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-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile | 39 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/configuring.textile | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile | 30 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/initialization.textile | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/plugins.textile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/routing.textile | 20 |
12 files changed, 71 insertions, 81 deletions
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile b/railties/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile index c02e9f1912..b39075f101 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/action_controller_overview.textile @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class LoginsController < ApplicationController # "Delete" a login, aka "log the user out" def destroy # Remove the user id from the session - session[:current_user_id] = nil + @_current_user = session[:current_user_id] = nil redirect_to root_url end end @@ -261,6 +261,13 @@ class LoginsController < ApplicationController end </ruby> +Note it is also possible to assign a flash message as part of the redirection. + +<ruby> +redirect_to root_url, :notice => "You have successfully logged out" +</ruby> + + The +destroy+ action redirects to the application's +root_url+, where the message will be displayed. Note that it's entirely up to the next action to decide what, if anything, it will do with what the previous action put in the flash. It's conventional to display eventual errors or notices from the flash in the application's layout: <ruby> diff --git a/railties/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile b/railties/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile index 2259061c30..8d2ce44e93 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ The following configuration options are best made in one of the environment file |sendmail_settings|Allows you to override options for the :sendmail delivery method.<ul><li>:location - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to /usr/sbin/sendmail.</li><li>:arguments - The command line arguments to be passed to sendmail. Defaults to -i -t.</li></ul>| |raise_delivery_errors|Whether or not errors should be raised if the email fails to be delivered.| |delivery_method|Defines a delivery method. Possible values are :smtp (default), :sendmail, :file and :test.| -|perform_deliveries|Determines whether deliver_* methods are actually carried out. By default they are, but this can be turned off to help functional testing.| +|perform_deliveries|Determines whether deliveries are actually carried out when the +deliver+ method is invoked on the Mail message. By default they are, but this can be turned off to help functional testing.| |deliveries|Keeps an array of all the emails sent out through the Action Mailer with delivery_method :test. Most useful for unit and functional testing.| h4. Example Action Mailer Configuration @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class UserMailerTest < ActionMailer::TestCase user = users(:some_user_in_your_fixtures) # Send the email, then test that it got queued - email = UserMailer.deliver_welcome_email(user) + email = UserMailer.welcome_email(user).deliver assert !ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.empty? # Test the body of the sent email contains what we expect it to diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile index 9b1d264d2c..dc1200812e 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ def log_info(sql, name, ms) end </ruby> ++try+ can also be called without arguments but a block, which will only be executed if the object is not nil: + +<ruby> +@person.try { |p| "#{p.first_name} #{p.last_name}" } +</ruby> + NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb+. h4. +singleton_class+ @@ -395,39 +401,6 @@ C.new(0, 1).instance_values # => {"x" => 0, "y" => 1} NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/object/instance_variables.rb+. -h5. +copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = [])+ - -Copies the instance variables of +object+ into +self+. - -Instance variable names in the +exclude+ array are ignored. If +object+ -responds to +protected_instance_variables+ the ones returned are -also ignored. For example, Rails controllers implement that method. - -In both arrays strings and symbols are understood, and they have to include -the at sign. - -<ruby> -class C - def initialize(x, y, z) - @x, @y, @z = x, y, z - end - - def protected_instance_variables - %w(@z) - end -end - -a = C.new(0, 1, 2) -b = C.new(3, 4, 5) - -a.copy_instance_variables_from(b, [:@y]) -# a is now: @x = 3, @y = 1, @z = 2 -</ruby> - -In the example +object+ and +self+ are of the same type, but they don't need to. - -NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/object/instance_variables.rb+. - h4. Silencing Warnings, Streams, and Exceptions The methods +silence_warnings+ and +enable_warnings+ change the value of +$VERBOSE+ accordingly for the duration of their block, and reset it afterwards: diff --git a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile index 900b3fb5d5..e3ccd6396c 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile @@ -116,14 +116,12 @@ Use fixed-width fonts for: * file names <ruby> -# Copies the instance variables of +object+ into +self+. -# -# Instance variable names in the +exclude+ array are ignored. If +object+ -# responds to <tt>protected_instance_variables</tt> the ones returned are -# also ignored. For example, Rails controllers implement that method. -# ... -def copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = []) - ... +class Array + # Calls <tt>to_param</tt> on all its elements and joins the result with + # slashes. This is used by <tt>url_for</tt> in Action Pack. + def to_param + collect { |e| e.to_param }.join '/' + end end </ruby> diff --git a/railties/guides/source/configuring.textile b/railties/guides/source/configuring.textile index bb38c64307..28fff5c11e 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/configuring.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/configuring.textile @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config.filter_parameters << :password This is a setting for Rails itself. If you want to pass settings to individual Rails components, you can do so via the same +config+ object: <ruby> -config.active_record.colorize_logging = false +config.active_record.timestamped_migrations = false </ruby> Rails will use that particular setting to configure Active Record. @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ h4. Rails General Configuration * +config.cache_store+ configures which cache store to use for Rails caching. Options include +:memory_store+, +:file_store+, +:mem_cache_store+ or the name of your own custom class. +* +config.colorize_logging+ (true by default) specifies whether or not to use ANSI color codes when logging information. + * +config.controller_paths+ accepts an array of paths that will be searched for controllers. Defaults to +app/controllers+. * +config.database_configuration_file+ overrides the default path for the database configuration file. Default to +config/database.yml+. @@ -105,8 +107,6 @@ h4. Configuring Active Record * +config.active_record.pluralize_table_names+ specifies whether Rails will look for singular or plural table names in the database. If set to +true+ (the default), then the Customer class will use the +customers+ table. If set to +false+, then the Customers class will use the +customer+ table. -* +config.active_record.colorize_logging+ (true by default) specifies whether or not to use ANSI color codes when logging information from ActiveRecord. - * +config.active_record.default_timezone+ determines whether to use +Time.local+ (if set to +:local+) or +Time.utc+ (if set to +:utc+) when pulling dates and times from the database. The default is +:local+. * +config.active_record.schema_format+ controls the format for dumping the database schema to a file. The options are +:ruby+ (the default) for a database-independent version that depends on migrations, or +:sql+ for a set of (potentially database-dependent) SQL statements. diff --git a/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile b/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile index 6eec18b8b9..adf427147b 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile @@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ Rails makes use of Ruby's standard +logger+ to write log information. You can al You can specify an alternative logger in your +environment.rb+ or any environment file: <ruby> -ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) -ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Log4r::Logger.new("Application Log") +Rails.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) +Rails.logger = Log4r::Logger.new("Application Log") </ruby> Or in the +Initializer+ section, add _any_ of the following @@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ TIP: By default, each log is created under +Rails.root/log/+ and the log file na h4. Log Levels -When something is logged it's printed into the corresponding log if the log level of the message is equal or higher than the configured log level. If you want to know the current log level you can call the +ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level+ method. +When something is logged it's printed into the corresponding log if the log level of the message is equal or higher than the configured log level. If you want to know the current log level you can call the +Rails.logger.level+ method. The available log levels are: +:debug+, +:info+, +:warn+, +:error+, and +:fatal+, corresponding to the log level numbers from 0 up to 4 respectively. To change the default log level, use <ruby> config.log_level = Logger::WARN # In any environment initializer, or -ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level = 0 # at any time +Rails.logger.level = 0 # at any time </ruby> This is useful when you want to log under development or staging, but you don't want to flood your production log with unnecessary information. diff --git a/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile b/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile index 80e0421b48..ded82512d3 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ A basic search form <% end %> </erb> -TIP: +search_path+ can be a named route specified in "routes.rb" as: <br /><code>match "search" => "search"</code>This declares for path "/search" to call action "search" from controller "search". +TIP: +search_path+ can be a named route specified in "routes.rb" as: <br /><code>match "search" => "search"</code> This declares that path "/search" will be handled by action "search" belonging to controller "search". The above view code will result in the following markup: @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ WARNING: Do not delimit the second hash without doing so with the first hash, ot h4. Helpers for Generating Form Elements -Rails provides a series of helpers for generating form elements such as checkboxes, text fields, radio buttons, and so on. These basic helpers, with names ending in <notextile>_tag</notextile> such as +text_field_tag+, +check_box_tag+, etc., generate just a single +<input>+ element. The first parameter to these is always the name of the input. In the controller this name will be the key in the +params+ hash used to get the value entered by the user. For example, if the form contains +Rails provides a series of helpers for generating form elements such as checkboxes, text fields and radio buttons. These basic helpers, with names ending in <notextile>_tag</notextile> such as +text_field_tag+ and +check_box_tag+ generate just a single +<input>+ element. The first parameter to these is always the name of the input. In the controller this name will be the key in the +params+ hash used to get the value entered by the user. For example, if the form contains <erb> <%= text_field_tag(:query) %> @@ -127,18 +127,18 @@ Checkboxes are form controls that give the user a set of options they can enable <erb> <%= check_box_tag(:pet_dog) %> - <%= label_tag(:pet_dog, "I own a dog") %> +<%= label_tag(:pet_dog, "I own a dog") %> <%= check_box_tag(:pet_cat) %> - <%= label_tag(:pet_cat, "I own a cat") %> +<%= label_tag(:pet_cat, "I own a cat") %> </erb> output: <html> <input id="pet_dog" name="pet_dog" type="checkbox" value="1" /> - <label for="pet_dog">I own a dog</label> +<label for="pet_dog">I own a dog</label> <input id="pet_cat" name="pet_cat" type="checkbox" value="1" /> - <label for="pet_cat">I own a cat</label> +<label for="pet_cat">I own a cat</label> </html> The second parameter to +check_box_tag+ is the value of the input. This is the value that will be submitted by the browser if the checkbox is ticked (i.e. the value that will be present in the +params+ hash). With the above form you would check the value of +params[:pet_dog]+ and +params[:pet_cat]+ to see which pets the user owns. @@ -149,18 +149,18 @@ Radio buttons, while similar to checkboxes, are controls that specify a set of o <erb> <%= radio_button_tag(:age, "child") %> - <%= label_tag(:age_child, "I am younger than 21") %> +<%= label_tag(:age_child, "I am younger than 21") %> <%= radio_button_tag(:age, "adult") %> - <%= label_tag(:age_adult, "I'm over 21") %> +<%= label_tag(:age_adult, "I'm over 21") %> </erb> output: <html> <input id="age_child" name="age" type="radio" value="child" /> - <label for="age_child">I am younger than 21</label> +<label for="age_child">I am younger than 21</label> <input id="age_adult" name="age" type="radio" value="adult" /> - <label for="age_adult">I'm over 21</label> +<label for="age_adult">I'm over 21</label> </html> As with +check_box_tag+ the second parameter to +radio_button_tag+ is the value of the input. Because these two radio buttons share the same name (age) the user will only be able to select one and +params[:age]+ will contain either "child" or "adult". @@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ The corresponding view +app/views/articles/new.html.erb+ using +form_for+ looks <%= form_for @article, :url => { :action => "create" }, :html => {:class => "nifty_form"} do |f| %> <%= f.text_field :title %> <%= f.text_area :body, :size => "60x12" %> - <%= submit_tag "Create" %> + <%= f.submit "Create" %> <% end %> </erb> There are a few things to note here: -# +:article+ is the name of the model and +@article+ is the actual object being edited. +# +@article+ is the actual object being edited. # There is a single hash of options. Routing options are passed in the +:url+ hash, HTML options are passed in the +:html+ hash. # The +form_for+ method yields a *form builder* object (the +f+ variable). # Methods to create form controls are called *on* the form builder object +f+ @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ h4. Relying on Record Identification The Article model is directly available to users of the application, so -- following the best practices for developing with Rails -- you should declare it *a resource*: <ruby> -map.resources :articles +resources :articles </ruby> TIP: Declaring a resource has a number of side-affects. See "Rails Routing From the Outside In":routing.html#resource-routing-the-rails-default for more information on setting up and using resources. @@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ When dealing with RESTful resources, calls to +form_for+ can get significantly e <ruby> ## Creating a new article # long-style: -form_for(:article, @article, :url => articles_path) +form_for(@article, :url => articles_path) # same thing, short-style (record identification gets used): form_for(@article) ## Editing an existing article # long-style: -form_for(:article, @article, :url => article_path(@article), :html => { :method => "put" }) +form_for(@article, :url => article_path(@article), :html => { :method => "put" }) # short-style: form_for(@article) </ruby> diff --git a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile index e592417dcb..f3420e37d1 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -919,8 +919,6 @@ So first, we'll wire up the Post show template (+/app/views/posts/show.html.erb+ <h2>Add a comment:</h2> <%= form_for([@post, @post.comments.build]) do |f| %> - <%= f.error_messages %> - <div class="field"> <%= f.label :commenter %><br /> <%= f.text_field :commenter %> @@ -989,8 +987,6 @@ Once we have made the new comment, we send the user back to the original post us <h2>Add a comment:</h2> <%= form_for([@post, @post.comments.build]) do |f| %> - <%= f.error_messages %> - <div class="field"> <%= f.label :commenter %><br /> <%= f.text_field :commenter %> @@ -1057,8 +1053,6 @@ Then in the +app/views/posts/show.html.erb+ you can change it to look like the f <h2>Add a comment:</h2> <%= form_for([@post, @post.comments.build]) do |f| %> - <%= f.error_messages %> - <div class="field"> <%= f.label :commenter %><br /> <%= f.text_field :commenter %> @@ -1086,8 +1080,6 @@ Lets also move that new comment section out to it's own partial, again, you crea <erb> <%= form_for([@post, @post.comments.build]) do |f| %> - <%= f.error_messages %> - <div class="field"> <%= f.label :commenter %><br /> <%= f.text_field :commenter %> diff --git a/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile b/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile index 77c20c8bb0..4cc5f3843f 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile @@ -1479,10 +1479,10 @@ Next, the Railtie itself is defined: require "action_view/railties/log_subscriber" log_subscriber ActionView::Railties::LogSubscriber.new - initializer "action_view.cache_asset_timestamps" do |app| + initializer "action_view.cache_asset_id" do |app| unless app.config.cache_classes - ActionView.base_hook do - ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper.cache_asset_timestamps = false + ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_view) do + ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper::AssetPaths.cache_asset_ids = false end end end @@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ Next, the Railtie itself is defined: The +ActionView::LogSubscriber+ sets up a method called +render_template+ which is called when a template is rendered. TODO: Templates only or partials and layouts also? I would imagine these fall under the templates category, but there needs to research to ensure this is correct. -The sole initializer defined here, _action_view.cache_asset_timestamps_ is responsible for caching the timestamps on the ends of your assets. If you've ever seen a link generated by +image_tag+ or +stylesheet_link_tag+ you would know that I mean that this timestamp is the number after the _?_ in this example: _/javascripts/prototype.js?1265442620_. This initializer will do nothing if +cache_classes+ is set to false in any of your application's configuration. TODO: Elaborate. +The sole initializer defined here, _action_view.cache_asset_ids_ is responsible for caching the timestamps on the ends of your assets. If you've ever seen a link generated by +image_tag+ or +stylesheet_link_tag+ you would know that I mean that this timestamp is the number after the _?_ in this example: _/javascripts/prototype.js?1265442620_. This initializer will do nothing if +cache_classes+ is set to false in any of your application's configuration. TODO: Elaborate. h4. Action Mailer Railtie @@ -3003,7 +3003,7 @@ The +I18n::Railtie+ also defines an +after_initialize+ which we will return to l **Action View Initializers ** -* action_view.cache_asset_timestamps +* action_view.cache_asset_ids **Action Mailer Initializers ** diff --git a/railties/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile b/railties/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile index c65ea5c797..4e26d152bf 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.textile @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ Partial templates - usually just called "partials" - are another device for brea h5. Naming Partials -To render a partial as part of a view, you use the +render+ method within the view, and include the +:partial+ option: +To render a partial as part of a view, you use the +render+ method within the view: <ruby> <%= render "menu" %> diff --git a/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile b/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile index 7c2725e652..d32e7de564 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile @@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ You can also see if your routes work by running +rake routes+ from your app dire h3. Generators -Many plugins ship with generators. When you created the plugin above, you specified the +--with-generator+ option, so you already have the generator stubs in 'vendor/plugins/yaffle/generators/yaffle'. +Many plugins ship with generators. When you created the plugin above, you specified the +--generator+ option, so you already have the generator stubs in 'vendor/plugins/yaffle/generators/yaffle'. Building generators is a complex topic unto itself and this section will cover one small aspect of generators: generating a simple text file. diff --git a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile index f48ae9c7f7..cc0c3316c8 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile @@ -436,6 +436,26 @@ match 'exit' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :logout This will create +logout_path+ and +logout_url+ as named helpers in your application. Calling +logout_path+ will return +/exit+ +h4. HTTP Verb Constraints + +You can use the +:via+ option to constrain the request to one or more HTTP methods: + +<ruby> +match 'photos/show' => 'photos#show', :via => :get +</ruby> + +There is a shorthand version of this as well: + +<ruby> +get 'photos/show' +</ruby> + +You can also permit more than one verb to a single route: + +<ruby> +match 'photos/show' => 'photos#show', :via => [:get, :post] +</ruby> + h4. Segment Constraints You can use the +:constraints+ option to enforce a format for a dynamic segment: |