Rails Recipes (For Roman Fäckl) by Fowler, Chad -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Rails Recipes Table of Contents What Readers Are Saying About Rails Recipes, Rails 3 Edition Introduction

What Makes a Good Recipe Book? Who’s It For? Rails Version Resources Acknowledgments

Part 1: Database Recipes

Create Meaningful Many-to-Many Relationships Create Declarative Named Queries Connect to Multiple Databases Set Default Criteria for Model Operations Add Behavior to Active Record Associations Create Polymorphic Associations Version Your Models Perform Calculations on Your Model Data Use Active Record Outside of Rails Connect to Legacy Databases Make Dumb Data Smart with composed_of() DRY Up Your YAML Database Configuration File Use Models Safely in Migrations Create Self-referential Many-to-Many Relationships Protect Your Data from Accidental Mass Update Create a Custom Model Validator Nest has_many :through Relationships Keep Your Application in Sync with Your Database Schema Seed Your Database with Starting Data Use Helpers in Models Avoid Dangling Database Dependencies

Part 2: Controller Recipes

Create Nested Resources Create a Custom Action in a REST Controller Create a Helper Method to Use in Both Controllers and Views Trim Your REST Resources Constrain Routes by Subdomain (and Other Conditions) Add Web Services to Your Actions Write Macros Manage a Static HTML Site with Rails Syndicate Your Site with RSS Set Your Application’s Home Page

Part 3: User Interface Recipes

Create a Custom Form Builder Pluralize Words on the Fly (or Not) Insert Action-Specific Content in a Layout Add Unobtrusive Ajax with jQuery Create One Form for Many Models Cache Local Data with HTML5 Data Attributes

Part 4: Testing Recipes

Automate Tests for Your Models Test Your Controllers Test Your Helpers Test Your Outgoing Mailers Test Across Multiple Controllers Focus Your Tests with Mocking and Stubbing Extract Test Fixtures from Live Data Create Dynamic Test Fixtures Measure and Improve Your Test Coverage Create Test Data with Factories

Part 5: Email Recipes

Send Gracefully Degrading Rich-Content Emails Send Email with Attachments Test Incoming Email

Part 6: Big-Picture Recipes

Roll Your Own Authentication Protect Your Application with Basic HTTP Authentication Authorize Users with Roles Force Your Users to Access Site Functions with SSL Create Secret URLs Use Rails Without a Database Create Your Own Ruby Gem Use Bundler Groups to Manage Per-Environment Dependencies Package Rake Tasks for Reuse with a Gem Explore Your Rails Application with the Console Automate Work with Your Own Rake Tasks Generate Documentation for Your Application Render Application Data as Comma-Separated Values Debug and Explore Your Application with the ruby-debug Gem Render Complex Documents as PDFs

Part 7: Extending Rails

Bibliography