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-rw-r--r--guides/source/action_controller_overview.md2
-rw-r--r--guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md33
-rw-r--r--guides/source/action_view_overview.md84
-rw-r--r--guides/source/active_record_querying.md18
-rw-r--r--guides/source/active_record_validations.md52
-rw-r--r--guides/source/association_basics.md17
-rw-r--r--guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md4
-rw-r--r--guides/source/configuring.md18
-rw-r--r--guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md10
-rw-r--r--guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md54
-rw-r--r--guides/source/i18n.md5
-rw-r--r--guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md34
-rw-r--r--guides/source/testing.md3
-rw-r--r--guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md28
14 files changed, 227 insertions, 135 deletions
diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
index 80000baf66..f68179841e 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ You can choose not to yield and build the response yourself, in which case the a
While the most common way to use filters is by creating private methods and using *_action to add them, there are two other ways to do the same thing.
-The first is to use a block directly with the *_action methods. The block receives the controller as an argument, and the `require_login` filter from above could be rewritten to use a block:
+The first is to use a block directly with the *\_action methods. The block receives the controller as an argument, and the `require_login` filter from above could be rewritten to use a block:
```ruby
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
diff --git a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md
index e55ff16495..73b240ff2c 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md
@@ -442,6 +442,39 @@ end
Will render the HTML part using the `my_layout.html.erb` file and the text part
with the usual `user_mailer.text.erb` file if it exists.
+### Previewing Emails
+
+Action Mailer previews provide a way to see how emails look by visiting a
+special URL that renders them. In the above example, the preview class for
+`UserMailer` should be named `UserMailerPreview` and located in
+`test/mailers/previews/user_mailer_preview.rb`. To see the preview of
+`welcome_email`, implement a method that has the same name and call
+`UserMailer.welcome_email`:
+
+```ruby
+class UserMailerPreview < ActionMailer::Preview
+ def welcome_email
+ UserMailer.welcome_email(User.first)
+ end
+end
+```
+
+Then the preview will be available in <http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers/user_mailer/welcome_email>.
+
+If you change something in `app/views/user_mailer/welcome_email.html.erb`
+or the mailer itself, it'll automatically reload and render it so you can
+visually see the new style instantly. A list of previews are also available
+in <http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers>.
+
+By default, these preview classes live in `test/mailers/previews`.
+This can be configured using the `preview_path` option. For example, if you
+want to change it to `lib/mailer_previews`, you can configure it in
+`config/application.rb`:
+
+```ruby
+config.action_mailer.preview_path = "#{Rails.root}/lib/mailer_previews"
+```
+
### Generating URLs in Action Mailer Views
Unlike controllers, the mailer instance doesn't have any context about the
diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md
index fa6d85a3ee..8f6676dc65 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ Here, the `_ad_banner.html.erb` and `_footer.html.erb` partials could contain co
#### `render` without `partial` and `locals` options
-In the above example, `render` takes 2 options: `partial` and `locals`. But if these are the only options you want to pass, you can skip using these options. For example, instead of:
+In the above example, `render` takes 2 options: `partial` and `locals`. But if
+these are the only options you want to pass, you can skip using these options.
+For example, instead of:
```erb
<%= render partial: "product", locals: {product: @product} %>
@@ -204,7 +206,6 @@ You can also do:
<%= render "product", product: @product %>
```
-
#### The `as` and `object` options
By default `ActionView::Partials::PartialRenderer` has its object in a local variable with the same name as the template. So, given:
@@ -364,83 +365,6 @@ WIP: Not all the helpers are listed here. For a full list see the [API documenta
The following is only a brief overview summary of the helpers available in Action View. It's recommended that you review the [API Documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers.html), which covers all of the helpers in more detail, but this should serve as a good starting point.
-### RecordTagHelper
-
-This module provides methods for generating container tags, such as `div`, for your record. This is the recommended way of creating a container for render your Active Record object, as it adds an appropriate class and id attributes to that container. You can then refer to those containers easily by following the convention, instead of having to think about which class or id attribute you should use.
-
-#### content_tag_for
-
-Renders a container tag that relates to your Active Record Object.
-
-For example, given `@article` is the object of `Article` class, you can do:
-
-```html+erb
-<%= content_tag_for(:tr, @article) do %>
- <td><%= @article.title %></td>
-<% end %>
-```
-
-This will generate this HTML output:
-
-```html
-<tr id="article_1234" class="article">
- <td>Hello World!</td>
-</tr>
-```
-
-You can also supply HTML attributes as an additional option hash. For example:
-
-```html+erb
-<%= content_tag_for(:tr, @article, class: "frontpage") do %>
- <td><%= @article.title %></td>
-<% end %>
-```
-
-Will generate this HTML output:
-
-```html
-<tr id="article_1234" class="article frontpage">
- <td>Hello World!</td>
-</tr>
-```
-
-You can pass a collection of Active Record objects. This method will loop through your objects and create a container for each of them. For example, given `@articles` is an array of two `Article` objects:
-
-```html+erb
-<%= content_tag_for(:tr, @articles) do |article| %>
- <td><%= article.title %></td>
-<% end %>
-```
-
-Will generate this HTML output:
-
-```html
-<tr id="article_1234" class="article">
- <td>Hello World!</td>
-</tr>
-<tr id="article_1235" class="article">
- <td>Ruby on Rails Rocks!</td>
-</tr>
-```
-
-#### div_for
-
-This is actually a convenient method which calls `content_tag_for` internally with `:div` as the tag name. You can pass either an Active Record object or a collection of objects. For example:
-
-```html+erb
-<%= div_for(@article, class: "frontpage") do %>
- <td><%= @article.title %></td>
-<% end %>
-```
-
-Will generate this HTML output:
-
-```html
-<div id="article_1234" class="article frontpage">
- <td>Hello World!</td>
-</div>
-```
-
### AssetTagHelper
This module provides methods for generating HTML that links views to assets such as images, JavaScript files, stylesheets, and feeds.
@@ -1616,7 +1540,7 @@ details can be found in the [Rails Security Guide](security.html#cross-site-requ
Localized Views
---------------
-Action View has the ability render different templates depending on the current locale.
+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.
diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
index c5ca848753..ad5103da69 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ end
The `find_each` method accepts most of the options allowed by the regular `find` method, except for `:order` and `:limit`, which are reserved for internal use by `find_each`.
-Two additional options, `:batch_size` and `:start`, are available as well.
+Two additional options, `:batch_size` and `:begin_at`, are available as well.
**`:batch_size`**
@@ -329,29 +329,29 @@ User.find_each(batch_size: 5000) do |user|
end
```
-**`:start`**
+**`:begin_at`**
-By default, records are fetched in ascending order of the primary key, which must be an integer. The `:start` option allows you to configure the first ID of the sequence whenever the lowest ID is not the one you need. This would be useful, for example, if you wanted to resume an interrupted batch process, provided you saved the last processed ID as a checkpoint.
+By default, records are fetched in ascending order of the primary key, which must be an integer. The `:begin_at` option allows you to configure the first ID of the sequence whenever the lowest ID is not the one you need. This would be useful, for example, if you wanted to resume an interrupted batch process, provided you saved the last processed ID as a checkpoint.
For example, to send newsletters only to users with the primary key starting from 2000, and to retrieve them in batches of 5000:
```ruby
-User.find_each(start: 2000, batch_size: 5000) do |user|
+User.find_each(begin_at: 2000, batch_size: 5000) do |user|
NewsMailer.weekly(user).deliver_now
end
```
-Another example would be if you wanted multiple workers handling the same processing queue. You could have each worker handle 10000 records by setting the appropriate `:start` option on each worker.
+Another example would be if you wanted multiple workers handling the same processing queue. You could have each worker handle 10000 records by setting the appropriate `:begin_at` option on each worker.
**`:end_at`**
-Similar to the `:start` option, `:end_at` allows you to configure the last ID of the sequence whenever the highest ID is not the one you need.
-This would be useful, for example, if you wanted to run a batch process, using a subset of records based on `:start` and `:end_at`
+Similar to the `:begin_at` option, `:end_at` allows you to configure the last ID of the sequence whenever the highest ID is not the one you need.
+This would be useful, for example, if you wanted to run a batch process, using a subset of records based on `:begin_at` and `:end_at`
For example, to send newsletters only to users with the primary key starting from 2000 upto 10000 and to retrieve them in batches of 1000:
```ruby
-User.find_each(start: 2000, end_at: 10000, batch_size: 5000) do |user|
+User.find_each(begin_at: 2000, end_at: 10000, batch_size: 5000) do |user|
NewsMailer.weekly(user).deliver_now
end
```
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ end
##### Options for `find_in_batches`
-The `find_in_batches` method accepts the same `:batch_size`, `:start` and `:end_at` options as `find_each`.
+The `find_in_batches` method accepts the same `:batch_size`, `:begin_at` and `:end_at` options as `find_each`.
Conditions
----------
diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
index 67cc6a4db3..de26a9bd6d 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ Errors](#working-with-validation-errors) section.
### `errors.details`
-To check what validator type was used on invalid attribute, you can use
-`errors.details[:attribute]`. It returns array of hashes where under `:error`
- key you will find symbol of used validator.
+To check which validations failed on an invalid attribute, you can use
+`errors.details[:attribute]`. It returns an array of hashes with an `:error`
+key to get the symbol of the validator:
```ruby
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ end
>> person.errors.details[:name] #=> [{error: :blank}]
```
-Using `details` with custom validators are covered in the [Working with
+Using `details` with custom validators is covered in the [Working with
Validation Errors](#working-with-validation-errors) section.
Validation Helpers
@@ -606,9 +606,7 @@ This helper validates that the attribute's value is unique right before the
object gets saved. It does not create a uniqueness constraint in the database,
so it may happen that two different database connections create two records
with the same value for a column that you intend to be unique. To avoid that,
-you must create a unique index on both columns in your database. See
-[the MySQL manual](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/multiple-column-indexes.html)
-for more details about multiple column indexes.
+you must create a unique index on that column in your database.
```ruby
class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -628,6 +626,7 @@ class Holiday < ActiveRecord::Base
message: "should happen once per year" }
end
```
+Should you wish to create a database constraint to prevent possible violations of a uniqueness validation using the `:scope` option, you must create a unique index on both columns in your database. See [the MySQL manual](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/multiple-column-indexes.html) for more details about multiple column indexes or [the PostgreSQL manual](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/ddl-constraints.html) for examples of unique constraints that refer to a group of columns.
There is also a `:case_sensitive` option that you can use to define whether the
uniqueness constraint will be case sensitive or not. This option defaults to
@@ -1094,39 +1093,40 @@ Another way to do this is using `[]=` setter
### `errors.details`
-You can add validator type to details hash when using `errors.add` method.
+You can specify a validator type to the returned error details hash using the
+`errors.add` method.
```ruby
- class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
- def a_method_used_for_validation_purposes
- errors.add(:name, :invalid_characters)
- end
+class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ def a_method_used_for_validation_purposes
+ errors.add(:name, :invalid_characters)
end
+end
- person = Person.create(name: "!@#")
+person = Person.create(name: "!@#")
- person.errors.details[:name]
- # => [{error: :invalid_characters}]
+person.errors.details[:name]
+# => [{error: :invalid_characters}]
```
-To improve error details to contain not allowed characters set, you can
-pass additional options to `errors.add` method.
+To improve the error details to contain the unallowed characters set for instance,
+you can pass additional keys to `errors.add`.
```ruby
- class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
- def a_method_used_for_validation_purposes
- errors.add(:name, :invalid_characters, not_allowed: "!@#%*()_-+=")
- end
+class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ def a_method_used_for_validation_purposes
+ errors.add(:name, :invalid_characters, not_allowed: "!@#%*()_-+=")
end
+end
- person = Person.create(name: "!@#")
+person = Person.create(name: "!@#")
- person.errors.details[:name]
- # => [{error: :invalid_characters, not_allowed: "!@#%*()_-+="}]
+person.errors.details[:name]
+# => [{error: :invalid_characters, not_allowed: "!@#%*()_-+="}]
```
-All built in Rails validators populate details hash with corresponding
-validator types.
+All built in Rails validators populate the details hash with the corresponding
+validator type.
### `errors[:base]`
diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md
index 8633cc4f10..cd715aba1f 100644
--- a/guides/source/association_basics.md
+++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class CreateCustomers < ActiveRecord::Migration
end
create_table :orders do |t|
- t.belongs_to :customer, index:true
+ t.belongs_to :customer, index: true
t.datetime :order_date
t.timestamps null: false
end
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ c.first_name = 'Manny'
c.first_name == o.customer.first_name # => false
```
-This happens because c and o.customer are two different in-memory representations of the same data, and neither one is automatically refreshed from changes to the other. Active Record provides the `:inverse_of` option so that you can inform it of these relations:
+This happens because `c` and `o.customer` are two different in-memory representations of the same data, and neither one is automatically refreshed from changes to the other. Active Record provides the `:inverse_of` option so that you can inform it of these relations:
```ruby
class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -726,10 +726,10 @@ Most associations with standard names will be supported. However, associations
that contain the following options will not have their inverses set
automatically:
-* :conditions
-* :through
-* :polymorphic
-* :foreign_key
+* `:conditions`
+* `:through`
+* `:polymorphic`
+* `:foreign_key`
Detailed Association Reference
------------------------------
@@ -1986,8 +1986,8 @@ While Rails uses intelligent defaults that will work well in most situations, th
```ruby
class Parts < ActiveRecord::Base
- has_and_belongs_to_many :assemblies, autosave: true,
- readonly: true
+ has_and_belongs_to_many :assemblies, -> { readonly },
+ autosave: true
end
```
@@ -1999,7 +1999,6 @@ The `has_and_belongs_to_many` association supports these options:
* `:foreign_key`
* `:join_table`
* `:validate`
-* `:readonly`
##### `:association_foreign_key`
diff --git a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
index 8f9125f311..9e78eebf82 100644
--- a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
+++ b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ order. The ancestors of those elements are ignored.
2. If not found, then the algorithm walks up the ancestor chain of the cref.
-3. If not found, `const_missing` is invoked on the cref. The default
+3. If not found and the cref is a module, the constant is looked up in `Object`.
+
+4. If not found, `const_missing` is invoked on the cref. The default
implementation of `const_missing` raises `NameError`, but it can be overridden.
Rails autoloading **does not emulate this algorithm**, but its starting point is
diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md
index 9c0f2ddc8a..994cc31cff 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.md
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.md
@@ -1049,3 +1049,21 @@ These configuration points are then available through the configuration object:
Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger # => true
Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger.not_set # => nil
```
+
+Search Engines Indexing
+-----------------------
+
+Sometimes, you may want to prevent some pages of your application be visible on search sites like Google,
+Bing, Yahoo or Duck Duck Go. The robots that index these sites will first analyse the
+`https://your-site.com/robots.txt` file to know what pages it is allowed to index.
+
+Rails creates this file for you on `/public` folder. By default, it allows search engines to index all
+pages of your application. If you want to block indexing on all pages of you application, use this:
+
+```
+User-agent: *
+Disallow: /
+```
+
+To block just specific pages, it's necessary to use a more complex syntax. Learn it on the
+[official documentation](http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html).
diff --git a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md
index e06706d750..32d1e2c6e7 100644
--- a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md
+++ b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ $ git checkout -b my_new_branch
It doesn't matter much what name you use, because this branch will only exist on your local computer and your personal repository on GitHub. It won't be part of the Rails Git repository.
-### Bundle Update
+### Bundle install
-Update and install the required gems.
+Install the required gems.
```bash
-$ bundle update
+$ bundle install
```
### Running an Application Against Your Local Branch
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ A CHANGELOG entry should summarize what was changed and should end with author's
Your name can be added directly after the last word if you don't provide any code examples or don't need multiple paragraphs. Otherwise, it's best to make as a new paragraph.
+### Updating the Gemfile.lock
+
+Some changes requires the dependencies to be upgraded. In these cases make sure you run `bundle update` to get the right version of the dependency and commit the `Gemfile.lock` file within your changes.
+
### Sanity Check
You should not be the only person who looks at the code before you submit it.
diff --git a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md
index f6e7980fe2..6113a61f4c 100644
--- a/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md
+++ b/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.md
@@ -242,6 +242,58 @@ The contents of the block, and therefore the string interpolation, is only
evaluated if debug is enabled. This performance savings is only really
noticeable with large amounts of logging, but it's a good practice to employ.
+
+Debugging with the `web-console` gem
+-------------------------------------
+
+The web console allows you to create an interactive ruby session in your browser. An interactive
+console is launched automatically in case on an error but can also be launched for debugging purposes
+by invoking `console` in a view or controller.
+
+For example in a view:
+
+```ruby
+# new.html.erb
+<%= console %>
+```
+
+Or in a controller:
+
+```ruby
+# posts_controller.rb
+class PostsController < ApplicationController
+ def new
+ console
+ @post = Post.new
+ end
+end
+```
+###config.web_console.whitelisted_ips
+
+By default the web console can only be accessed from localhost. `config.web_console.whitelisted_ips`
+lets you control which IPs have access to the console.
+
+For example, to allow access from both localhost and 192.168.0.100:
+
+```ruby
+# config/application.rb
+class Application < Rails::Application
+ config.web_console.whitelisted_ips = %w( 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.100 )
+end
+```
+
+To allow access from an entire network:
+
+```ruby
+# config/application.rb
+class Application < Rails::Application
+ config.web_console.whitelisted_ips = %w( 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.0/16 )
+end
+```
+
+Web console is a powerful tool so be careful who you open access to.
+
+
Debugging with the `byebug` gem
---------------------------------
@@ -832,7 +884,7 @@ application. Here is a list of useful plugins for debugging:
* [Footnotes](https://github.com/josevalim/rails-footnotes) Every Rails page has
footnotes that give request information and link back to your source via
TextMate.
-* [Query Trace](https://github.com/ntalbott/query_trace/tree/master) Adds query
+* [Query Trace](https://github.com/ruckus/active-record-query-trace/tree/master) Adds query
origin tracing to your logs.
* [Query Reviewer](https://github.com/nesquena/query_reviewer) This rails plugin
not only runs "EXPLAIN" before each of your select queries in development, but
diff --git a/guides/source/i18n.md b/guides/source/i18n.md
index 8f24c53edb..9b049ea8b8 100644
--- a/guides/source/i18n.md
+++ b/guides/source/i18n.md
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ you can look up the `books.index.title` value **inside** `app/views/books/index.
NOTE: Automatic translation scoping by partial is only available from the `translate` view helper method.
-"Lazy" lookup can also be used in _controllers_:
+"Lazy" lookup can also be used in controllers:
```yaml
en:
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ en:
create:
success: Book created!
```
-which is especially useful for setting flash messages:
+
+This is useful for setting flash messages for instance:
```ruby
class BooksController < ApplicationController
diff --git a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
index 69d3f6e86c..329d501ce0 100644
--- a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
+++ b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ As you already could see from the previous sections of this guide, `yield` is a
<p>
Name contains: <%= f.text_field :name_contains %>
</p>
- <%= end %>
+ <% end %>
```
* `roles/index.html.erb`
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ As you already could see from the previous sections of this guide, `yield` is a
<p>
Title contains: <%= f.text_field :title_contains %>
</p>
- <%= end %>
+ <% end %>
```
* `shared/_search_filters.html.erb`
@@ -1124,6 +1124,36 @@ You can also pass local variables into partials, making them even more powerful
Although the same partial will be rendered into both views, Action View's submit helper will return "Create Zone" for the new action and "Update Zone" for the edit action.
+To pass a local variable to a partial in only specific cases use the `local_assigns`.
+
+* `index.html.erb`
+
+ ```erb
+ <%= render user.articles %>
+ ```
+
+* `show.html.erb`
+
+ ```erb
+ <%= render article, full: true %>
+ ```
+
+* `_articles.html.erb`
+
+ ```erb
+ <%= content_tag_for :article, article do |article| %>
+ <h2><%= article.title %></h2>
+
+ <% if local_assigns[:full] %>
+ <%= simple_format article.body %>
+ <% else %>
+ <%= truncate article.body %>
+ <% end %>
+ <% end %>
+ ```
+
+This way it is possible to use the partial without the need to declare all local variables.
+
Every partial also has a local variable with the same name as the partial (minus the underscore). You can pass an object in to this local variable via the `:object` option:
```erb
diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md
index 625f366db1..14bc75aa7d 100644
--- a/guides/source/testing.md
+++ b/guides/source/testing.md
@@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ NOTE: Functional tests do not verify whether the specified request type is accep
### Testing XHR (AJAX) requests
-Enable set `xhr: true` option as an argument to `get/post/patch/put/delete` method:
+To test AJAX requests, you can specify the `xhr: true` option to `get`, `post`,
+`patch`, `put`, and `delete` methods:
```ruby
test "ajax request responds with no layout" do
diff --git a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
index f3d3a83afc..e3856a285a 100644
--- a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
+++ b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
@@ -191,6 +191,34 @@ $(document).ready ->
Obviously, you'll want to be a bit more sophisticated than that, but it's a
start. You can see more about the events [in the jquery-ujs wiki](https://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/wiki/ajax).
+Another possibility is returning javascript directly from the server side on
+remote calls:
+
+```ruby
+# articles_controller
+def create
+ respond_to do |format|
+ if @article.save
+ format.html { ... }
+ format.js do
+ render js: <<-endjs
+ alert('Article saved successfully!');
+ window.location = '#{article_path(@article)}';
+ endjs
+ end
+ else
+ format.html { ... }
+ format.js do
+ render js: "alert('There are empty fields in the form!');"
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end
+```
+
+NOTE: If javascript is disabled in the user browser, `format.html { ... }`
+block should be executed as fallback.
+
### form_tag
[`form_tag`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormTagHelper.html#method-i-form_tag)