Core Concepts: Table of Contents

Actions and controllers
1. Generating actions and controllers
2. Routing to actions
Assets
1. Default tasks
2. Disabling Grunt
3. Task automation
Blueprints
1. Blueprint actions
2. Blueprint routes
Configuration
1. The local.js file
2. Using `.sailsrc` files
Deployment
1. FAQ
2. Hosting
3. Scaling
E-commerce
Extending Sails
1. Adapters
  1. Available adapters
  2. Custom adapters
2. Custom responses
  1. Adding a custom response
3. Generators
  1. Available generators
  2. Custom generators
4. Hooks
File uploads
1. Uploading to GridFS
2. Uploading to S3
Globals
1. Disabling globals
Helpers
1. Example helper
Internationalization
1. Locales
2. Translating dynamic content
Logging
1. Custom log messages
Middleware
1. Conventional defaults
Models and ORM
1. Associations
2. Attributes
3. Errors
4. Lifecycle callbacks
5. Model settings
6. Models
7. Query language
8. Records
9. Standalone Waterline usage
10. Validations
Policies
1. Access Control and Permissions
Programmatic usage
1. Tips and tricks
Realtime
1. Multi-server environments
2. On the client
3. On the server
Routes
1. Custom routes
2. URL slugs
Security
1. Clickjacking
2. Content security policy
3. CORS
4. CSRF
5. DDOS
6. P3P
7. Socket hijacking
8. Strict Transport Security
9. XSS
Services
Sessions
Shell scripts
Testing
Views
1. Layouts
2. Locals
3. Partials
4. View engines

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Documentation

Concepts

Actions and controllers
- Generating actions and controllers
- Routing to actions
Assets
- Default tasks
- Disabling Grunt
- Task automation
Blueprints
- Blueprint actions
- Blueprint routes
Configuration
- The local.js file
- Using `.sailsrc` files
Deployment
- FAQ
- Hosting
- Scaling
E-commerce
Extending Sails
- Adapters
  - Available adapters
  - Custom adapters
- Custom responses
  - Adding a custom response
- Generators
  - Available generators
  - Custom generators
- Hooks
File uploads
- Uploading to GridFS
- Uploading to S3
Globals
- Disabling globals
Helpers
- Example helper
Internationalization
- Locales
- Translating dynamic content
Logging
- Custom log messages
Middleware
- Conventional defaults
Models and ORM
- Associations
- Attributes
- Errors
- Lifecycle callbacks
- Model settings
- Models
- Query language
- Records
- Standalone Waterline usage
- Validations
Policies
- Access Control and Permissions
Programmatic usage
- Tips and tricks
Realtime
- Multi-server environments
- On the client
- On the server
Routes
- Custom routes
- URL slugs
Security
- Clickjacking
- Content security policy
- CORS
- CSRF
- DDOS
- P3P
- Socket hijacking
- Strict Transport Security
- XSS
Services
Sessions
Shell scripts
Testing
Views
- Layouts
- Locals
- Partials
- View engines

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