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Note: this commit looks super weird becuase git. I'm moving the entire NPM section to the part where we actually push the gems/npm package for the reasons below. That's not how the git diff looks though. When we release Rails we run `rake prep_release` which calls `update_versions`. This was updating the NPM version as well. But when we would later run `rake install` to test the installed gem `update_versions` gets called again which causes the install to fail because NPM sees the version is the same as the last run and refuses to continue. If you forget to stash this will then cause the push to RubyGems to fail because `update_versions` is called again and then NPM will not continue because it thinks the version hasn't been changed even though it has. The correct solution would be to not update the NPM verion if it matches the version already in the file but after an hour I could not find a simple way to use NPM to read the current version. Honestly that's not the best way to do it either because say you forget to update something else and then the script thinks it's already been updated. With that in mind I think the best solution is to not update the NPM version until right before we are going to push to NPM because then that won't cause the push to RubyGems to fail. |
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version.rb |
Welcome to Rails
Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.
Understanding the MVC pattern is key to understanding Rails. MVC divides your application into three layers, each with a specific responsibility.
The Model layer represents your domain model (such as Account, Product,
Person, Post, etc.) and encapsulates the business logic that is specific to
your application. In Rails, database-backed model classes are derived from
ActiveRecord::Base
. Active Record 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 its README.
Although most Rails models are backed by a database, models can also be ordinary
Ruby classes, or Ruby classes that implement a set of interfaces as provided by
the Active Model module. You can read more about Active Model in its README.
The Controller layer is responsible for handling incoming HTTP requests and
providing a suitable response. Usually this means returning HTML, but Rails controllers
can also generate XML, JSON, PDFs, mobile-specific views, and more. Controllers load and
manipulate models, and render view templates in order to generate the appropriate HTTP response.
In Rails, incoming requests are routed by Action Dispatch to an appropriate controller, and
controller classes are derived from ActionController::Base
. Action Dispatch and Action Controller
are bundled together in Action Pack. You can read more about Action Pack in its
README.
The View layer is composed of "templates" that are responsible for providing appropriate representations of your application's resources. Templates can come in a variety of formats, but most view templates are HTML with embedded Ruby code (ERB files). Views are typically rendered to generate a controller response, or to generate the body of an email. In Rails, View generation is handled by Action View. You can read more about Action View in its README.
Active Record, Active Model, Action Pack, and Action View can each be used independently outside Rails. In addition to that, Rails also comes with Action Mailer (README), a library to generate and send emails; Active Job (README), a framework for declaring jobs and making them run on a variety of queueing backends; Action Cable (README), a framework to integrate WebSockets with a Rails application; and Active Support (README), a collection of utility classes and standard library extensions that are useful for Rails, and may also be used independently outside Rails.
Getting Started
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Install Rails at the command prompt if you haven't yet:
$ gem install rails
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At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
$ rails new myapp
where "myapp" is the application name.
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Change directory to
myapp
and start the web server:$ cd myapp $ rails server
Run with
--help
or-h
for options. -
Using a browser, go to
http://localhost:3000
and you'll see: "Yay! You’re on Rails!" -
Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You may find the following resources handy:
Contributing
We encourage you to contribute to Ruby on Rails! Please check out the Contributing to Ruby on Rails guide for guidelines about how to proceed. Join us!
Everyone interacting in Rails and its sub-projects' codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the Rails code of conduct.
Code Status
License
Ruby on Rails is released under the MIT License.