Action Controller OverviewIn this guide, you will learn how controllers work and how they fit into the request cycle in your application.After reading this guide, you will know how to: Follow the flow of a request through a controller. Access parameters passed to your controller. Use Strong Parameters and permit values. Store data in the cookie, the session, and the flash. Work with action callbacks to execute code during request processing. Use the Request and Response Objects.| Ruby on Rails Guides
Securing Rails ApplicationsThis guide describes common security problems in web applications and how to avoid them with Rails.After reading this guide, you will know: How to use the built-in authentication generator. All countermeasures that are highlighted. The concept of sessions in Rails, what to put in there and popular attack methods. How just visiting a site can be a security problem (with CSRF). What you have to pay attention to when working with files or providing an administration in...| Ruby on Rails Guides
Rails on RackThis guide covers Rails integration with Rack and interfacing with other Rack components.After reading this guide, you will know: How to use Rack Middlewares in your Rails applications. Action Pack's internal Middleware stack. How to define a custom Middleware stack.| Ruby on Rails Guides
Action View Form HelpersForms are a common interface for user input in web applications. However, form markup can be tedious to write and maintain because of the need to handle form controls, naming, and attributes. Rails simplifies this by providing view helpers, which are methods that output HTML form markup. This guide will help you understand the different helper methods and when to use each.After reading this guide, you will know: How to create basic forms, such as a search form. How to ...| Ruby on Rails Guides
Active Record BasicsThis guide is an introduction to Active Record.After reading this guide, you will know: How Active Record fits into the Model-View-Controller (MVC) paradigm. What Object Relational Mapping and Active Record patterns are and how they are used in Rails. How to use Active Record models to manipulate data stored in a relational database. Active Record schema naming conventions. The concepts of database migrations, validations, callbacks, and associations.| Ruby on Rails Guides