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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile index e3ccd6396c..7433507866 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endprologue. h3. RDoc -The Rails API documentation is generated with RDoc 2.5. Please consult the documentation for help with the "markup":http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/RDoc.html, and take into account also these "additional directives":http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/RDoc/Parser/Ruby.html. +The Rails API documentation is generated with RDoc 2.5. Please consult the documentation for help with the "markup":http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/RDoc/Markup.html, and take into account also these "additional directives":http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/RDoc/Parser/Ruby.html. h3. Wording @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Communicate to the reader the current way of doing things, both explicitly and i Documentation has to be concise but comprehensive. Explore and document edge cases. What happens if a module is anonymous? What if a collection is empty? What if an argument is nil? -The proper names of Rails components have a space in between the words, like "Active Support". +ActiveRecord+ is a Ruby module, whereas Active Record is an ORM. Historically there has been lack of consistency regarding this, but we checked with David when docrails started. All Rails documentation consistently refer to Rails components by their proper name, and if in your next blog post or presentation you remember this tidbit and take it into account that'd be fenomenal :). +The proper names of Rails components have a space in between the words, like "Active Support". +ActiveRecord+ is a Ruby module, whereas Active Record is an ORM. All Rails documentation should consistently refer to Rails components by their proper name, and if in your next blog post or presentation you remember this tidbit and take it into account that'd be phenomenal. Spell names correctly: Arel, Test::Unit, RSpec, HTML, MySQL, JavaScript, ERb. When in doubt, please have a look at some authoritative source like their official documentation. @@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ Short docs do not need an explicit "Examples" label to introduce snippets, they # Converts a collection of elements into a formatted string by calling # <tt>to_s</tt> on all elements and joining them. # -# Blog.find(:all).to_formatted_s # => "First PostSecond PostThird Post" +# Blog.all.to_formatted_s # => "First PostSecond PostThird Post" </ruby> -On the other hand big chunks of structured documentation may have a separate "Examples" section: +On the other hand, big chunks of structured documentation may have a separate "Examples" section: <ruby> # ==== Examples |