2009/3/4 Conrad Taylor <[email protected]> > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2009/3/3 Phlip <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> anrake wrote: >>> > Hi, I'm a little bit behind the curve I guess. I need to upgrade my >>> > app from Rails 1.2.6 to the most recent version 2.2.2. Are there any >>> > complete guides (including Peepcodes or Pragmatic pdf books) that give >>> > you a comprehensive guide on how to upgrade your application? >>> >>> I did it to several programs like this: >>> >>> - edit environment.rb and upgrade the version >>> - rake rails:update >>> - run all the tests >>> - fix one warning or error >>> - revert everything in config (leave the new JS) >> >> >> I don't understand what is meant here. Do you mean go back to previous >> version of Rails? >> If not then what? >> > > @Colin Law - Philip is saying that you do the upgrade and part of the > upgrade process is to > change RAILS_GEM_VERSION in your environment.rb to the > version that you're > upgrading to (i.e. 2.2.2). Also, you'll have to run > the 'rake rails:update' to update both > configs, scripts and public/javascripts for your Rails > application. Now, you'll be at the > point where you'll simply execute 'rake test' which > runs all unit, functional and integration > tests. >
@Conrad - I got that bit, it is the '- revert everything in config (leave the new JS)' that I do not understand. > >> >> >>> >>> - pass all the tests >>> - integrate >> >> >> I don't understand 'integrate' in this context either I am afraid. >> >> >>> >>> - repeat until no more warnings or errors >>> >> > Finally, you'll continue to execute 'rake test' until you have fixed all > the failing > test(s) within your Rails application. > > Good luck, > > -Conrad > > >> >>> The point of unit tests and to TDD is to make the smallest changes >>> possible, and >>> relentlessly test each change. But upgrading a major version tick is a >>> big >>> change, so you must force the upgrade to work incrementally, as a series >>> of >>> small changes. >>> >>> If you get stuck, you can always revert and start again. >>> >> >>> >>> -- >>> Phlip >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
