What is docrails?
Over the years I have seen some confusion about what is exactly
docrails
and how it relates to the documentation of Ruby on Rails.
This post explains everything you want to know about this aspect of the project.
What is docrails?
docrai...
Edge Rails: PATCH is the new primary HTTP method for updates
What is PATCH?
The HTTP method PUT means resource creation or replacement at some given URL.
Think files, for example. If you upload a file to S3 at some URL, you want
either to create the file at that URL or replace an existing file if...
Rails 3.2.1 has been released
Rails 3.2.1 is out, with some fixes and doc improvements. Please check the CHANGELOGs gist for details.
What’s new in Edge Rails: EXPLAIN
There are some new features related to EXPLAIN in the forthcoming Ruby on Rails 3.2 we'd like
to share:
Running EXPLAIN manually
Automatic EXPLAIN for slow queries
Silencing automatic EXPLAIN
As of this writing they are available for t...
What’s new in Edge Rails: EXPLAIN
There are some new features related to EXPLAIN in the forthcoming Ruby on Rails 3.2 we'd like
to share:
Running EXPLAIN manually
Automatic EXPLAIN for slow queries
Silencing automatic EXPLAIN
As of this writing they are available for t...
The Ruby on Rails API Switches to SDoc
The Ruby on Rails API is switching to SDoc starting with 3.1.
SDoc is a RDoc format created by Володя Колесников (@voloko) that has been powering railsapi.com for a long time.
Among other things, SDoc provides a search bo...
News from the Documentation Front
New Configuration Guide
Rails 3.1 will come with a new comprehensive guide about configuring Rails applications written by Ryan Bigg (@ryanbigg). The current draft is already available in the edge guides.
Rails Documentation Team
The do...
jQuery: New Default
In Rails 3.1 jQuery is going to be the default JavaScript library. Also, RJS has been extracted out. This post explains what that means for new applications, and what to look for while upgrading existing applications.
New Applications
St...
jQuery: New Default
In Rails 3.1 jQuery is going to be the default JavaScript library. Also, RJS has been extracted out. This post explains what that means for new applications, and what to look for while upgrading existing applications.
New Applications
St...
Why HTTP Streaming?
Rails 3.1 is going to support HTTP streaming, aka chunked responses, this post explains what's all about.
What Is HTTP Streaming?
Ordinary dynamic HTTP responses need a Content-Length header. Their timeline look like this:
HTTP request ...
Why HTTP Streaming?
Rails 3.1 is going to support HTTP streaming, aka chunked responses, this post explains what's all about.
What Is HTTP Streaming?
Ordinary dynamic HTTP responses need a Content-Length header. Their timeline look like this:
HTTP request ...

