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-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile2
-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile20
-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile2
-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/command_line.textile2
-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/initialization.textile5
-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/routing.textile12
-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/ruby_on_rails_guides_guidelines.textile19
-rw-r--r--railties/guides/source/testing.textile6
8 files changed, 50 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile b/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile
index cfd71ad287..d0b3ee6bfc 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ end
h5. update_page_tag
-Works like update_page but wraps the generated JavaScript in a +script+ tag. Use this to include generated JavaScript in an ERb template.
+Works like update_page but wraps the generated JavaScript in a +script+ tag. Use this to include generated JavaScript in an ERB template.
h4. PrototypeHelper::JavaScriptGenerator::GeneratorMethods
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
index 2c5d9e67e3..f3a10b8b92 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
@@ -962,6 +962,26 @@ Client.exists?
The above returns +false+ if the +clients+ table is empty and +true+ otherwise.
+You can also use +any?+ and +many?+ to check for existence on a model or relation.
+
+<ruby>
+# via a model
+Post.any?
+Post.many?
+
+# via a named scope
+Post.recent.any?
+Post.recent.many?
+
+# via a relation
+Post.where(:published => true).any?
+Post.where(:published => true).many?
+
+# via an association
+Post.first.categories.any?
+Post.first.categories.many?
+</ruby>
+
h3. Calculations
This section uses count as an example method in this preamble, but the options described apply to all sub-sections.
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile
index 7433507866..e22ffa4c04 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.textile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Documentation has to be concise but comprehensive. Explore and document edge cas
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.
+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.
Use the article "an" for "SQL", as in "an SQL statement". Also "an SQLite database".
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/command_line.textile b/railties/guides/source/command_line.textile
index 581fece1ab..f3e8d880df 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/command_line.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/command_line.textile
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ end
We take whatever args are supplied, save them to an instance variable, and literally copying from the Rails source, implement a +manifest+ method, which calls +record+ with a block, and we:
* Check there's a *public* directory. You bet there is.
-* Run the ERb template called "tutorial.erb".
+* Run the ERB template called "tutorial.erb".
* Save it into "Rails.root/public/tutorial.txt".
* Pass in the arguments we saved through the +:assigns+ parameter.
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile b/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile
index 0cbbe1f389..7c01f01b24 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/initialization.textile
@@ -478,8 +478,7 @@ The next line in +config/application.rb+ is:
require 'rails/all'
</ruby>
-h4 +railties/lib/rails/all.rb+
-
+h4. +railties/lib/rails/all.rb+
This file is responsible for requiring all the individual parts of Rails like so:
@@ -591,7 +590,7 @@ h4. +activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/behaviors.rb+
This file defines the behavior of the +ActiveSupport::Deprecation+ module, setting up the +DEFAULT_BEHAVIORS+ hash constant which contains the three defaults to outputting deprecation warnings: +:stderr+, +:log+ and +:notify+. This file begins by requiring +activesupport/notifications+ and +activesupport/core_ext/array/wrap+.
-h4 +activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications.rb+
+h4. +activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications.rb+
TODO: document +ActiveSupport::Notifications+.
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile
index c447fd911a..58b75b9a1d 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile
@@ -557,6 +557,18 @@ match '*a/foo/*b' => 'test#index'
would match +zoo/woo/foo/bar/baz+ with +params[:a]+ equals +"zoo/woo"+, and +params[:b]+ equals +"bar/baz"+.
+NOTE: Starting from Rails 3.1, wildcard route will always matching the optional format segment by default. For example if you have this route:
+
+<ruby>
+map '*pages' => 'pages#show'
+</ruby>
+
+NOTE: By requesting +"/foo/bar.json"+, your +params[:pages]+ will be equals to +"foo/bar"+ with the request format of JSON. If you want the old 3.0.x behavior back, you could supply +:format => false+ like this:
+
+<ruby>
+map '*pages' => 'pages#show', :format => false
+</ruby>
+
h4. Redirection
You can redirect any path to another path using the +redirect+ helper in your router:
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/ruby_on_rails_guides_guidelines.textile b/railties/guides/source/ruby_on_rails_guides_guidelines.textile
index 6576758856..8e55780dca 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/ruby_on_rails_guides_guidelines.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/ruby_on_rails_guides_guidelines.textile
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ Guides are written in "Textile":http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/. There's c
h3. Prologue
-Each guide should start with motivational text at the top. That's the little introduction in the blue area. The prologue should tell the readers what's the guide about, and what will they learn. See for example the "Routing Guide":routing.html.
+Each guide should start with motivational text at the top (that's the little introduction in the blue area.) The prologue should tell the reader what the guide is about, and what they will learn. See for example the "Routing Guide":routing.html.
h3. Titles
-
+
The title of every guide uses +h2+, guide sections use +h3+, subsections +h4+, etc.
Capitalize all words except for internal articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and forms of the verb to be:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ h5. Middleware Stack is an Array
h5. When are Objects Saved?
</plain>
-Use same typography as in regular text:
+Use the same typography as in regular text:
<plain>
h6. The +:content_type+ Option
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ Those guidelines apply also to guides.
h3. HTML Generation
-To generate all the guides just cd into the +railties+ directory and execute
+To generate all the guides, just +cd+ into the +railties+ directory and execute:
<plain>
bundle exec rake generate_guides
</plain>
-You'll need the gems erubis, i18n, and RedCloth.
+(You may need to run +bundle install+ first to install the required gems.)
To process +my_guide.textile+ and nothing else use the +ONLY+ environment variable:
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ To process +my_guide.textile+ and nothing else use the +ONLY+ environment variab
bundle exec rake generate_guides ONLY=my_guide
</plain>
-Although by default guides that have not been modified are not processed, so +ONLY+ is rarely needed in practice.
+By default, guides that have not been modified are not processed, so +ONLY+ is rarely needed in practice.
To force process of all the guides, pass +ALL=1+.
-It is also recommended that you work with +WARNINGS=1+, this detects duplicate IDs and warns about broken internal links.
+It is also recommended that you work with +WARNINGS=1+. This detects duplicate IDs and warns about broken internal links.
-If you want to generate guides in languages other than English, you can keep them in a separate directory under +source+ (eg. <tt>source/es</tt>) and use the +LANGUAGE+ environment variable.
+If you want to generate guides in languages other than English, you can keep them in a separate directory under +source+ (eg. <tt>source/es</tt>) and use the +LANGUAGE+ environment variable:
<plain>
rake generate_guides LANGUAGE=es
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ rake generate_guides LANGUAGE=es
h3. HTML Validation
-Please do validate the generated HTML with
+Please validate the generated HTML with:
<plain>
rake validate_guides
@@ -80,4 +80,5 @@ Particularly, titles get an ID generated from their content and this often leads
h3. Changelog
+* March 31, 2011: grammar tweaks by "Josiah Ivey":http://twitter.com/josiahivey
* October 5, 2010: ported from the docrails wiki and revised by "Xavier Noria":credits.html#fxn
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/testing.textile b/railties/guides/source/testing.textile
index d937f30609..2809c6d076 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/testing.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/testing.textile
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ steve:
Each fixture is given a name followed by an indented list of colon-separated key/value pairs. Records are separated by a blank space. You can place comments in a fixture file by using the # character in the first column.
-h5. ERb'in It Up
+h5. ERB'in It Up
-ERb allows you to embed ruby code within templates. Both the YAML and CSV fixture formats are pre-processed with ERb when you load fixtures. This allows you to use Ruby to help you generate some sample data.
+ERB allows you to embed ruby code within templates. Both the YAML and CSV fixture formats are pre-processed with ERB when you load fixtures. This allows you to use Ruby to help you generate some sample data.
<erb>
<% earth_size = 20 %>
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ There are a bunch of different types of assertions you can use. Here's the compl
|+assert_nil( obj, [msg] )+ |Ensures that +obj.nil?+ is true.|
|+assert_not_nil( obj, [msg] )+ |Ensures that +obj.nil?+ is false.|
|+assert_match( regexp, string, [msg] )+ |Ensures that a string matches the regular expression.|
-|+assert_no_match( regexp, string, [msg] )+ |Ensures that a string doesn't matches the regular expression.|
+|+assert_no_match( regexp, string, [msg] )+ |Ensures that a string doesn't match the regular expression.|
|+assert_in_delta( expecting, actual, delta, [msg] )+ |Ensures that the numbers +expecting+ and +actual+ are within +delta+ of each other.|
|+assert_throws( symbol, [msg] ) { block }+ |Ensures that the given block throws the symbol.|
|+assert_raise( exception1, exception2, ... ) { block }+ |Ensures that the given block raises one of the given exceptions.|