Reference Guide

Table of Contents

• Printable Version (PDF)

Introduction

• Frameworks and Wheels
• Requirements
• Installation
• Upgrading to Wheels 1.x
• Beginner Tutorial: Hello World
• Beginner Tutorial: Hello Database
• Tutorial: Wheels, AJAX, and You

Working with Wheels

• Conventions
• Configuration and Defaults
• Directory Structure
• Switching Environments
• Using and Creating Plugins

Handling Requests with Controllers

• Request Handling
• Rendering Content
• Redirecting Users
• Sending Files
• Sending Email
• Using the Flash
• Filters and Verification
• Event Handlers
• URL Rewriting
• Using Routes
• Obfuscating URLs
• Caching

Database Interaction Through Models

• Object Relational Mapping
• Creating Records
• Reading Records
• Updating Records
• Deleting Records
• Column Statistics
• Dynamic Finders
• Getting Paginated Data
• Associations
• Object Validation
• Object Callbacks
• Calculated Properties
• Dirty Records
• Soft Delete
• Automatic Time Stamps
• Using Multiple Data Sources

Displaying Views to Users

• Pages
• Partials
• Linking Pages
• Using Layouts
• Form Helpers and Showing Errors
• Displaying Links for Pagination
• Date, Media, and Text Helpers
• Creating Your Own View Helpers

Contributing to Wheels

• Coding Guidelines
• Documentation Guidelines

Sample Applications

• Administration
• Authorization