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diff --git a/README-rails.txt b/README-rails.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 025ee5e84..000000000 --- a/README-rails.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ -== Welcome to Rails - -Rails is a web-application and persistence framework that includes everything -needed to create database-backed web-applications according to the -Model-View-Control pattern of separation. This pattern splits the view (also -called the presentation) into "dumb" templates that are primarily responsible -for inserting pre-built data in between HTML tags. The model contains the -"smart" domain objects (such as Account, Product, Person, Post) that holds all -the business logic and knows how to persist themselves to a database. The -controller handles the incoming requests (such as Save New Account, Update -Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model and directing data to the view. - -In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping -layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from -database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic -methods. You can read more about Active Record in -link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html. - -The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both -layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers -are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is -unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much -more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of -Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in -link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html. - - -== Getting started - -1. At the command prompt, start a new rails application using the rails command - and your application name. Ex: rails myapp - (If you've downloaded rails in a complete tgz or zip, this step is already done) -2. Change directory into myapp and start the web server: <tt>script/server</tt> (run with --help for options) -3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and get "Welcome aboard: You’re riding the Rails!" -4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application - - -== Web Servers - -By default, Rails will try to use Mongrel and lighttpd if they are installed, otherwise -Rails will use the WEBrick, the webserver that ships with Ruby. When you run script/server, -Rails will check if Mongrel exists, then lighttpd and finally fall back to WEBrick. This ensures -that you can always get up and running quickly. - -Mongrel is a Ruby-based webserver with a C-component (which requires compilation) that is -suitable for development and deployment of Rails applications. If you have Ruby Gems installed, -getting up and running with mongrel is as easy as: <tt>gem install mongrel</tt>. -More info at: http://mongrel.rubyforge.org - -If Mongrel is not installed, Rails will look for lighttpd. It's considerably faster than -Mongrel and WEBrick and also suited for production use, but requires additional -installation and currently only works well on OS X/Unix (Windows users are encouraged -to start with Mongrel). We recommend version 1.4.11 and higher. You can download it from -http://www.lighttpd.net. - -And finally, if neither Mongrel or lighttpd are installed, Rails will use the built-in Ruby -web server, WEBrick. WEBrick is a small Ruby web server suitable for development, but not -for production. - -But of course its also possible to run Rails on any platform that supports FCGI. -Apache, LiteSpeed, IIS are just a few. For more information on FCGI, -please visit: http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/FastCGI - - -== Debugging Rails - -Have "tail -f" commands running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will -automatically display debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging -info will also be shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1. - - -== Breakpoints - -Breakpoint support is available through the script/breakpointer client. This -means that you can break out of execution at any point in the code, investigate -and change the model, AND then resume execution! Example: - - class WeblogController < ActionController::Base - def index - @posts = Post.find(:all) - breakpoint "Breaking out from the list" - end - end - -So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you -with a IRB prompt in the breakpointer window. Here you can do things like: - -Executing breakpoint "Breaking out from the list" at .../webrick_server.rb:16 in 'breakpoint' - - >> @posts.inspect - => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8 @attributes={\"title\"=>nil, \"body\"=>nil, \"id\"=>\"1\"}>, - #<Post:0x14a6620 @attributes={\"title\"=>\"Rails you know!\", \"body\"=>\"Only ten..\", \"id\"=>\"2\"}>]" - >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a breakpoint" - => "hello from a breakpoint" - -...and even better is that you can examine how your runtime objects actually work: - - >> f = @posts.first - => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}> - >> f. - Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n) - -Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you press CTRL-D - - -== Console - -You can interact with the domain model by starting the console through <tt>script/console</tt>. -Here you'll have all parts of the application configured, just like it is when the -application is running. You can inspect domain models, change values, and save to the -database. Starting the script without arguments will launch it in the development environment. -Passing an argument will specify a different environment, like <tt>script/console production</tt>. - -To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run <tt>reload!</tt> - -To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run <tt>reload!</tt> - - - -== Description of contents - -app - Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application. - -app/controllers - Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for - automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from ApplicationController - which itself descends from ActionController::Base. - -app/models - Holds models that should be named like post.rb. - Most models will descend from ActiveRecord::Base. - -app/views - Holds the template files for the view that should be named like - weblogs/index.rhtml for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use eRuby - syntax. - -app/views/layouts - Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the common - header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout using the - <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.rhtml. Inside default.rhtml, - call <% yield %> to render the view using this layout. - -app/helpers - Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are generated - for you automatically when using script/generate for controllers. Helpers can be used to - wrap functionality for your views into methods. - -config - Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database, and other dependencies. - -components - Self-contained mini-applications that can bundle together controllers, models, and views. - -db - Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all - the sequence of Migrations for your schema. - -doc - This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when generated - using <tt>rake doc:app</tt> - -lib - Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that doesn't - belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in the load path. - -public - The directory available for the web server. Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, - and javascripts. Also contains the dispatchers and the default HTML files. This should be - set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web server. - -script - Helper scripts for automation and generation. - -spec - Unit and functional specifications along with fixtures, using rspec. We use - this instead of test. - -test - DEPRECATED for this project, see 'spec' instead. Unit and functional tests - along with fixtures. When using the script/generate scripts, template test - files will be generated for you and placed in this directory. - -vendor - External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins subdirectory. - This directory is in the load path. - |