: -* `enable breakpoints`: allow a _breakpoints_ list or all of them if no list is -specified, to stop your program. This is the default state when you create a +* `enable breakpoints [n [m [...]]]`: allows a specific breakpoint list or all +breakpoints to stop your program. This is the default state when you create a breakpoint. -* `disable breakpoints`: the _breakpoints_ will have no effect on your program. +* `disable breakpoints [n [m [...]]]`: make certain (or all) breakpoints have +no effect on your program. ### Catching Exceptions @@ -746,24 +771,22 @@ To list all active catchpoints use `catch`. There are two ways to resume execution of an application that is stopped in the debugger: -* `continue [line-specification]` \(or `c`): resume program execution, at the -address where your script last stopped; any breakpoints set at that address are -bypassed. The optional argument line-specification allows you to specify a line -number to set a one-time breakpoint which is deleted when that breakpoint is -reached. -* `finish [frame-number]` \(or `fin`): execute until the selected stack frame -returns. If no frame number is given, the application will run until the -currently selected frame returns. The currently selected frame starts out the -most-recent frame or 0 if no frame positioning (e.g up, down or frame) has been -performed. If a frame number is given it will run until the specified frame -returns. +* `continue [n]`: resumes program execution at the address where your script last +stopped; any breakpoints set at that address are bypassed. The optional argument +`n` allows you to specify a line number to set a one-time breakpoint which is +deleted when that breakpoint is reached. +* `finish [n]`: execute until the selected stack frame returns. If no frame +number is given, the application will run until the currently selected frame +returns. The currently selected frame starts out the most-recent frame or 0 if +no frame positioning (e.g up, down or frame) has been performed. If a frame +number is given it will run until the specified frame returns. ### Editing Two commands allow you to open code from the debugger into an editor: -* `edit [file:line]`: edit _file_ using the editor specified by the EDITOR -environment variable. A specific _line_ can also be given. +* `edit [file:n]`: edit file named _file_ using the editor specified by the +EDITOR environment variable. A specific line _n_ can also be given. ### Quitting @@ -777,21 +800,43 @@ will be stopped and you will have to start it again. `byebug` has a few available options to tweak its behavior: -* `set autoreload`: Reload source code when changed (defaults: true). -* `set autolist`: Execute `list` command on every breakpoint (defaults: true). -* `set listsize _n_`: Set number of source lines to list by default to _n_ -(defaults: 10) -* `set forcestep`: Make sure the `next` and `step` commands always move to a new -line. +``` +(byebug) help set + + set <setting> <value> + + Modifies byebug settings -You can see the full list by using `help set`. Use `help set _subcommand_` to -learn about a particular `set` command. + Boolean values take "on", "off", "true", "false", "1" or "0". If you + don't specify a value, the boolean setting will be enabled. Conversely, + you can use "set no<setting>" to disable them. + + You can see these environment settings with the "show" command. + + List of supported settings: + + autosave -- Automatically save command history record on exit + autolist -- Invoke list command on every stop + width -- Number of characters per line in byebug's output + autoirb -- Invoke IRB on every stop + basename -- <file>:<line> information after every stop uses short paths + linetrace -- Enable line execution tracing + autopry -- Invoke Pry on every stop + stack_on_error -- Display stack trace when `eval` raises an exception + fullpath -- Display full file names in backtraces + histfile -- File where cmd history is saved to. Default: ./.byebug_history + listsize -- Set number of source lines to list by default + post_mortem -- Enable/disable post-mortem mode + callstyle -- Set how you want method call parameters to be displayed + histsize -- Maximum number of commands that can be stored in byebug history + savefile -- File where settings are saved to. Default: ~/.byebug_save +``` TIP: You can save these settings in an `.byebugrc` file in your home directory. The debugger reads these global settings when it starts. For example: ```bash -set forcestep +set callstyle short set listsize 25 ``` diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index ae631ae58d..13b4763b6f 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ Ruby) which is processed by the request cycle in Rails before being sent to the user. To create a new controller, you will need to run the "controller" generator and -tell it you want a controller called "welcome" with an action called "index", +tell it you want a controller called "Welcome" with an action called "index", just like this: ```bash -$ bin/rails generate controller welcome index +$ bin/rails generate controller Welcome index ``` Rails will create several files and a route for you. @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ end application to the welcome controller's index action and `get 'welcome/index'` tells Rails to map requests to <http://localhost:3000/welcome/index> to the welcome controller's index action. This was created earlier when you ran the -controller generator (`bin/rails generate controller welcome index`). +controller generator (`bin/rails generate controller Welcome index`). Launch the web server again if you stopped it to generate the controller (`bin/rails server`) and navigate to <http://localhost:3000> in your browser. You'll see the @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ a controller called `ArticlesController`. You can do this by running this command: ```bash -$ bin/rails generate controller articles +$ bin/rails generate controller Articles ``` If you open up the newly generated `app/controllers/articles_controller.rb` diff --git a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md index 34cfb742a4..59eddb6302 100644 --- a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ When changing Rails versions, it's best to move slowly, one minor version at a t 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 +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 task mentioned below to update configuration files, then run your tests. @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Rails generally stays close to the latest released Ruby version when it's releas TIP: Ruby 1.8.7 p248 and p249 have marshaling bugs that crash Rails. Ruby Enterprise Edition has these fixed since the release of 1.8.7-2010.02. On the 1.9 front, Ruby 1.9.1 is not usable because it outright segfaults, so if you want to use 1.9.x, jump straight to 1.9.3 for smooth sailing. -### The Task +### The Update Task Rails provides the `app:update` task (`rails:update` on 4.2 and earlier). After updating the Rails version in the Gemfile, run this task. |