rails 4.1.4 → 4.2.0

data/guides/source/command_line.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ After reading this guide, you will know:
 * How to generate models, controllers, database migrations, and unit tests.
 * How to start a development server.
 * How to experiment with objects through an interactive shell.
-* How to profile and benchmark your new creation.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ With no further work, `rails server` will run our new shiny Rails app:
 $ cd commandsapp
 $ bin/rails server
 => Booting WEBrick
-=> Rails 4.0.0 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000
+=> Rails 4.2.0 application starting in development on http://localhost:3000
 => Call with -d to detach
 => Ctrl-C to shutdown server
 [2013-08-07 02:00:01] INFO  WEBrick 1.3.1
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ The server can be run on a different port using the `-p` option. The default dev
 $ bin/rails server -e production -p 4000
 ```
 
-The `-b` option binds Rails to the specified IP, by default it is 0.0.0.0. You can run a server as a daemon by passing a `-d` option.
+The `-b` option binds Rails to the specified IP, by default it is localhost. You can run a server as a daemon by passing a `-d` option.
 
 ### `rails generate`
 
@@ -123,19 +122,18 @@ Usage: rails generate controller NAME [action action] [options]
 Description:
     ...
 
-    To create a controller within a module, specify the controller name as a
-    path like 'parent_module/controller_name'.
+    To create a controller within a module, specify the controller name as a path like 'parent_module/controller_name'.
 
     ...
 
 Example:
-    `rails generate controller CreditCard open debit credit close`
+    `rails generate controller CreditCards open debit credit close`
 
-    Credit card controller with URLs like /credit_card/debit.
-        Controller: app/controllers/credit_card_controller.rb
-        Test:       test/controllers/credit_card_controller_test.rb
-        Views:      app/views/credit_card/debit.html.erb [...]
-        Helper:     app/helpers/credit_card_helper.rb
+    Credit card controller with URLs like /credit_cards/debit.
+        Controller: app/controllers/credit_cards_controller.rb
+        Test:       test/controllers/credit_cards_controller_test.rb
+        Views:      app/views/credit_cards/debit.html.erb [...]
+        Helper:     app/helpers/credit_cards_helper.rb
 ```
 
 The controller generator is expecting parameters in the form of `generate controller ControllerName action1 action2`. Let's make a `Greetings` controller with an action of **hello**, which will say something nice to us.
@@ -151,8 +149,6 @@ $ bin/rails generate controller Greetings hello
      create    test/controllers/greetings_controller_test.rb
      invoke  helper
      create    app/helpers/greetings_helper.rb
-     invoke    test_unit
-     create      test/helpers/greetings_helper_test.rb
      invoke  assets
      invoke    coffee
      create      app/assets/javascripts/greetings.js.coffee
@@ -238,8 +234,6 @@ $ bin/rails generate scaffold HighScore game:string score:integer
     create      test/controllers/high_scores_controller_test.rb
     invoke    helper
     create      app/helpers/high_scores_helper.rb
-    invoke      test_unit
-    create        test/helpers/high_scores_helper_test.rb
     invoke    jbuilder
     create      app/views/high_scores/index.json.jbuilder
     create      app/views/high_scores/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -254,7 +248,7 @@ $ bin/rails generate scaffold HighScore game:string score:integer
 
 The generator checks that there exist the directories for models, controllers, helpers, layouts, functional and unit tests, stylesheets, creates the views, controller, model and database migration for HighScore (creating the `high_scores` table and fields), takes care of the route for the **resource**, and new tests for everything.
 
-The migration requires that we **migrate**, that is, run some Ruby code (living in that `20130717151933_create_high_scores.rb`) to modify the schema of our database. Which database? The sqlite3 database that Rails will create for you when we run the `rake db:migrate` command. We'll talk more about Rake in-depth in a little while.
+The migration requires that we **migrate**, that is, run some Ruby code (living in that `20130717151933_create_high_scores.rb`) to modify the schema of our database. Which database? The SQLite3 database that Rails will create for you when we run the `rake db:migrate` command. We'll talk more about Rake in-depth in a little while.
 
 ```bash
 $ bin/rake db:migrate
@@ -290,11 +284,36 @@ If you wish to test out some code without changing any data, you can do that by
 
 ```bash
 $ bin/rails console --sandbox
-Loading development environment in sandbox (Rails 4.0.0)
+Loading development environment in sandbox (Rails 4.2.0)
 Any modifications you make will be rolled back on exit
 irb(main):001:0>
 ```
 
+#### The app and helper objects
+
+Inside the `rails console` you have access to the `app` and `helper` instances.
+
+With the `app` method you can access url and path helpers, as well as do requests.
+
+```bash
+>> app.root_path
+=> "/"
+
+>> app.get _
+Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-06-19 10:41:57 -0300
+...
+```
+
+With the `helper` method it is possible to access Rails and your application's helpers.
+
+```bash
+>> helper.time_ago_in_words 30.days.ago
+=> "about 1 month"
+
+>> helper.my_custom_helper
+=> "my custom helper"
+```
+
 ### `rails dbconsole`
 
 `rails dbconsole` figures out which database you're using and drops you into whichever command line interface you would use with it (and figures out the command line parameters to give to it, too!). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and SQLite3.
@@ -349,13 +368,13 @@ Rake is Ruby Make, a standalone Ruby utility that replaces the Unix utility 'mak
 
 You can get a list of Rake tasks available to you, which will often depend on your current directory, by typing `rake --tasks`. Each task has a description, and should help you find the thing you need.
 
-To get the full backtrace for running rake task you can pass the option
-```--trace``` to command line, for example ```rake db:create --trace```.
+To get the full backtrace for running rake task you can pass the option ```--trace``` to command line, for example ```rake db:create --trace```.
 
 ```bash
 $ bin/rake --tasks
 rake about              # List versions of all Rails frameworks and the environment
-rake assets:clean       # Remove compiled assets
+rake assets:clean       # Remove old compiled assets
+rake assets:clobber     # Remove compiled assets
 rake assets:precompile  # Compile all the assets named in config.assets.precompile
 rake db:create          # Create the database from config/database.yml for the current Rails.env
 ...
@@ -374,16 +393,11 @@ INFO: You can also use ```rake -T```  to get the list of tasks.
 ```bash
 $ bin/rake about
 About your application's environment
+Rails version             4.2.0
 Ruby version              1.9.3 (x86_64-linux)
 RubyGems version          1.3.6
 Rack version              1.3
-Rails version             4.1.1
 JavaScript Runtime        Node.js (V8)
-Active Record version     4.1.1
-Action Pack version       4.1.1
-Action View version       4.1.1
-Action Mailer version     4.1.1
-Active Support version    4.1.1
 Middleware                Rack::Sendfile, ActionDispatch::Static, Rack::Lock, #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x007ffd131a7c88>, Rack::Runtime, Rack::MethodOverride, ActionDispatch::RequestId, Rails::Rack::Logger, ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions, ActionDispatch::RemoteIp, ActionDispatch::Reloader, ActionDispatch::Callbacks, ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement, ActiveRecord::QueryCache, ActionDispatch::Cookies, ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, ActionDispatch::Flash, ActionDispatch::ParamsParser, Rack::Head, Rack::ConditionalGet, Rack::ETag
 Application root          /home/foobar/commandsapp
 Environment               development
@@ -393,7 +407,9 @@ Database schema version   20110805173523
 
 ### `assets`
 
-You can precompile the assets in `app/assets` using `rake assets:precompile` and remove those compiled assets using `rake assets:clean`.
+You can precompile the assets in `app/assets` using `rake assets:precompile`, and remove older compiled assets using `rake assets:clean`. The `assets:clean` task allows for rolling deploys that may still be linking to an old asset while the new assets are being built.
+
+If you want to clear `public/assets` completely, you can use `rake assets:clobber`.
 
 ### `db`
 
@@ -411,7 +427,7 @@ The `doc:` namespace has the tools to generate documentation for your app, API d
 
 ### `notes`
 
-`rake notes` will search through your code for comments beginning with FIXME, OPTIMIZE or TODO. The search is done in files with extension `.builder`, `.rb`, `.erb`, `.haml` and `.slim` for both default and custom annotations.
+`rake notes` will search through your code for comments beginning with FIXME, OPTIMIZE or TODO. The search is done in files with extension `.builder`, `.rb`, `.rake`, `.yml`, `.yaml`, `.ruby`, `.css`, `.js` and `.erb` for both default and custom annotations.
 
 ```bash
 $ bin/rake notes
@@ -425,6 +441,12 @@ app/models/school.rb:
   * [ 17] [FIXME]
 ```
 
+You can add support for new file extensions using `config.annotations.register_extensions` option, which receives a list of the extensions with its corresponding regex to match it up.
+
+```ruby
+config.annotations.register_extensions("scss", "sass", "less") { |annotation| /\/\/\s*(#{annotation}):?\s*(.*)$/ }
+```
+
 If you are looking for a specific annotation, say FIXME, you can use `rake notes:fixme`. Note that you have to lower case the annotation's name.
 
 ```bash
@@ -442,7 +464,7 @@ You can also use custom annotations in your code and list them using `rake notes
 ```bash
 $ bin/rake notes:custom ANNOTATION=BUG
 (in /home/foobar/commandsapp)
-app/models/post.rb:
+app/models/article.rb:
   * [ 23] Have to fix this one before pushing!
 ```
 
@@ -472,7 +494,7 @@ Rails comes with a test suite called Minitest. Rails owes its stability to the u
 
 ### `tmp`
 
-The `Rails.root/tmp` directory is, like the *nix /tmp directory, the holding place for temporary files like sessions (if you're using a file store for files), process id files, and cached actions.
+The `Rails.root/tmp` directory is, like the *nix /tmp directory, the holding place for temporary files like sessions (if you're using a file store for sessions), process id files, and cached actions.
 
 The `tmp:` namespaced tasks will help you clear and create the `Rails.root/tmp` directory:
 

data/guides/source/configuring.md

@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ These configuration methods are to be called on a `Rails::Railtie` object, such
     end
     ```
 
-* `config.asset_host` sets the host for the assets. Useful when CDNs are used for hosting assets, or when you want to work around the concurrency constraints builtin in browsers using different domain aliases. Shorter version of `config.action_controller.asset_host`.
+* `config.asset_host` sets the host for the assets. Useful when CDNs are used for hosting assets, or when you want to work around the concurrency constraints built-in in browsers using different domain aliases. Shorter version of `config.action_controller.asset_host`.
 
 * `config.autoload_once_paths` accepts an array of paths from which Rails will autoload constants that won't be wiped per request. Relevant if `config.cache_classes` is false, which is the case in development mode by default. Otherwise, all autoloading happens only once. All elements of this array must also be in `autoload_paths`. Default is an empty array.
 
 * `config.autoload_paths` accepts an array of paths from which Rails will autoload constants. Default is all directories under `app`.
 
-* `config.cache_classes` controls whether or not application classes and modules should be reloaded on each request. Defaults to false in development mode, and true in test and production modes. Can also be enabled with `threadsafe!`.
+* `config.cache_classes` controls whether or not application classes and modules should be reloaded on each request. Defaults to false in development mode, and true in test and production modes.
 
 * `config.action_view.cache_template_loading` controls whether or not templates should be reloaded on each request. Defaults to whatever is set for `config.cache_classes`.
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ application. Accepts a valid week day symbol (e.g. `:monday`).
     end
     ```
 
-* `config.dependency_loading` is a flag that allows you to disable constant autoloading setting it to false. It only has effect if `config.cache_classes` is true, which it is by default in production mode. This flag is set to false by `config.threadsafe!`.
+* `config.dependency_loading` is a flag that allows you to disable constant autoloading setting it to false. It only has effect if `config.cache_classes` is true, which it is by default in production mode.
 
 * `config.eager_load` when true, eager loads all registered `config.eager_load_namespaces`. This includes your application, engines, Rails frameworks and any other registered namespace.
 
@@ -108,19 +108,19 @@ numbers. New applications filter out passwords by adding the following `config.f
 
 * `config.log_formatter` defines the formatter of the Rails logger. This option defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger::SimpleFormatter` for all modes except production, where it defaults to `Logger::Formatter`.
 
-* `config.log_level` defines the verbosity of the Rails logger. This option defaults to `:debug` for all modes except production, where it defaults to `:info`.
+* `config.log_level` defines the verbosity of the Rails logger. This option defaults to `:debug` for all environments.
 
-* `config.log_tags` accepts a list of methods that respond to `request` object. This makes it easy to tag log lines with debug information like subdomain and request id - both very helpful in debugging multi-user production applications.
+* `config.log_tags` accepts a list of methods that the `request` object responds to. This makes it easy to tag log lines with debug information like subdomain and request id - both very helpful in debugging multi-user production applications.
 
-* `config.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby `Logger` class. Defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger`, with auto flushing off in production mode.
+* `config.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby `Logger` class. Defaults to an instance of `ActiveSupport::Logger`.
 
 * `config.middleware` allows you to configure the application's middleware. This is covered in depth in the [Configuring Middleware](#configuring-middleware) section below.
 
 * `config.reload_classes_only_on_change` enables or disables reloading of classes only when tracked files change. By default tracks everything on autoload paths and is set to true. If `config.cache_classes` is true, this option is ignored.
 
-* `config.secret_key_base` used for specifying a key which allows sessions for the application to be verified against a known secure key to prevent tampering. Applications get `config.secret_key_base` initialized to a random key in `config/initializers/secret_token.rb`.
+* `secrets.secret_key_base` is used for specifying a key which allows sessions for the application to be verified against a known secure key to prevent tampering. Applications get `secrets.secret_key_base` initialized to a random key present in `config/secrets.yml`.
 
-* `config.serve_static_assets` configures Rails itself to serve static assets. Defaults to true, but in the production environment is turned off as the server software (e.g. Nginx or Apache) used to run the application should serve static assets instead. Unlike the default setting set this to true when running (absolutely not recommended!) or testing your app in production mode using WEBrick. Otherwise you won't be able use page caching and requests for files that exist regularly under the public directory will anyway hit your Rails app.
+* `config.serve_static_files` configures Rails itself to serve static files. Defaults to true, but in the production environment is turned off as the server software (e.g. NGINX or Apache) used to run the application should serve static assets instead. Unlike the default setting set this to true when running (absolutely not recommended!) or testing your app in production mode using WEBrick. Otherwise you won't be able use page caching and requests for files that exist regularly under the public directory will anyway hit your Rails app.
 
 * `config.session_store` is usually set up in `config/initializers/session_store.rb` and specifies what class to use to store the session. Possible values are `:cookie_store` which is the default, `:mem_cache_store`, and `:disabled`. The last one tells Rails not to deal with sessions. Custom session stores can also be specified:
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ numbers. New applications filter out passwords by adding the following `config.f
 * `config.assets.enabled` a flag that controls whether the asset
 pipeline is enabled. It is set to true by default.
 
-*`config.assets.raise_runtime_errors`* Set this flag to `true` to enable additional runtime error checking. Recommended in `config/environments/development.rb` to minimize unexpected behavior when deploying to `production`.
+* `config.assets.raise_runtime_errors` Set this flag to `true` to enable additional runtime error checking. Recommended in `config/environments/development.rb` to minimize unexpected behavior when deploying to `production`.
 
 * `config.assets.compress` a flag that enables the compression of compiled assets. It is explicitly set to true in `config/environments/production.rb`.
 
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ pipeline is enabled. It is set to true by default.
 
 * `config.assets.prefix` defines the prefix where assets are served from. Defaults to `/assets`.
 
-* `config.assets.digest` enables the use of MD5 fingerprints in asset names. Set to `true` by default in `production.rb`.
+* `config.assets.manifest` defines the full path to be used for the asset precompiler's manifest file. Defaults to a file named `manifest-<random>.json` in the `config.assets.prefix` directory within the public folder.
+
+* `config.assets.digest` enables the use of MD5 fingerprints in asset names. Set to `true` by default in `production.rb` and `development.rb`.
 
 * `config.assets.debug` disables the concatenation and compression of assets. Set to `true` by default in `development.rb`.
 
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ Every Rails application comes with a standard set of middleware which it uses in
 * `ActionDispatch::Flash` sets up the `flash` keys. Only available if `config.action_controller.session_store` is set to a value.
 * `ActionDispatch::ParamsParser` parses out parameters from the request into `params`.
 * `Rack::MethodOverride` allows the method to be overridden if `params[:_method]` is set. This is the middleware which supports the PATCH, PUT, and DELETE HTTP method types.
-* `ActionDispatch::Head` converts HEAD requests to GET requests and serves them as so.
+* `Rack::Head` converts HEAD requests to GET requests and serves them as so.
 
 Besides these usual middleware, you can add your own by using the `config.middleware.use` method:
 
@@ -223,13 +225,13 @@ config.middleware.use Magical::Unicorns
 This will put the `Magical::Unicorns` middleware on the end of the stack. You can use `insert_before` if you wish to add a middleware before another.
 
 ```ruby
-config.middleware.insert_before ActionDispatch::Head, Magical::Unicorns
+config.middleware.insert_before Rack::Head, Magical::Unicorns
 ```
 
 There's also `insert_after` which will insert a middleware after another:
 
 ```ruby
-config.middleware.insert_after ActionDispatch::Head, Magical::Unicorns
+config.middleware.insert_after Rack::Head, Magical::Unicorns
 ```
 
 Middlewares can also be completely swapped out and replaced with others:
@@ -288,8 +290,6 @@ All these configuration options are delegated to the `I18n` library.
 
 * `config.active_record.partial_writes` is a boolean value and controls whether or not partial writes are used (i.e. whether updates only set attributes that are dirty). Note that when using partial writes, you should also use optimistic locking `config.active_record.lock_optimistically` since concurrent updates may write attributes based on a possibly stale read state. The default value is `true`.
 
-* `config.active_record.attribute_types_cached_by_default` sets the attribute types that `ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods` will cache by default on reads. The default is `[:datetime, :timestamp, :time, :date]`.
-
 * `config.active_record.maintain_test_schema` is a boolean value which controls whether Active Record should try to keep your test database schema up-to-date with `db/schema.rb` (or `db/structure.sql`) when you run your tests. The default is true.
 
 * `config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration` is a flag which
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ The schema dumper adds one additional configuration option:
 
 * `config.action_controller.action_on_unpermitted_parameters` enables logging or raising an exception if parameters that are not explicitly permitted are found. Set to `:log` or `:raise` to enable. The default value is `:log` in development and test environments, and `false` in all other environments.
 
+* `config.action_controller.always_permitted_parameters` sets a list of whitelisted parameters that are permitted by default. The default values are `['controller', 'action']`.
+
 ### Configuring Action Dispatch
 
 * `config.action_dispatch.session_store` sets the name of the store for session data. The default is `:cookie_store`; other valid options include `:active_record_store`, `:mem_cache_store` or the name of your own custom class.
@@ -362,6 +364,30 @@ encrypted cookies salt value. Defaults to `'signed encrypted cookie'`.
   method should be performed on the parameters. See [Security Guide](security.html#unsafe-query-generation)
   for more information. It defaults to true.
 
+* `config.action_dispatch.rescue_responses` configures what exceptions are assigned to an HTTP status. It accepts a hash and you can specify pairs of exception/status. By default, this is defined as:
+
+  ```ruby
+  config.action_dispatch.rescue_responses = {
+    'ActionController::RoutingError'              => :not_found,
+    'AbstractController::ActionNotFound'          => :not_found,
+    'ActionController::MethodNotAllowed'          => :method_not_allowed,
+    'ActionController::UnknownHttpMethod'         => :method_not_allowed,
+    'ActionController::NotImplemented'            => :not_implemented,
+    'ActionController::UnknownFormat'             => :not_acceptable,
+    'ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken'  => :unprocessable_entity,
+    'ActionController::InvalidCrossOriginRequest' => :unprocessable_entity,
+    'ActionDispatch::ParamsParser::ParseError'    => :bad_request,
+    'ActionController::BadRequest'                => :bad_request,
+    'ActionController::ParameterMissing'          => :bad_request,
+    'ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound'                => :not_found,
+    'ActiveRecord::StaleObjectError'              => :conflict,
+    'ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid'                 => :unprocessable_entity,
+    'ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved'                => :unprocessable_entity
+  }
+  ```
+
+  Any exceptions that are not configured will be mapped to 500 Internal Server Error.
+
 * `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.before` takes a block of code to run before the request.
 
 * `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.to_prepare` takes a block to run after `ActionDispatch::Callbacks.before`, but before the request. Runs for every request in `development` mode, but only once for `production` or environments with `cache_classes` set to `true`.
@@ -388,13 +414,13 @@ encrypted cookies salt value. Defaults to `'signed encrypted cookie'`.
 
 * `config.action_view.embed_authenticity_token_in_remote_forms` allows you to set the default behavior for `authenticity_token` in forms with `:remote => true`. By default it's set to false, which means that remote forms will not include `authenticity_token`, which is helpful when you're fragment-caching the form. Remote forms get the authenticity from the `meta` tag, so embedding is unnecessary unless you support browsers without JavaScript. In such case you can either pass `:authenticity_token => true` as a form option or set this config setting to `true`
 
-* `config.action_view.prefix_partial_path_with_controller_namespace` determines whether or not partials are looked up from a subdirectory in templates rendered from namespaced controllers. For example, consider a controller named `Admin::PostsController` which renders this template:
+* `config.action_view.prefix_partial_path_with_controller_namespace` determines whether or not partials are looked up from a subdirectory in templates rendered from namespaced controllers. For example, consider a controller named `Admin::ArticlesController` which renders this template:
 
     ```erb
-    <%= render @post %>
+    <%= render @article %>
     ```
 
-    The default setting is `true`, which uses the partial at `/admin/posts/_post.erb`. Setting the value to `false` would render `/posts/_post.erb`, which is the same behavior as rendering from a non-namespaced controller such as `PostsController`.
+    The default setting is `true`, which uses the partial at `/admin/articles/_article.erb`. Setting the value to `false` would render `/articles/_article.erb`, which is the same behavior as rendering from a non-namespaced controller such as `ArticlesController`.
 
 * `config.action_view.raise_on_missing_translations` determines whether an error should be raised for missing translations
 
@@ -451,12 +477,26 @@ There are a number of settings available on `config.action_mailer`:
     config.action_mailer.interceptors = ["MailInterceptor"]
     ```
 
+* `config.action_mailer.preview_path` specifies the location of mailer previews.
+
+    ```ruby
+    config.action_mailer.preview_path = "#{Rails.root}/lib/mailer_previews"
+    ```
+
+* `config.action_mailer.show_previews` enable or disable mailer previews. By default this is `true` in development.
+
+    ```ruby
+    config.action_mailer.show_previews = false
+    ```
+
 ### Configuring Active Support
 
 There are a few configuration options available in Active Support:
 
 * `config.active_support.bare` enables or disables the loading of `active_support/all` when booting Rails. Defaults to `nil`, which means `active_support/all` is loaded.
 
+* `config.active_support.test_order` sets the order that test cases are executed. Possible values are `:sorted` and `:random`. Currently defaults to `:sorted`. In Rails 5.0, the default will be changed to `:random` instead.
+
 * `config.active_support.escape_html_entities_in_json` enables or disables the escaping of HTML entities in JSON serialization. Defaults to `false`.
 
 * `config.active_support.use_standard_json_time_format` enables or disables serializing dates to ISO 8601 format. Defaults to `true`.
@@ -552,7 +592,7 @@ development:
 $ echo $DATABASE_URL
 postgresql://localhost/my_database
 
-$ bin/rails runner 'puts ActiveRecord::Base.connections'
+$ bin/rails runner 'puts ActiveRecord::Base.configurations'
 {"development"=>{"adapter"=>"postgresql", "host"=>"localhost", "database"=>"my_database"}}
 ```
 
@@ -569,7 +609,7 @@ development:
 $ echo $DATABASE_URL
 postgresql://localhost/my_database
 
-$ bin/rails runner 'puts ActiveRecord::Base.connections'
+$ bin/rails runner 'puts ActiveRecord::Base.configurations'
 {"development"=>{"adapter"=>"postgresql", "host"=>"localhost", "database"=>"my_database", "pool"=>5}}
 ```
 
@@ -585,7 +625,7 @@ development:
 $ echo $DATABASE_URL
 postgresql://localhost/my_database
 
-$ bin/rails runner 'puts ActiveRecord::Base.connections'
+$ bin/rails runner 'puts ActiveRecord::Base.configurations'
 {"development"=>{"adapter"=>"sqlite3", "database"=>"NOT_my_database"}}
 ```
 
@@ -644,11 +684,9 @@ development:
   encoding: unicode
   database: blog_development
   pool: 5
-  username: blog
-  password:
 ```
 
-Prepared Statements can be disabled thus:
+Prepared Statements are enabled by default on PostgreSQL. You can be disable prepared statements by setting `prepared_statements` to `false`:
 
 ```yaml
 production:
@@ -656,6 +694,16 @@ production:
   prepared_statements: false
 ```
 
+If enabled, Active Record will create up to `1000` prepared statements per database connection by default. To modify this behavior you can set `statement_limit` to a different value:
+
+```
+production:
+  adapter: postgresql
+  statement_limit: 200
+```
+
+The more prepared statements in use: the more memory your database will require. If your PostgreSQL database is hitting memory limits, try lowering `statement_limit` or disabling prepared statements.
+
 #### Configuring an SQLite3 Database for JRuby Platform
 
 If you choose to use SQLite3 and are using JRuby, your `config/database.yml` will look a little different. Here's the development section:
@@ -721,13 +769,47 @@ Rails will now prepend "/app1" when generating links.
 
 #### Using Passenger
 
-Passenger makes it easy to run your application in a subdirectory. You can find
-the relevant configuration in the
-[passenger manual](http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#deploying_rails_to_sub_uri).
+Passenger makes it easy to run your application in a subdirectory. You can find the relevant configuration in the [Passenger manual](http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#deploying_rails_to_sub_uri).
 
 #### Using a Reverse Proxy
 
-TODO
+Deploying your application using a reverse proxy has definite advantages over traditional deploys. They allow you to have more control over your server by layering the components required by your application.
+
+Many modern web servers can be used as a proxy server to balance third-party elements such as caching servers or application servers.
+
+One such application server you can use is [Unicorn](http://unicorn.bogomips.org/) to run behind a reverse proxy.
+
+In this case, you would need to configure the proxy server (NGINX, Apache, etc) to accept connections from your application server (Unicorn). By default Unicorn will listen for TCP connections on port 8080, but you can change the port or configure it to use sockets instead.
+
+You can find more information in the [Unicorn readme](http://unicorn.bogomips.org/README.html) and understand the [philosophy](http://unicorn.bogomips.org/PHILOSOPHY.html) behind it.
+
+Once you've configured the application server, you must proxy requests to it by configuring your web server appropriately. For example your NGINX config may include:
+
+```
+upstream application_server {
+  server 0.0.0.0:8080
+}
+
+server {
+  listen 80;
+  server_name localhost;
+
+  root /root/path/to/your_app/public;
+
+  try_files $uri/index.html $uri.html @app;
+
+  location @app {
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+    proxy_redirect off;
+    proxy_pass http://application_server;
+  }
+
+  # some other configuration
+}
+```
+
+Be sure to read the [NGINX documentation](http://nginx.org/en/docs/) for the most up-to-date information.
 
 #### Considerations when deploying to a subdirectory
 
@@ -939,4 +1021,25 @@ ActiveRecord::ConnectionTimeoutError - could not obtain a database connection wi
 If you get the above error, you might want to increase the size of connection
 pool by incrementing the `pool` option in `database.yml`
 
-NOTE. As Rails is multi-threaded by default, there could be a chance that several threads may be accessing multiple connections simultaneously. So depending on your current request load, you could very well have multiple threads contending for a limited amount of connections.
+NOTE. If you are running in a multi-threaded environment, there could be a chance that several threads may be accessing multiple connections simultaneously. So depending on your current request load, you could very well have multiple threads contending for a limited amount of connections.
+
+
+Custom configuration
+--------------------
+
+You can configure your own code through the Rails configuration object with custom configuration. It works like this:
+
+  ```ruby
+  config.x.payment_processing.schedule = :daily
+  config.x.payment_processing.retries  = 3
+  config.x.super_debugger = true
+  ```
+
+These configuration points are then available through the configuration object:
+
+  ```ruby
+  Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.schedule # => :daily
+  Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.retries  # => 3
+  Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger              # => true
+  Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger.not_set      # => nil
+  ```