Rails - Jun 2009 - How can I contribute with http://api.rubyonrails.org/ ?

Hi everyone.
I was looking for a helper definition (create_table) and I''ve noticed
that the documentation in http://api.rubyonrails.org/ is incomplete.
It''s not covering the "sexy migration" options to defining
the columns
like "t.string :name". It''s just showing "t.column
:name, :string"
way.

There is a note about this "sexy" way of create tables in
http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatements/create_table

Actually my question is: how can I contribute with updates and changes
like that in http://api.rubyonrails.org/ ?

Thank you all !!

> On Jun 21, 9:12 pm, Eric Fer
<eric....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> I was looking for a helper definition (create_table) and I''ve
noticed
> that the documentation inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/is incomplete.
> It''s not covering the "sexy migration" options to
defining the columns
> like "t.string :name". It''s just showing "t.column
:name, :string"
> way.
>
> There is a note about this "sexy" way of create tables
inhttp://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatem...
>
> Actually my question is: how can I contribute with updates and changes
> like that inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/?
>
> Thank you all !!
The second example shows this:
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Migration.html

> On Jun 21, 9:12 pm, Eric Fer
<eric....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> I was looking for a helper definition (create_table) and I''ve
noticed
> that the documentation inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/is incomplete.
> It''s not covering the "sexy migration" options to
defining the columns
> like "t.string :name". It''s just showing "t.column
:name, :string"
> way.
>
> There is a note about this "sexy" way of create tables
inhttp://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatem...
>
> Actually my question is: how can I contribute with updates and changes
> like that inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/?
>
> Thank you all !!
BUT either way since that''s basically just the rdoc output,
contributing to the documentation is the same as contributing to Rails
itself (except you''re adding comments instead of code :) )

On Jun 22, 2:53 am, pharrington
<xenogene...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > On Jun 21, 9:12 pm, Eric Fer
<eric....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Hi everyone.
> > I was looking for a helper definition (create_table) and I''ve
noticed
> > that the documentation inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/isincomplete.
> > It''s not covering the "sexy migration" options to
defining the columns
> > like "t.string :name". It''s just showing
"t.column :name, :string"
> > way.
>
> > There is a note about this "sexy" way of create tables
inhttp://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatem...
>
> > Actually my question is: how can I contribute with updates and changes
> > like that inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/?
>
> > Thank you all !!
>
> BUT either way since that''s basically just the rdoc output,
> contributing to the documentation is the same as contributing to Rails
> itself (except you''re adding comments instead of code :) )
True, but the docrails fork of rails (http://wiki.github.com/lifo/
docrails) is setup specifically for contributions to documentation
(since the usual patch workflow is a bit overkill for just
documentation changes).

Fred

Hi pharrington !!!
Thanks for your reply :)
It''s very true this is the doc that I was looking for.
The unfortune is that when I look for "create_table", the link is
this:
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatements.html#M002191

Again, thanks a lot :)

On Jun 21, 10:48 pm, pharrington
<xenogene...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > On Jun 21, 9:12 pm,Eric
Fer<eric....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Hi everyone.
> > I was looking for a helper definition (create_table) and I''ve
noticed
> > that the documentation inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/isincomplete.
> > It''s not covering the "sexy migration" options to
defining the columns
> > like "t.string :name". It''s just showing
"t.column :name, :string"
> > way.
>
> > There is a note about this "sexy" way of create tables
inhttp://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatem...
>
> > Actually my question is: how can I contribute with updates and changes
> > like that inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/?
>
> > Thank you all !!
>
> The second example shows
this:http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Migration.html

Hi Frederick.
Thanks very much for the tip about docrails ;)



On Jun 22, 4:35 am, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2:53 am, pharrington
<xenogene...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > On Jun 21, 9:12 pm,Eric
Fer<eric....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > Hi everyone.
> > > I was looking for a helper definition (create_table) and
I''ve noticed
> > > that the documentation inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/isincomplete.
> > > It''s not covering the "sexy migration" options
to defining the columns
> > > like "t.string :name". It''s just showing
"t.column :name, :string"
> > > way.
>
> > > There is a note about this "sexy" way of create tables
inhttp://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/SchemaStatem...
>
> > > Actually my question is: how can I contribute with updates and
changes
> > > like that inhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/?
>
> > > Thank you all !!
>
> > BUT either way since that''s basically just the rdoc output,
> > contributing to the documentation is the same as contributing to Rails
> > itself (except you''re adding comments instead of code :) )
>
> True, but the docrails fork of rails (http://wiki.github.com/lifo/
> docrails) is setup specifically for contributions to documentation
> (since the usual patch workflow is a bit overkill for just
> documentation changes).
>
> Fred